If appearances are anything to go by then the season is in the bag for McLaren, but sadly that is not the case is it, we can but hope guys.
That's quite an expense, isn't it? It's a good move, having evaluated the new tyres against a known baseline then to get the jump on the second test. I wonder how well they think they know the new tyres in comparison with the other teams? Is there any info on what kind of runs they did or lap times?
Forza's link explains why Pic is getting more track time than Glock. I wasn't aware that they won't have their 2012 car, so I suppose it makes sense for Pic to get as much track time as possible, and use Glock's times as a reference for his pace. I guess they can also follow Mercedes' example of getting tyre data on the old car so they can better understand the difference.
As a benchmark of the times in 2011: The Pole time was 1:20.981 Fastest laps was 1:26.727 (Fastest Q3 time from a none Red Bull was 1:21.961)
This is as close as they are getting to it: Sportsday - latest breaking news and reaction <style type="text/css"> table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;} .tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;} </style> <table class="tableizer-table"> <tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>P </th><th>Driver </th><th>Team </th><th>Time </th><th>Laps</th></tr> <tr><td>1 </td><td> Vettel</td><td>Red Bull</td><td> 1m23.343s</td><td>38</td></tr> <tr><td>2 </td><td> Hulkenberg</td><td>Force India</td><td> 1m23.440s +0.097</td><td>55</td></tr> <tr><td>3 </td><td> Hamilton</td><td>McLaren</td><td> 1m23.590s +0.247</td><td>60</td></tr> <tr><td>4 </td><td> Ricciardo</td><td>Toro Rosso</td><td> 1m23.618s +0.275</td><td>58</td></tr> <tr><td>5 </td><td> Alonso</td><td>Ferrari</td><td> 1m24.100s +0.757</td><td>40</td></tr> <tr><td>6 </td><td> Schumacher</td><td>Mercedes</td><td> 1m24.150s +0.807</td><td>48</td></tr> <tr><td>7 </td><td> Perez</td><td>Sauber</td><td> 1m24.219s +0.876</td><td>35</td></tr> <tr><td>8 </td><td> Senna</td><td>Williams</td><td> 1m26.188s +2.845</td><td>58</td></tr> <tr><td>9 </td><td> Grosjean</td><td>Lotus</td><td> 1m26.809s +3.466</td><td>7</td></tr> <tr><td>10 </td><td> Kovalainen</td><td>Caterham</td><td> 1m27.537s +4.194</td><td>9</td></tr> <tr><td>11 </td><td> Pic</td><td>Marussia</td><td> 1m29.248s +5.905</td><td>78</td></tr></table> Pic quietly getting a lot of laps in, as is Hamilton and a few others.
P Driver Team Laps 1 Vettel Red Bull 79 2 Hulkenberg Force India 97 3 Hamilton McLaren 114 4 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 76 5 Alonso Ferrari 75 6 Schumacher Mercedes 51 7 Perez Sauber 66 8 Senna Williams 97 9 Kovalainen Caterham 31 10 Grosjean Lotus 7 11 Pic Marussia 121
