Surely Nico doesn't need to go out anymore with 123 laps done. 60 is enough for a whole day, 120 over 2 days, let alone doing it all in one day though
So all that BS from Anderson saying Ferrari and IRBR were suffering with faster tyre wear was all thanks to the track being crap rather than the cars?
Well, guess it depends on various factors but they could still have the worst tyre wear, just it won't be as bad on actual tracks.
If Jerez is really bad on tyres then surely those who are kind on tyres here will struggle to get heat into tyres at tracks that are better suited.
@clubforce An early end to the day for us in #Jerez. An exhaust failure means we need to check things over so we probably won't run again today.
Gary Anderson: "I had a long chat with McLaren sporting director Sam Michael over lunch and they are pretty happy with where they are at the moment. The car is responding to changes and they have some new parts coming for the final two days of the final test at the beginning of March. They were pleased with Sergio Perez's first run on Wednesday - he was competitive and consistent, and Sam was admiring the narrow sidepods and more aggressive undercut on the Red Bull. I've been watching the McLaren on the track and it has more understeer than any other car, on a consistent basis. Sam said he wasn't worried - that it was caused by tyre graining on this aggressive track surface - but I think they'll have to have a look at that because there are other cars out there with much less understeer. The other worry for McLaren is the fuel-pump failure that affected Jenson Button on day one. That was a new part aimed at solving the problem that cost Lewis Hamilton victory in Abu Dhabi last year. It's a Mercedes part, but it's odd that it's now failed twice on a McLaren and not on any other Mercedes-engined cars."
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener New Lotus-exhaust has the same shape than before. Just different material (heat problems) according to James Allison please log in to view this image
Mercedes have brought a new front wing to Jerez and Nico Rosberg is running it on Thursday. We talked about their front-wing problems earlier and this one is definitely a step forward. It is a five-element wing, but what's unusual is that it has five elements all the way from the endplates up to the start of the FIA-defined aerodynamically neutral section in the centre of the wing. The large number of elements is a good idea in front of the front tyre because the team want to have enough wing shape to give good downforce during braking, but when the driver turns into the corner, the blockage created by the front wheels is removed, and in that situation it's easy for the airflow to separate and for the car to lose downforce. The slot gaps between the elements of the wing help stop that happening. But inboard of the front wing, the more slot-gaps you have, the less downforce you can create. So most teams will have fewer elements inboard of the tyre. Having said that, it is a step forward and it will give them more consistent downforce, and less understeer mid-corner, if not perhaps more overall downforce." Gary Anderson
15:32 Incidentally, Rosberg has now travelled a greater distance than London to Paris or even crossing from Valencia in the East of Spain to Portugal. All in a day's work.
Total laps over 3 days: Mercedes: 172 McLaren: 185 Lotus: 189 Ferrari: 218 RB: 264 Mercedes are catching up
Ahhhh don't speak too soon! The W02 was funny when it would work for Schumacher more or less fine on the day before, but when it went to the other driver (Nico) it broke down within a few laps again.
