2018 pre-season testing thread

[Jolle]

"The McLaren MCL33 seems to have had the same black burn marks on the engine cover in one of their earlier runs today as they had last week. Last week they said it was because of a broken exhaust clip, but now the burn marks have returned. Are there bigger problems at McLaren? The British outfit has battery issues at the moment"

Are burn marks new or just the engine cover same as last week?

During the Dennis years they would move the world to get it repainted before it went out for the second test. These days it's quite possible they just gave it a good rub.

[radosav]

"The McLaren MCL33 seems to have had the same black burn marks on the engine cover in one of their earlier runs today as they had last week. Last week they said it was because of a broken exhaust clip, but now the burn marks have returned. Are there bigger problems at McLaren? The British outfit has battery issues at the moment"

Are burn marks new or just the engine cover same as last week?

Old body work, they were there before test started today

[bauc]

"The McLaren MCL33 seems to have had the same black burn marks on the engine cover in one of their earlier runs today as they had last week. Last week they said it was because of a broken exhaust clip, but now the burn marks have returned. Are there bigger problems at McLaren? The British outfit has battery issues at the moment"

Are burn marks new or just the engine cover same as last week?

Old body work, they were there before test started today

Agreed @Radosav

[CriXus]

According to Motorsport IT, SF71-H (3678) is only 2mm shoter than W09 (3680).

[OzanA]

OK then, How much time takes changing that batteries?

[Jolle]

OK then, How much time takes changing that batteries?

It all depends what kind of battery problems they have and how it's integrated in the car. If it's just the battery, they normally remove the floor and lift the battery from below the fuel tank. If it's a problem in the CE that screws with the battery, a bit more time... and if some sensors are screwing with it all, it could be hours...

[BrunoH]

yap they need a re-design, i think they are making spec parts for Australia and just cut some holes in the engine cover to mitigate the problem... ( i hope )

[OzanA]

OK then, How much time takes changing that batteries?

It all depends what kind of battery problems they have and how it's integrated in the car. If it's just the battery, they normally remove the floor and lift the battery from below the fuel tank. If it's a problem in the CE that screws with the battery, a bit more time... and if some sensors are screwing with it all, it could be hours...

It has already been an hour...I hope they can go out soon

[Morteza]

The mileage teams have covered so far (via racingfans.net)

Mercedes: 1615.3km
Toro Rosso: 1592km
Ferrari: 1517.5km
Sauber: 1382.5km
Williams: 1326.7km
Renault: 1294.1km
McLaren: 1228.9km
Red Bull: 1163.8km
Haas: 940.3km
Force India: 842.6km

[Restomaniac]

According to Motorsport IT, SF71-H (3678) is only 2mm shoter than W09 (3680).

Wow if that's right Ferrari have REALLY changed their concepts.

[Phil]

According to Motorsport IT, SF71-H (3678) is only 2mm shoter than W09 (3680).

I don't know, but from the pictures, that really would surprise me. Toto did say that the W09 was identical to the W08 in wheelbase. The W08 was... 3760mm? These numbers would suggest that the W09 is a full 10 cm shorter?


EDIT: This was posted last year by AMuS:



EDIT2: replaced by this in August, also AMuS (I think)

[TwanV]

Seeing VER's stint so far with lap times wildly fluctuating, can we interpret that as ERS deployment configuration testing?

[Restomaniac]

Seeing VER's stint so far with lap times wildly fluctuating, can we interpret that as ERS deployment configuration testing?

It could very well be that. Or Max is doing his usual bit of exploring the track for grip.

[probenprinz]

Someone can read from amus how many laps that tires had done ?

[TwanV]

Max' 20-lap stint on the mediums: 22.6 - 34.7 - 21.6 - 21.9 - 23.4 - 21.1 - 29.8 - 21.1 - 30.6 - 20.9 - 21.7 - 21.5 - 21.7 - 21.3 - 21.7 - 20.7 - 21.0 - 21.4 - 21.3 - 20.9; credits to f1today.

mediums seem to be holding well.