Official Pre-season testing thread

Toro Rosso looking impressive too

 

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.654[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]8.710[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:42.257[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]14.437[/TD]
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Yuu can hear the sickening crack when the front wing breaks and gets trapped under the car.

Quite a heavy hit

 

[video=youtube;4JWxjGFamsc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWxjGFamsc[/video]

 

LH

 

lol

 

They sound fantastic.

 

Mercedes would've done more laps than the rest combined without that failure. Really does look like their year already.

Vergne's just stopped on track.

 

And then facepalmed as he left the pitlane.

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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Mercedes GP[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]W05[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:27.820[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]F14 T[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:29.474[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1.654[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]14[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]STR9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:36.530[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]8.710[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]14[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Esteban Gutierrez[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sauber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]C33[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]1:42.257[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]14.437[/TD]
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With the Mercedes front nose, it always looked like it would take too much downforce/weight due to the angle it is positioned, no wonder there is difficulty keeping it mounted and safe.

 

Ferrari moving on to aero testing:

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Anybody else adjusted to the noses already? I am not bothered at all now.

The hell are Williams playing at.

 

Raikkonen goes fastest, 4/10ths quicker than Hamilton.

 

Take a seat Silver son.

 

7/10ths quicker now. You can taste the fear of the Mercedes fans already.

 

First race of the season. Mercs on pole and Ferrari's starting from the pit lane, Ferrari go to overtake the Mercs and the Mercs fall apart taking all out? No one else got within 107%


Sounds legit.

 

Raikkonen doing pit stop practice now.

 

14:59 AUTOSPORT's EDD STRAW reports Kimi was pressing on a bit with that last run, saying there was a bit of wheelspin and a rear-end wobble out of the last corner.

 

Why? Lewis set that time on a very green track in the morning, Kimi set that in the afternoon with a bit of rubber on track that gave him another second for free.