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| Final Testing, Bahrain 27 Feb - 2 March | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 26 2014, 08:43 PM (1,153 Views) | |
| P1 | Feb 26 2014, 08:43 PM Post #1 |
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Bahrain Testing Times: Thursday: 9am - 5pm Friday: 9am - 5pm Saturday: 9am - 5pm Sunday: 9am - 5pm Drivers Line-up: Red Bull Racing Thursday: Daniel Ricciardo Friday: Daniel Ricciardo Saturday: Sebastian Vettel Sunday: Sebastian Vettel Mercedes Thursday: Nico Rosberg Friday: Lewis Hamilton Saturday: Nico Rosberg Sunday: Lewis Hamilton Ferrari Thursday: Kimi Räikkönen Friday: Kimi Räikkönen Saturday: Fernando Alonso Sunday: Fernando Alonso Lotus Thursday: Pastor Maldonado Friday: Pastor Maldonado Saturday: Romain Grosjean Sunday: Romain Grosjean McLaren Thursday: Kevin Magnussen Friday: Jenson Button Saturday: Kevin Magnussen Sunday: Jenson Button Force India Thursday: Sergio Pérez Friday: Sergio Pérez Saturday: Nico Hülkenberg Sunday: Nico Hülkenberg Sauber TBC Scuderia Toro Rosso TBC Williams TBC Marussia Thursday: Max Chilton Friday: Jules Bianchi Saturday: Jules Bianchi Sunday: Max Chilton Caterham Thursday: Kamui Kobayashi Friday: Marcus Ericsson Saturday: Kamui Kobayashi Sunday: Marcus Ericsson |
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| P1 | Feb 27 2014, 08:44 AM Post #2 |
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Red Bull has setup a full pit-wall installation which they didn't at the last tests. Likewise the Renault engine go higher in revs and have the turbo screaming going down the straight. Appears the Renault engine go unlimited so far at this test and mean business this time around! Should be visible pretty soon when the lap times come up. Mercedes hinted they already have done quali lap testing at previous test, while focus now is on high fuel load / race performance simulations. |
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| u4coffee | Feb 27 2014, 10:10 AM Post #3 |
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Lunch Time: 1 Perez Force India 1m35.290s 2 Rosberg Mercedes 1m36.624s +1.334 3 Magnussen McLaren 1m37.825s +2.535 4 Sutil Sauber 1m37.892s +2.602 5 Ricciardo Red Bull 1m37.908s +2.618 6 Bottas Williams 1m38.907s +3.617 7 Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m39.242s +3.952 8 Raikkonen Ferrari 1m40.505s +5.215 9 Maldonado Lotus 1m40.599s +5.309 10 Chilton Marussia 1m41.073s +5.783 11 Kobayashi Caterham 1m44.060s +8.770 |
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| P1 | Feb 27 2014, 12:07 PM Post #4 |
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And laps: Rosberg (Mercedes) 71 Magnussen (McLaren) 64 Bottas (Williams) 64 Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 56 Perez (Force India) 50 Ricciardo (Red Bull) 32 Maldonado (Lotus) 31 Sutil (Sauber) 31 Raikkonen (Ferrari) 25 Chilton (Marussia) 24 Kobayashi (Caterham) 12 Ferrari had a mechanical issue that meant Kimi only did 12 laps this morning and took some hours for the team to fix. He is just out now again and Ferrari gave this cryptic tweet: "We found a small problem that needed fixing and required some time, then fitting some new parts simply elapsed the time a bit more." |
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| P1 | Feb 27 2014, 01:33 PM Post #5 |
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Red Bull has not yet made more laps since lunch today, so they have another day of limited running. In comparison, both Magnussen and Bottas have now each completed more than 100 laps today. The Mercedes engine both fast and very reliable so far. Meanwhile, the Lotus team just decided to call it a day after 31 laps, tweeting: "Exhaust and assorted changes mean an early bath for us today, we'll be back on track early tomorrow morning." (edit) Just picked up from a journalist: Red Bull suffer from overheating issues. So lets see if we will get them back on track more today. |
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| u4coffee | Feb 27 2014, 02:48 PM Post #6 |
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How they finished on day one 1) Sergio Perez (Force India) 1:35.290 2) Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1:36.184 3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:36.432 4) Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:36.624 5) Adrian Sutil (Sauber) 1:37.700 6) Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 1:37.825 7) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:37.908 8) Max Chilton (Marussia) 1:38.610 9) Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:39.242 10) Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) 1:40.599 11) Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham) 1:42.285 Laps completed on day one 1) Sergio Perez (Force India) 105 laps 2) Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 128 3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 54 4) Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 89 5) Adrian Sutil (Sauber) 89 6) Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 109 7) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 39 8) Max Chilton (Marussia) 44 9) Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 56 10) Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) 31 11) Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham) 19 |
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| P1 | Feb 27 2014, 07:44 PM Post #7 |
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So Daniel Ricciardo completed just 3 laps this afternoon? Clearly Red Bull is struggling. Today they confirmed overheating problems, so looking bleak for how they will be ready for going a full race distance at any decent speed. Ricciardo will now have just one more day in the car before the Australian GP. Actually the other Renault powered teams did not do too much better. Lotus ended the day early when, stopping on track before lunch. An exhaust problem obliged them to work in the garage most of the afternoon. Maldonado has done just 116 laps in total so far in the new car. 1 day remaining of test for him. Kobayashi in the Caterham stopped with smoke coming out from the car this morning, completing just 19 laps in total today. The Melbourne race will be judgement day.
