Formula One: Testing, page 1
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A bit unusual how the major sites are following thye session
MSC has just bettered the lap time set earlier by NR - that's the reason, I guess
Massa ends the day on top, ahead of de la Rosa and Schumacher.
The times Massa 112.650
De la Rosa 112.934
Schumacher 112.944
Michael Schumacher one big thank you..
I was bit suprised to see the mclaren so far down, anyreason ? ? ?
or have they built another adverage car ??
I hope sauber can do a brawn!!!!
If mclaren where reliable kimi would be triple world champ!
These times are pretty meaningless at this stage. The idea is not to be fastest but to develop a basically new car and understand its behaviour ,quirks etc. before Bahrain.
The car is more important than the driver 75% car 25% driver
What engines is the Sauber running? BMW / Ferrari?
"Everything is fair in Love and War and Formula1" -- Martin Brundle, Shanghai 2008
What engines is the Sauber running? BMW / Ferrari?
"Everything is fair in Love and War and Formula1" -- Martin Brundle, Shanghai 2008
Ferrari.
BMW is just three worlds that appear because it was registered with that name in the entry of teams. Maybe they cannot remove it, I dunno.
Btw, full table of today's times in the afternoon.
Edited by Adam on 01 February 2010 at 18:09
I was bit suprised to see the mclaren so far down, anyreason ? ? ?
or have they built another adverage car ??
I hope sauber can do a brawn!!!!
If mclaren where reliable kimi would be triple world champ!
It says nothing, The Mac could be full of fuel and the Ferrari empty.
I'm agreed...
However, it seems that towards the end of the session and in all day in general all teams wanted to get nice times...
Pedro/Sauber asking for sponsors and showing people he's a good bet, Massa showing he's OK, Schumacher to not finish below Rosberg, Rosber to not look slower, Buemi to bring hope, etc... 
Schumacher vs Massa
If someone is interested in following testing times for today or tomorrow, here you can do it.
Everyone says and perhaps most agree that testing times are pretty much meaningless.
However, if you look back (as far as I remember), the times used to be an indication of how good a car was, and this proved correct in principle during the following season.
Times between team-mates matter, though
There is always a hint of 'sandbagging' - but why would a team not want to put in a max effort in a few laps, at least? Just a couple of seasons back, many were talking that Toyotas were sandbagging. But then it became clear they had a bad car
Different ballpark these days NB.With limited testing feedback is far more important than it used to be. Varying data has to be collected to fed into simulators and CAD/ CFD programmes -which are themselves time limited I believe
The car is more important than the driver 75% car 25% driver
If someone is interested in following testing times for today or tomorrow, here you can do it.
Thanks Adam
How can you settle for a safe third or something, because it’s four points? Jesus, people like that should be accountants, not racing drivers.” Gilles Villeneuve
If someone is interested in following testing times for today or tomorrow, here you can do it.
Thanks Adam
How can you settle for a safe third or something, because it’s four points? Jesus, people like that should be accountants, not racing drivers.” Gilles Villeneuve
You're welcome.
Different ballpark these days NB.With limited testing feedback is far more important than it used to be. Varying data has to be collected to fed into simulators and CAD/ CFD programmes -which are themselves time limited I believe
The car is more important than the driver 75% car 25% driver
Even if it was 100% meaningless, testing times at least feed us a bit, off-season gets pretty boring
Edited by Adam on 02 February 2010 at 11:29
Testing is interesting, that's right. After a long wait to see how things will turn out this season, at least now we get a little idea. Relative speeds don't show us a whole lot, but they at least give us some idea of which teams are likely to be fast at the beginning of the season.
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