Official: Testing Thread

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The Ninja Kirby said:
Shouldn't that be "Vettel and Hulkenberg Closely Matched In Barcelona Testing"?
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Yes, but by "Originally posted by BBC", it means Benson, which means a Hamilton love-in. Impressed with Hulkenburg's pace today though, I'd love for that to be genuine. Benson does crack me up with the way he insists on comparing lap times, despite including a paragraph every time saying that lap times in testing mean nothing, using that as a justification for ignoring Hulkenburg's pace. Surely by the same logic his precious Hamilton's lap times mean nothing, and the article was never needed in the first place?

-I know this should be in another thread, but never mind.
 
DHCanary said:
Yes, but by "Originally posted by BBC", it means Benson, which means a Hamilton love-in. Impressed with Hulkenburg's pace today though, I'd love for that to be genuine. Benson does crack me up with the way he insists on comparing lap times, despite including a paragraph every time saying that lap times in testing mean nothing, using that as a justification for ignoring Hulkenburg's pace. Surely by the same logic his precious Hamilton's lap times mean nothing, and the article was never needed in the first place?

-I know this should be in another thread, but never mind.
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Seems to have changed. Perhaps someone at the BBC has taken notice of his incompetance
 
Julius Caesar said:
Seems to have changed. Perhaps someone at the BBC has taken notice of his incompetance
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Nah, I think Benson got curious about the comments on his articles from Not606F1, had a look around here, and we've made him realise that he needs to up the standard.

I expect a '2012: Hamilton set to dominate' article in the next few days now.
 
Stephen Lickorish said:
Just realised this is the whole test. Must be a pretty major issue, just as well they were one of the teams that completed the most laps in Jerez.
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From the article, it sounds like the problem is a structural weakness which is only apparent at higher speeds. But as they've already worked out the problem and how to solve it, it sounds promising. Mercedes planned to miss a day at Jerez and were allowed a private test, so will Lotus be allowed to do the same, even if missing days at Barcelona wasn't intentional? It would seem harsh if they weren't.
 
DHCanary said:
From the article, it sounds like the problem is a structural weakness which is only apparent at higher speeds. But as they've already worked out the problem and how to solve it, it sounds promising. Mercedes planned to miss a day at Jerez and were allowed a private test, so will Lotus be allowed to do the same, even if missing days at Barcelona wasn't intentional? It would seem harsh if they weren't.
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Private test was the one at Silverstone? if so I bet certain parts on the car were being tested more than others .. :bandit:
 
Its time for the .... I was bored chart!!!

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Upper points being the lap times whilst the lower are the number of laps
 
[table="width: 400"]
[tr]
[td]P[/td]
[td]Driver[/td]
[td]Team[/td]
[td]Time[/td]
[td]Laps[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1[/td]
[td]Hulkenburg[/td]
[td]Force India[/td]
[td]1.22.608[/td]
[td]63[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2[/td]
[td]Perez[/td]
[td]Sauber[/td]
[td]1.22.648 +0.040[/td]
[td]51[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3[/td]
[td]Vettel[/td]
[td]Red Bull[/td]
[td]1.22.891 +0.283[/td]
[td]51[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4[/td]
[td]Ricciardo[/td]
[td]Toro Rosso[/td]
[td]1.23.639 +1.031[/td]
[td]45[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5[/td]
[td]Alonso[/td]
[td]Ferrari[/td]
[td]1.23.640 +1.032[/td]
[td]52[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6[/td]
[td]Hamilton[/td]
[td]McLaren[/td]
[td]1.24.040 +1.432[/td]
[td]45[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7[/td]
[td]Rosberg[/td]
[td]Mercedes[/td]
[td]1.24.555 +1.947[/td]
[td]75[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8[/td]
[td]Bottas[/td]
[td]Williams[/td]
[td]1.25.858 +3.250[/td]
[td]69[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9[/td]
[td]Petrov[/td]
[td]Caterham[/td]
[td]1.26.605 +3.997[/td]
[td]36[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10[/td]
[td]Pic[/td]
[td]Marrusia[/td]
[td]1.28.092 +5.484[/td]
[td]47[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

btw what the hell is Bottas doing in the Williams? Makes little sense to me.
 
I know testing times don't mean a lot (hell, I've slated Benson for it enough), but I'm slightly worried by the size of the gap between Rosberg and Bottas. All the other main teams are within 2 seconds of each other, but as it stands Williams are 1.2 seconds slower still. I wonder if they'll end up as a back of the grid version of Mercedes last year, with a comfortable gap to Caterham and co, but nowhere near as fast as the midfield.
 
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