2009 Testing - March (Jerez & Barcelona)

[mrk189]

If I'm not mistaken, Renault have changed the nose.

[mrk189]

ok my bad, they haven't, its just painted black for some reason.

[mattclinch]

anyone tell whats going on here? that back end is starting to look a bit frankensteined before the seasons even started..

[twoshots]

The silver birdcage looking thing on the back of the diffuser? It's just an aero measuring device for testing.

[Scotracer]

1 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 00:01'18''398 18
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 00:01'19''334 00:30'00''936 25
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 00:01'19''629 00:30'01''231 14
4 Nico Rosberg Williams 00:01'19''783 00:30'01''385 22
5 Jenson Button Brawn GP 00:01'99''999 00:31'21''601 00

BrawnGP fastest team confirmed - the fastest time previously around Jerez was a 1:19.0 by Vettel.

[ESPImperium]

Heres what F1Fanatic compiled as the fastest drivers:

1 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP BGP001 1′18.926 (221 laps)
2 Jenson Button Brawn GP BGP001 1′19.’127 (212)
3 Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 1′19.774 (209)
4 Timo Glock Toyota TF109 1′20.091 (260)
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari F60 1′20.168 (201)
6 Robert Kubica BMW F1.09 1′20.217 (248)
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari F60 1′20.314 (136)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW F1.09 1′20.338 (223)
9 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB5 1′20.576 (185)
10 Fernando Alonso Renault R29 1′20.664 (272)
11 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 1′20.869 (156)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams FW31 1′20.907 (177)
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota TF109 1′20.937 (242)
14 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso STR4 1′21.013 (213)
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India VJM02 1′21.045 (238)
16 Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 1′21.347 (183)
17 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso STR4 1′21.629 (127)
18 Nelson Piquet Jnr Renault R29 1′21.662 (126)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 1′21.834 (211)
20 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren MP4-24 1′21.991 (178)

I think that could be the grid for Oz, with a few changes up and down the order.

[twoshots]

Some of those times have been beaten already today. Brawn, Renault and McLaren have all improved on those times this morning, particularly McLaren.

[blobslosak]

The silver birdcage looking thing on the back of the diffuser? It's just an aero measuring device for testing.

It looks like it has some pressure tappings on it to measure the flow in/through the diffuser. Looks like they trying to compare real and wind tunnel data.

[ISLAMATRON]

Some of those times have been beaten already today. Brawn, Renault and McLaren have all improved on those times this morning, particularly McLaren.

Different track... those are all Barcelona times they are at Jerez today.

[axle]

Some of those times have been beaten already today. Brawn, Renault and McLaren have all improved on those times this morning, particularly McLaren.

Different track... those are all Barcelona times they are at Jerez today.

It was a bit silly of the OP to put all of March in one thread IMO...

[ISLAMATRON]

Some of those times have been beaten already today. Brawn, Renault and McLaren have all improved on those times this morning, particularly McLaren.

Different track... those are all Barcelona times they are at Jerez today.

It was a bit silly of the OP to put all of March in one thread IMO...

It can be misleading, but lets not say silly, but well intentioned.

[Scotracer]

I just don't like the idea of there being loads of threads as there's been loads of tests this month.

[twoshots]

Ah, yeah, but my defense they weren't stated as Barca times

[Keir]

Is that a new inlet on the Williams roll-hoop?

[Keir]

It appears on both sides.