Official Pre-season testing thread

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Major upgrades for Mercedes next week including new nose according to AMUS.

The Mercedes AMG W05 saw in the first week of testing of Bahrain from not much different than in Jerez. The basic work is now complete. Next week the first major upgrade comes to the car. We have heard that a new nose with it. It should be slightly lower, but interfere with the front wing still less because the suspension points are further back. Only then will you see how fast the cars really are. Maybe then falls even Rosberg's pole position from the previous year. The stands at 1.32,330 minutes.

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...rosberg-schnellster-trotz-fehler-8087131.html
 
Believe In Lewis said:
Major upgrades for Mercedes next week including new nose according to AMUS.

The Mercedes AMG W05 saw in the first week of testing of Bahrain from not much different than in Jerez. The basic work is now complete. Next week the first major upgrade comes to the car. We have heard that a new nose with it. It should be slightly lower, but interfere with the front wing still less because the suspension points are further back. Only then will you see how fast the cars really are. Maybe then falls even Rosberg's pole position from the previous year. The stands at 1.32,330 minutes.

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...rosberg-schnellster-trotz-fehler-8087131.html
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Ominous
 
I imagine several teams will be bolting on big upgrades are this next test. Get to see a much better picture, even though there will still be tea bagging :(
 
Believe In Lewis said:
If they do dominate then I think it will be on the same scale as the Brawn domination in early 2009. Other teams would eventually catch up.
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I think a lot of teams will end up with some kajor design changes by mid-season. What is good is that Merc have shown yoou don;t have to have a hideous pointy nose to be fast with the new rules.
 
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Some things never change.
 
SgtBhaji said:
I didn't think these engines suffered turbo lag. I was under the impression that the electric motor kept the turbo wound up.
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It looks like they are using big turbos so they will have lag which they can use the electric motor to eliminate. They may chose not to use the electric motor or use it to harvest to reduce torque as a sort of traction control system.
 
Okay, so the Renault teams are currently losing 100-150bhp becuase they have to turn the wick down to make them last.

Has anyone heard what that equate to in lost lap time around Bahrain?

The fastest 'Renault' was 5.4s slower than Rosberg, or just 2.2s behind Ferrari if you beleive Ferrari have not pushed yet so that is probably a more representative comparison (if true!). Would that not make Lotus and Torro Rosso pretty equal to Ferrari, if they could run their engines at full power?
 
Just noticed that rosbergs time was less than 0.04s off the fastest time in fp3 in Bahrain last year. F1 has gone from worryingly slow to potentially faster than last year. As tracks go I don't think Bahrain suits these new cars any more than average.
 
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