Official 2011 Testing Thread

RED FLAG : Caused by the white Sauber of Sergio Perez, car has ended up in the gravel pit, no contact by the looks of it.

Times as of 10.03 GMT :
1 Massa Ferrari 1m41.375s
2 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m41.716s +0.341
3 Webber Red Bull 1m42.632s +1.257
4 Maldonado Williams 1m43.121s +1.746
5 Hamilton McLaren 1m43.683s +2.308
6 Rosberg Mercedes 1m43.817s +2.442
7 Perez Sauber 1m44.682s +3.307
8 Sutil Force India 1m44.998s +3.623
9 Trulli Lotus 1m45.540s +4.165
10 Glock Virgin 1m45.917s +4.542

 

Passing the time during this red flag, heres an interesting video of red bull in action in Jerez with some interesting camera angles :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUgLIEntWDo&feature=player_embedded#at=29

 

10:18 A man with a fire extinguisher is peering into the McLaren's rear end as it's pushed into the garage.

 

Webber's racked up 42 laps already. Leading the way in terms of mileage. Hamilton is wiping the floor with everybody for outlaps, must be nearing double figures.

 

Red flag, Massa's dropped it again. Webber, Massa and Perez top three. Track improving all the time, should be seeing slicks soon...

 

WOW.

Hamilton comes alive with a 1:35.504.5 secs quicker than Sutil in second place.

 

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1 Hamilton McLaren 1m35.504s
2 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m38.971s +3.467
3 Glock Virgin 1m39.931s +4.427
4 Sutil Force India 1m40.126s +4.622
5 Webber Red Bull 1m41.258s +5.754
6 Massa Ferrari 1m41.320s +5.816
7 Perez Sauber 1m41.370s +5.866
8 Karthikeyan HRT 1m41.408s +5.904
9 Petrov Renault 1m41.811s +6.307
10 Maldonado Williams 1m43.121s +7.617
11 Rosberg Mercedes 1m43.268s +7.764
12 Trulli Lotus 1m43.860s +8.356

 

1 Hamilton McLaren 1m35.504s
2 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m35.723s +0.219
3 Massa Ferrari 1m36.547s +1.043
4 Glock Virgin 1m39.782s +4.278
5 Sutil Force India 1m40.126s +4.622
6 Petrov Renault 1m41.078s +5.574
7 Webber Red Bull 1m41.258s +5.754
8 Perez Sauber 1m41.370s +5.866
9 Karthikeyan HRT 1m41.408s +5.904
10 Maldonado Williams 1m43.121s +7.617
11 Rosberg Mercedes 1m43.268s +7.764
12 Trulli Lotus 1m43.860s +8.356

 

1 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m33.640s
2 Hamilton McLaren 1m35.504s +1.864
3 Massa Ferrari 1m36.547s +2.907
4 Glock Virgin 1m39.782s +6.142
5 Sutil Force India 1m40.126s +6.486
6 Petrov Renault 1m41.078s +7.438
7 Webber Red Bull 1m41.258s +7.618
8 Perez Sauber 1m41.370s +7.730
9 Karthikeyan HRT 1m41.408s +7.768
10 Maldonado Williams 1m43.121s +9.481
11 Rosberg Mercedes 1m43.268s +9.628
12 Trulli Lotus 1m43.860s +10.220

Ricciardo goes fastest.

 

Right off for some bacon and eggs now with some wee sausages.

Catch you later.

 

1. Webber Red Bull Racing RB7 1:23.442 29 laps
2. Buemi Toro Rosso STR6 1:23.550 + 0.108 55 laps
3. Maldonado Williams FW33 1:24.057 + 0.615 41 laps
4. Sutil Force India VJM-04 1:24.226 + 0.784 36 laps
5. Massa Ferrari F150th 1:24.929 + 1.487 66 laps
6. Hamilton McLaren MP4-26 1:25.094 + 1.652 66 laps
7. Heidfeld Lotus Renault GP R31 1:26.203 + 2.761 25 laps
8. Perez Sauber C30 1:26.914 + 3.472 48 laps
9. Schumacher Mercedes GP W02 1:27.079 + 3.637 57 laps
10. Trulli Lotus F1 T128 1:29.992 + 6.550 18 laps
11. D'Ambrosio Virgin Racing MVR-02 1:31.713 + 8.271 27 laps
12. Petrov Lotus Renault GP R31 0 laps

HRT not taking part today as they belive they have got all they need from this test with the F110 before they kick of the F111 in the next test.

 

Team Lotus are also going home now after Trulli smashed the car this morning and no spare parts are left

 

quick times now coming in with Fellipe Massa setting the 2nd fastest time 1:23.531 bettering his previous 1:24.929 effort

 

1. Massa Ferrari F150th 1:22.625 116 laps
2. Webber Red Bull Racing RB7 1:23.442 + 0.817 63 laps
3. Buemi Toro Rosso STR6 1:23.550 + 0.925 83 laps
4. Heidfeld Lotus Renault GP R31 1:23.657 + 1.032 92 laps
5. Hamilton McLaren MP4-26 1:24.003 + 1.378 104 laps
6. Maldonado Williams FW33 1:24.057 + 1.432 113 laps
7. Sutil Force India VJM-04 1:24.226 + 1.601 56 laps
8. Perez Sauber C30 1:24.515 + 1.890 70 laps
9. D'Ambrosio Virgin Racing MVR-02 1:26.501 + 3.876 46 laps
10. Schumacher Mercedes GP W02 1:27.079 + 4.454 114 laps
11. Trulli Lotus F1 T128 1:29.992 + 7.367 18 laps

Massa sets the fastest lap of the day and of the test. I wonder what the testing headlines on the bbc will be

 

I wonder if Massa was doing a qualifying simulation.

 

well It looked like the guys out on race simulations today spent the last hour doing race starts and quali simulations. Mostly ruined by Schumacher and Maldonado doing the usual running out of fuel and bring out a red flag trick.

 

Well, the Merc ****ed up today and according to Yahoo news "Haug" thinks the Mercedes are not good enough for the "top ten" !!!.
He is either a lying little cunning £$%^&*£.
Or the team is seriously in trouble.

 

I wouldnt belive they are out of the top 10 cars but possible not 1 and 2. They are looking stronger than Mclaren at the momemnt though and have big updates for the final test.

 

Do you think?, nice to get a view point from a non-Mercedes fan, lets see what happens, your points are valid though, you may be right.