Official Pre-season testing thread

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Milage so far.

This is good as well: http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/Formula12014-UhOhJerez/Dashboard1#1

 

[SgtBhaji]

I hope the folks at Renault Sport are paid hourly and not on a salary. There's going to be some long hours ahead.

 

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F1 Fanatic ‏@f1fanatic_co_uk3m
Got to love @kamui_kobayashi. He's only been in the @CaterhamF1 for one lap and he's already overtaking people: #F1 pic.twitter.com/CQ6EqpNoMN

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Red Bull on fire today (and in a good way for a change). Ricciardo has already equalled yesterdays number of laps total

 

[allsaintchris.]

Red Bull Racing are actually racing! Maybe their new teamname for races this year could be Red Bull Retirement?

 

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Red Bull Racing are actually racing! Maybe their new teamname for races this year could be Red Bull Retirement?

Wonder if they have fixed their car to some degree, or are limited to circling 20s off the pace like STR.

 

[allsaintchris.]

Wonder if they have fixed their car to some degree, or are limited to circling 20s off the pace like STR.

Rosberg has just gone 7s quicker on his first laps. I imagine it will be severely restricted running for the Renault teams with them hoping to gather any information they can to try and make the test useful.

 

[Han Shot First]

Wonder if they have fixed their car to some degree, or are limited to circling 20s off the pace like STR.

I think the dodgy conditions might help them out a bit in regards to cooling problems.

 

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08:56 Kvyat comes past the pits. The Toro Rosso still doesn't sound 100 per cent, but it is at least running.


08:54 Bianchi is in, Kvyat and Sutil head out, while Rosberg continues his run. We've got used to the Mercedes W05 lapping as others sit in the pits this week. Rosberg is currently doing 1m38s.



I hope Mercedes don't get to smug and end up caught out between now and Bahrain



Ben Edwards ‏@benedwardstv43s
Rosberg's car has a very smooth delivery of power. It sounds like they are running it well below the 15,000 maximum revs.

 

[Max Whiplash]

Well, there you go, it's not so bad after all: the Red Bull works in the wet.

 

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1 hour in

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:38.157[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:44.703[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.546[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]3.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Red Bull[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]RB10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:45.374[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.217[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]4.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:46.810[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8.653[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Kamui Kobayashi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]CT05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Marussia[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MR03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Force India[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]VJM07[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]McLaren[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]MP4-29[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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Force India using GoPro's for something?

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Matt Somerfield ‏@SomersF11m
Ferrari @InsideFerrari F14T Trying out different Diffuser/Gurney layouts (central section) via @SuttonImages #TechF1 pic.twitter.com/rvAJTPn6bP

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Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener2m
Either a bad paint job or some serious overheating under the RB cover.

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A few cars getting a reasonable mileage in today's damp conditions:

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:38.157[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]31[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]McLaren[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]MP4-29[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:38.391[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]0.234[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]3.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:39.313[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.156[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]4.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:44.015[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]5.858[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Kamui Kobayashi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]CT05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:44.859[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]6.702[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:45.005[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.848[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Red Bull[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]RB10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:45.374[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.217[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Marussia[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]MR03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:48.192[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.035[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Force India[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]VJM07[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[51LV3R8RR04]

*rubs eyes* more than 1 Renault powered car is running???

 

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*rubs eyes* more than 1 Renault powered car is running???

One for Silver........1,2,3,4 - Merc power [TABLE="width: 50%, align: center"]
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[TD]P[/TD]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Team[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #eaeaea"]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD] Rosberg[/TD]
[TD]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD] 1m38.157s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #ffffff"]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD] Magnussen[/TD]
[TD]McLaren-Mercedes[/TD]
[TD] 1m38.391s +0.234[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #eaeaea"]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD] Massa[/TD]
[TD]Williams-Mercedes[/TD]
[TD] 1m39.313s +1.156[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #ffffff"]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD] Juncadella[/TD]
[TD]Force India-Mercedes[/TD]
[TD] 1m42.797s +4.640[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[allsaintchris.]

All renault engined cars running well off the pace. Must have been told to keep their speed down.

 

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Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener54s
Mercedes first team on a race sim? Pit board counting down. Pitstop gear out. AMuS-live: http://ams.to/f1live pic.twitter.com/9bzjDyQxLU

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2 hours in, Rosberg definitely on a race sim, and with more than double the laps of anyone else:

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:37.580[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]45[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]McLaren[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]MP4-29[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:38.391[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]0.811[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]3.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]FW36[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:39.313[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.733[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]4.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:39.999[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]2.419[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Daniel Juncadella[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Force India[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]VJM07[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:41.925[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]4.345[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:44.015[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]6.435[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:44.224[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]6.644[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]8.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Kamui Kobayashi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]CT05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:44.859[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]7.279[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]9.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Red Bull[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ren.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]RB10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:45.374[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]7.794[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]

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[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Marussia[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]Fer.[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede"]MR03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]1:48.192[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]10.612[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #dedede, align: center"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[51LV3R8RR04]

Lol if you thought Red Bull dominance was bad, wait until you see what Mercedes dominance will look like. Driver's 1 and 2 in every race!

 

[JonnyBaws]

Chuffed to see Williams get "lucky" and opt for Merc power this year, hope they can be in the mix for race wins/podiums this year, after a decent 2012 they went back to recent form in 2013..
F1 will always be a better place with Williams back up towards the front of the grid.
Also, whilst not a fan, be nice to see Massa given a decent (unrestricted) chance.

 

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Red Bull venting some serious heat:

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[happyal]

Looks like a sneaky attempt to get a blown diffuser to me.