[video=dailymotion;xxclf8]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxclf8_formula-1-temporada-2013-test-en-jerez-diosfenix_auto[/video] If you listen carefully enough I reckon you can hear the TR having a minor EBD.
Chiltons finally put his foot down. I'd really laugh if after all this he turns out to be pretty good in a F1 car.
15:49 After that strange lap, Massa is back in. 15:48 Massa leaves the pits in a very strange-sounding Ferrari, as if it's running on a reduced number of cylinders. Sent out dodgy on purpose?
Buttons gone: F1 Fanatic Live ‏@f1fanaticlive Red flag with five minutes to go as Button's McLaren comes to a stop. He's inspecting the left-rear of the car. #F1
Either he's pretending not to have run out of fuel on purpose or the car has gone kaput. lol at it rolling away
Well at least Mercedes got a grip for once on one day! Better keep it up in my opinion or I hope Toto or Lauda fires their backsides if they keep messing up.
I know that it came in several short bursts and it won't have been as exhausting as a proper race, but bloody hell, 148 laps by Rosberg is amazing and Gutierrez not far behind on 110 either.
Nice shot of the Ferrari diffuser: please log in to view this image They have a lot of holes in that floor don't they?
Vettel says new Red Bull a step forward after first day of testing Sebastian Vettel felt the new Red Bull was a step forward after his first Formula 1 test of the season at Jerez on Thursday, but warned against any 'getting excited' about any team's performance at this stage. The reigning world champion was third quickest as he took over the RB9 from team-mate Mark Webber. "I think the car's working very well. Obviously it's difficult to judge the speed, but it terms of reliability it was good and I feel pretty happy with the car so far," said Vettel. "It's always nice to be on top but if there's one phase when it matters least, it's now. "It's good for us now to do a lot of laps and to see whether the car's working. "It's an evolution and I think we've done another step forward, but that's all we can say now." He said the use of Jerez also made the times misleading. Pirelli earlier suggested that the Spanish track should be dropped from the F1 test rota unless it was resurfaced. "It's impossible to give a judgement right now because I think people were playing with the fuel loads today," Vettel said. "Plus it's the first test and it's Jerez, where the tyre degradation is quite big and tyres play a massive role. There are too many variables. "Today it was nice to be back in the car and not much more than that. We shouldn't get excited in any way. "Now is the time to do our homework. Maybe it's not the most exciting part of the season, but I had fun today, so it's not that boring." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105481
Interesting to see if the Merc holds up as well for Hamilton tommorow, knowing his luck it probably won't.
You do realize that this is testing don't you? Stuff will break, things will go wrong... This is a chance to find and rectify problems. I don't see anybody being fired for issues during testing. As for Lauda... He'll be about as useful to Mercedes as a Chocolate Teapot. Anyway... all the problems are Whitmarsh's fault.