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| u4coffee | Feb 28 2014, 10:22 AM Post #8 |
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Day 2 Lunchtime: 1 Perez Force India 1m35.570s 2 Alonso Ferrari 1m35.634s +0.064 3 Button McLaren 1m36.901s +1.331 4 Bianchi Marussia 1m38.198s +2.628 5 Hamilton Mercedes 1m39.041s +3.471 6 Massa Williams 1m39.323s +3.753 7 Vergne Toro Rosso 1m39.756s +4.186 8 Gutierrez Sauber 1m40.428s +4.858 9 Ricciardo Red Bull 1m40.867s +5.297 10 Maldonado Lotus 1m41.762s +6.192 11 Ericsson Caterham 1m42.516s +6.946 |
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| P1 | Feb 28 2014, 12:44 PM Post #9 |
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Red Bull still struggling with very low mileage. (only 29 laps so far) And then the Lotus caught fire, not sure they will be back today?
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| u4coffee | Feb 28 2014, 01:05 PM Post #10 |
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Button's Mclaren lost drive too. Although they're hoping to be back out for the last hour |
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| u4coffee | Feb 28 2014, 03:00 PM Post #11 |
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How they finished on day two 1) Sergio Perez (Force India) 1:35.570 2) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:35.634 3) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:35.743 4) Felipe Massa (Williams) 1:36.507 5) Jenson Button (McLaren) 1:36.901 6) Jules Bianchi (Marussia) 1:38.092 7) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:39.041 8) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 1:39.636 9) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 1:39.976 10) Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) 1:41.613 11) Marcus Ericsson (Caterham) 1:42.516 Laps completed on day two 1) Sergio Perez (Force India) 108 2) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 122 3) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 66 4) Felipe Massa (Williams) 103 5) Jenson Button (McLaren) 52 6) Jules Bianchi (Marussia) 75 7) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 89 8) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 61 9) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 106 10) Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) 31 11) Marcus Ericsson (Caterham) 55 |
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| Rob | Feb 28 2014, 04:29 PM Post #12 |
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4 drivers doing over 100 laps today. Tell me these guys aren't athletes. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Mar 1 2014, 02:11 AM Post #13 |
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Not a single mention of Bianchi . . . . ? |
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| John | Mar 1 2014, 09:35 AM Post #14 |
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I see two...
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| P1 | Mar 1 2014, 01:48 PM Post #15 |
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Both Red Bull and Lotus having a terrible day today. Lotus F1 Team@Lotus_F1Team just tweeted: We've stopped running. We're investigating. Looks like an early bath for @RGrosjean today. Maybe to join Seb #Vettel in the pool... At least they still have some humour left. ![]() Todays running so far: 1. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1:36.172, 59 lap 2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:36.993, 32 laps 3. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:37.224, 63 laps (no red flag so far in testing) 4. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:38.000, 96 laps 5. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:38.557, 58 laps 6. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1:39.297, 45 laps 7. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1:41.614, 80 laps 8. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1:41.889, 63 laps 9. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:42.166, 33 laps 10. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, No time, 1 lap (car on fire this morning) 11. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, No time, 0 lap. (broke down twice on track) Btw the Caterham-team is rock solid performing. They have now done approx. 2,500 kms of testing. Most of anybody. |
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