Must say this does spring to mind with de la Rosa, then again I suppose they'll just take the F1 06 route and make them swap jobs halfway through the year
Williams testing news, Valtteri Bottas will have his first taste of the new Williams-Renault FW34 on the second day of next week's Barcelona test. Bottas, who is scheduled to drive in 15 Friday practice sessions in his capacity as Williams reserve driver in 2012, has two days of testing under his belt with the team, both in last year's car during last November's Abu Dhabi young driver test. Bruno Senna will drive on the first day of the test on February 21 with Pastor Maldonado taking over for the final two days after Bottas's run. Bottas is BLS's one to watch for the future. This accolade has a 100% rate of not being wrong (due to never being used before ehem)
I think you need some sort of graphic to go with that. 5 bright light bulbs or something. I must admit, his record looks pretty impressive.
Poor Bruno. Not content with apparently all 15 of Bottas's practice sessions being in Senna's car, he has to get some of his testing as well. Even this isn't going to be a fair chance for him is it? It looks like the 2013 line up is already decided (if they even wait that long).
[table="width: 700"] [tr] [td]Team[/td] [td] Tuesday 21st[/td] [td]Wednesday 22nd[/td] [td]Thursday 23rd[/td] [td]Friday 24th[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Red Bull[/td] [td]Sebastian Vettel[/td] [td]Sebastian Vettel[/td] [td]Mark Webber[/td] [td]Mark Webber[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]McLaren[/td] [td]Lewis Hamilton[/td] [td]Lewis Hamilton[/td] [td]Jenson Button[/td] [td]Jenson Button[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Ferrari[/td] [td]Fernando Alonso[/td] [td]Fernando Alonso[/td] [td]Felipe Massa[/td] [td]Felipe Massa[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Mercedes[/td] [td]Michael Schumacher[/td] [td]Nico Rosberg[/td] [td]Michael Schumacher[/td] [td]Nico Rosberg[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Lotus[/td] [td]Romain Grosjean[/td] [td]Romain Grosjean[/td] [td]Kimi Raikkonen[/td] [td]Kimi Raikkonen[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Force India[/td] [td]Nico Hulkenburg[/td] [td]Nico Hulkenburg[/td] [td]Paul Di Resta[/td] [td]Paul Di Resta[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Sauber[/td] [td]Sergio Perez[/td] [td]Sergio Perez[/td] [td]Kamui Kobayashi[/td] [td]Kamui Kobayashi[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Toro Rosso[/td] [td]Daniel Ricciardo[/td] [td]Daniel Ricciardo[/td] [td]Jean Eric Vergne[/td] [td]Jean Eric Vergne[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Williams[/td] [td]Bruno Senna[/td] [td]Valteri Bottas[/td] [td]Pastor Maldonado[/td] [td]Pastor Maldonado[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Caterham[/td] [td]Heikki Kovalainen[/td] [td]Vitaly Petrov[/td] [td]Vitaly Petrov[/td] [td]Heikki Kovalainen[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]HRT[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Marussia[/td] [td]Charles Pic[/td] [td]Charles Pic[/td] [td]Timo Glock[/td] [td]Charles Pic[/td] [/tr] [/table] This is the current line-up, it may change.
Anyone else find it odd that Pic gets more sessions that Glock? I'd have thought Glocks experience would have been more valuable when it comes to directing development, even if Pic does need time in the car.
So Trulli really is properly dropped, they don't even want him for testing. Wow. Other than that, not really much to note... Alonso and Vettel get their hands on the car first this time... wonder if it's a coincidence that Lewis does too
To to help Benson fit Hamilton into his stories. Its been a while since we've been told how screwed his head is, come on Benson
Barcelona Line-up Red Bull Sebastian Vettel - February 21st-22nd Mark Webber - February 23rd-24th McLaren Lewis Hamilton – February 21st-22nd Jenson Button – February 23rd-24th Ferrari Fernando Alonso – February 21st-22nd Felipe Massa – February 23rd-24th Mercedes Michael Schumacher – February 21st and 23rd Nico Rosberg – February 22nd and 24th Lotus Romain Grosjean - February 21st-22nd Kimi Raikkonen - February 23rd-24th Force India Nico Hulkenberg - February 21st-22nd Paul di Resta - February 23rd-24th Sauber Sergio Perez - February 21st-22nd Kamui Kobayashi – February 23rd-24th Toro Rosso Jean-Eric Vergne – February 21st-22nd Daniel Ricciardo - February 23rd-24th Williams Bruno Senna - February 21st Valtteri Bottas - February 22nd Pastor Maldonado - February 23rd-24th Caterham F1 TBC HRT Won't run Marussia Charles Pic - February 21st-22nd and 24th Timo Glock - February 23rd Test line-up subject to change
Jenson had the first two days at Jerez so i guess they're just playing fair. Nothing to see here, move along..........
Mercedes had a private test today in Barcelona. They were allowed to do this because they missed Jerez day 4. Schumacher drove in the morning and Rosberg in the afternoon. please log in to view this image http://kepfeltoltes.hu/120219/merc_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
