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What I got off the first day of testing in 2012: Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:19.670 75 laps. Paul Di Resta Force India 1:19.772 101 laps. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:20.219 56. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:20.496 54. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:20.694 57. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:20.794 42. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:21.353 106. Jenson Button McLaren 1:21.530 62. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.815 69. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham, 1:23.178 28. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:23.371 25.
Not much mate, McLaren had fuel pump problems has been out for over 3hrs now. Mercedes had technical failure which caused fuel to ignite inside the car, both red flags and had to be wheeled back to pits. Lotus seem to be pushing harder now even on the harder compounds. Toro Rosso looking quick on the hard, Paul up there using the medium tyre though. Sauber, Ferrari and IRBR seem to be sandbagging at the moment and just doing data collection rather than lap times.
Lotus seems happy with the setup now as they're doing longer timed runs. Strangely Sauber haven't been out for almost 2 hrs...
Morning Report. Romain Grosjean put Lotus at the top of the timesheets on the opening morning of Formula 1's first pre-season test of 2013 at Jerez. The Frenchman jumped to the top in the final minutes when he became the first driver to dip below the 1m20s barrier. His fastest time, a 1m19.796s, put him comfortably clear of Force India's Paul di Resta and Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo. Di Resta, Force India's only confirmed driver so far for the forthcoming campaign, had himself jumped to the top of the timesheets moments before Grosjean's charge. Ricciardo as a result found himself shunted from first to third in a matter of minutes. The Australian had set the pace for much of the morning running on Pirelli's new hard compound. Half a second down the road was Mercedes's Nico Rosberg, whose morning was cut short by an electrical issue which forced him to stop at Turn 11, his car briefly smoking at the rear. Rosberg had been the pacesetter until that point but was unable to return, ending the morning with just 11 laps under his belt. That was still more than McLaren's Jenson Button, who suffered his own early maladies. The Briton stopped out on track just three laps into his programme, bringing out the first red flag. A fuel pump-related issue then kept him sidelined for the rest of the morning. There were no such complaints for Pastor Maldonado in the 2012-spec Williams FW34, as the Venezuelan completed 52 laps - the most of any driver - and ended the morning in fifth. On his first day of testing as a Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh fastest, behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa, sixth in the F138. Mark Webber got Red Bull's third consecutive title defence off to a low-key start as he came home eighth, more than three seconds slower than Grosjean's benchmark. 2013 F1 rookies Giedo van der Garde (Caterham) and Max Chilton (Marussia) rounded out the day's runners, just ahead of Button. The pair were separated by just 0.182s, although both trailed the pace-setting E21 by more than five seconds. Morning timesPos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1m19.796s 24 2. Paul di Resta Force India 1m20.343s +0.547 40 3. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m20.401s +0.605 37 4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.846s +1.050 11 5. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1m20.864s +1.068 52 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m21.024s +1.228 47 7. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1m21.553s +1.757 32 8. Mark Webber Red Bull 1m22.959s +3.163 42 9. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1m24.994s +5.198 21 10. Max Chilton Marussia 1m25.176s +5.380 21 please log in to view this image Rosberg Gutted ^^^
In short......yes! They say 60+ laps is usually enough data to gather for the whole day, over that is a bonus for the driver and team.
Jenson been out for almost 5 hours now, Rosberg over 4... *Edit: And JB is finally out again, big job for McLaren to catch up now.
Follow this feed Manny, it's better keeping up to date. http://f1tests.info/2013.php?rev=on So far Jenson is only doing out laps.
Bet Hamilton and Perez are happy they didn't have to go first. But then not so happy that car testing is falling behind.
