It means absolutely nothing. Testing times need to be taken with a large pinch of salt at the best of times, but they're meaningless when they're set in last year's car. Interestingly, Hamilton is two seconds down on the time he set in Valencia last year using the same car. Depending on who you listen to downforce levels are expected to be similar or less than last season. I suspect the slower times are down to the weaker Pirellis and the increased weight.
Agree with you there glorious, times don`t mean alot. But in the light of day three Jenson went a second quicker than hammy so I don`t think it`s down to tyres but could be fuel loads etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFK6WH-kcPs This is why I think M.Schumacher will have an advantage over the young worms.
No its not Hamilton could have got through that and every single F1 driver apart from the ones who spun there as well.
It was pretty skillfull but like lewisWDC says, not altogether beyond the scope of any of the drivers really. Don`t quite see how the Baron is gonna win the WDC when he`s quated as saying that the Pirrelis are like driving on ice. No doubt he is an all time F1 great but without a car he can drive what can he do?
That's very impressive Manny, but I think the young worms are pretty handy themselves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1cPetMScHw
That's the Michael I want to see starting March... Maybe I'll be disappointed or maybe what I have been waiting for will become reality... About a month left guys, we are all backing a different driver for different reasons...let the battle commence.
The Jerez testing line-up is as follows: Red Bull Thursday: Mark WEBBER Friday: Mark WEBBER Saturday: Sebastian VETTEL Sunday: Sebastian VETTEL McLaren-Mercedes Thursday: Lewis HAMILTON Friday: Jenson BUTTON Saturday: Lewis HAMILTON Sunday: Jenson BUTTON Ferrari Thursday: Felipe MASSA Friday: Felipe MASSA Saturday: Fernando ALONSO Sunday: Fernando ALONSO Mercedes GP Thursday: Nico ROSBERG Friday: Michael SCHUMACHER Saturday: Michael SCHMACHER Sunday: Nico ROSBERG Lotus Renault GP Thursday: Vitaly PETROV Friday: Vitaly PETROV Saturday: TBC (Kubica absent) Sunday: TBC (Kubica absent) Williams-Cosworth Thursday: Pastor MALDONADO Friday: Pastor MALDONADO Saturday: Rubens BARRICHELLO Sunday: Rubens BARRICHELLO Force India-Mercedes Thursday: Adrian SUTIL Friday: Adrian SUTIL Saturday: Paul DI RESTA Sunday: Paul DI RESTA Sauber-Ferrari Thursday: Sergio PÃâ°REZ Friday: Sergio PÃâ°REZ Saturday: Kamui KOBAYASHI Sunday: Kamui KOBAYASHI Toro Rosso-Ferrari Thursday morning: Daniel RICCIARDO Thursday afternoon: Jaime ALGUERSUARI Friday: Jaime ALGUERSUARI Saturday: Sébastien BUEMI Sunday: Sébastien BUEMI Team Lotus-Renault Thursday morning: Karun CHANDHOK Thursday afternoon: Jarno TRULLI Friday: Jarno TRULLI Saturday: Heikki KOVALAINEN Sunday: Heikki KOVALAINEN EDIT: Virgin have not announced their drivers, though it will probably be Glock and D'Ambrosio getting 2 days each
I think it's fair to give Felipe the first two days - as he faced the reliability problems in his only day of testing, and deserves that time. I think giving a driver two consecutive days to test is better then missing a day in between testing - so im surprised that McLaren have adopted this approach. I'm assuming that the final two days of testing for Lotus Renault GP will have either Liuzzi, Heidfeld, Senna in the car - although Renault might get Petrov in the car, for the sake of aero tests, etc. Good to see Karun Chandhok and Daniel Ricciardo taking part. Certianly in Ricciardo's case, if he drives better then the 2 contracted drivers, he could get a full time race seat - and this wouldn't surprise me based on Helmut Marko's recent comments: "Algersuari is talented, Buemi must improve, Ricciardo will be in F1"
Times at Jerez so far... 1. Massa Ferrari F150 1:20.709 35 laps 2. Perez Sauber C30 1:21.483 + 0.774 41 laps 3. Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR6 1:21.755 + 1.046 31 laps 4. Webber Red Bull Racing RB7 1:22.257 + 1.548 30 laps 5. Hamilton McLaren MP4-26 1:22.283 + 1.574 26 laps 6. Petrov Lotus Renault GP R31 1:24.453 + 3.744 14 laps 7. Trulli Lotus F1 T128 1:24.792 + 4.083 28 laps 8. Rosberg Mercedes GP W02 1:24.805 + 4.096 16 laps 9. Sutil Force India VJM-04 no time 3 laps 10. Maldonado Williams FW33 no time 2 laps 11. Glock Virgin Racing MVR-02 no time 1 lap 12. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR6 no time 0 Laps
Jerez 2010 wed 17 Feb 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6 1:22.593 99 Laps Thur 18 Feb 1. Rubens Barrichello Williams FW32 1:27.145 98 Laps Fri 19 Feb 1. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:19.299 115 Laps Sat 20 Feb 1. Jenson Button McLaren MP4-25 1:18.871 108 Laps
Final times for today: 1. Massa Ferrari F150 1:20.709 99 Laps 2. Perez Sauber C30 1:21.483 + 0.774 88 Laps 3. Webber Red Bull Racing RB7 1:21.522 + 0.813 86 Laps 4. Ricciardo Toro Rosso STR6 1:21.755 + 1.046 31 Laps 5. Hamilton McLaren MP4-26 1:21.914 + 1.205 53 Laps 6. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR6 1:22.689 + 1.980 32 Laps 7. Sutil Force India VJM-04 1:23.472 + 2.763 21 Laps 8. Petrov Lotus Renault GP R31 1:23.504 + 2.795 54 Laps 9. Rosberg Mercedes GP W02 1:23.963 + 3.254 67 Laps 10. Trulli Lotus F1 T128 1:24.458 + 3.749 48 Laps 11. Glock Virgin Racing MVR-02 1:25.086 + 4.377 25 Laps 12. Maldonado Williams FW33 1:34.968 + 14.259 9 Laps Just Like last week the times are around about 2 seconds off last years
Massa has set the fastest time today with a margin over his rivals yet the BBC have gone with the headline of 'Lewis Hamilton tries out new McLaren in Jerez F1 test'. Its a bit ignorent of the fact that not all its readers are fans of Lewis. bit of a biased point of view
