2024 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 21 - 23

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jambuka wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 10:21
so how much did they add ?
They will run without lunch break all the way until 19:00

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1.31.7 for PER and 1.31.6 for SAI on same tire, same time. who knows fuel...

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Didn't realize Mclaren were still running that gimmick panel ... you don't get to moan about the weight and paint removal and then encourage this panel behavior!

This ones for the moaning thread :lol: :lol:
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CaribouBread wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 10:57
Didn't realize Mclaren were still running that gimmick panel ... you don't get to moan about the weight and paint removal and then encourage this panel behavior!
They removed that in latter part of 2023 season. Don't remember seeing that then. Maybe only for testing

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So, it seems that Mercedes didnt bring new rear wing for testing even today, anyone know?

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Formula 1 fan wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 11:12
So, it seems that Mercedes didnt bring new rear wing for testing even today, anyone know?
They're running the same wing as most of day 1/2

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organic wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 11:12
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23 Feb 2024, 11:12
So, it seems that Mercedes didnt bring new rear wing for testing even today, anyone know?
They're running the same wing as most of day 1/2
Okay, so is it possible that Mercedes will bring completely new rear wing for Bahrain race?

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I'm not watching. But from text updates, it sounds like the Mercedes is hard to keep on track when pushing?

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djones wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 11:17
I'm not watching. But from text updates, it sounds like the Mercedes is hard to keep on track when pushing?
Same as yesterday. If TL’s were enforced, then not many laps would have counted.

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dialtone wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 09:22
I'm convinced Davidson is talking at random... Ferrari race sim was almost 1 second a lap faster in the last stint compared to Mercedes.
This is why im watching on mute.

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Anything interesting?
A lion must kill its prey.

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Is Verstappen not driving anymore later today?
A lion must kill its prey.

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yelistener wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 02:52
Juzh wrote:
22 Feb 2024, 23:49
Sainz's fastest lap
https://streamable.com/rjqvjn


I think C4 tyre is giving him serious amount of grip. 136 km/h in last turn is super fast. He gains 2 tenths on 2023 pole just in that one corner (2020 mercedes 132 km/h). I reckon this C4 is about a second up on C3 in terms of pure performance, maybe even more.
Did you capture the telemetry on live? Because there's no live timing replay on the app.
Yes, captured live.

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C4 is reported to be 0.5/0.6 faster than C3.

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LM10 wrote:
23 Feb 2024, 02:43
AMuS reported that as per Pirelli, the C4 tyres are 8 tenths faster than the C3 tyres.

Comparing the last corner speeds is a really interesting thing to do. I don’t know if or how grippier today’s C4 is compared to the C4 in 2020, but being clearly up on the 2020 Mercedes there is an eye catcher without a doubt. And don’t forget Sainz did the lap in testing. What was the minimum speed of Max there in last year’s pole lap?
126 kmh for max in 2023
And actually 2020 merc was 129 km/h (ham pole), not 132 as I initially said. Somehow I mixed it up with something else.
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So 136 km/h from Sainz is actually very, very fast.