Ferrari being reported to have the engine changed last night because of gearbox and software problems. + probably why the Renault engine costs so much because of the needed development in their energy division compared with Ferrari and Mercedes who already have the foundations.
13:29 We now have the info from Ferrari confirmed get. Telemetry problems have ensured that Raikkonen will not come to driving. Only 12 rounds for the Iceman. The engineers hope that it can go on in an hour. Button - 1:34.976 on supersofts Pirelli confirm to AMuS that Hamilton did his 1:34.263 on softs.
RBR will be whining to the FIA to turn down the other teams energy units to make them comparable to Renault's............
Caterham should try loosing aero efficiency to gain more cooling to run the engine harder. If your fast in a straight no one can overtake you 11:03 EDD STRAW has been in touch with Marussia to find out what has been going on since Max Chilton stopped earlier today: "We have found an anomaly in the engine, which we are continuing to investigate. In the meantime, we are changing the engine in order to get the car back out on track as quickly as possible." As we've heard a few times already this year, a 2014-spec engine change is not the work of a moment.
LONG RUN HAMILTON Lewis Hamilton is on a long run. His pit bord shows an ascending amount of laps, suggesting he will not come back in any time soon. Testing Weather. Airtemp. 24 degrees. Tracktemp. 42 degrees Humidity 47%
Hamilton's 14 lap stint: 1:40.545 1:40.954 1:40.785 1:41.686 1:41.396 1:41.020 1:41.701 1:41.518 1:41.609 1:42.205 1:42.039 1:42.637 IN
11:50 Fortunately we haven't had too many stoppages today as the majority of the cars are getting more reliable. But on the subject of red flags, EDD STRAW has been speaking to the Bahrain International Circuit operations director and clerk of the course Fayez Ramzy, who can offer an insight into the processes involved in vehicle recovery at these tests: "We are under strict instructions not to touch the cars," he says. "When a car stops we red flag the session and wait until everyone is in the pits, then we pick up the team and take them to the car so they can recover it themselves and then we bring it back. "We could easily restart sooner if the car was dropped outside or behind the garage, but the teams have insisted that they want the car into their garage from the front so we can't restart until it is inside. That is what takes the time." 11:54 The main reason the track recovery workers are not allowed to touch the cars is due to the new energy recovery systems being used this year. Ramzy explains: "We had a red flag for half-an-hour this morning [when Chilton stopped], but the reason was that the car was not safe as far as ERS was concerned. "Even the mechanics were standing there waiting for the car to be neutralised. Due to the evolution of the cars with the electrics, we don't touch the cars until the teams are out there and that is by their own request."
Ferrari: Paolo Filisetti ‏@paolofilise 13m Just sensors problems for Ferrari. Their malfunctioning hurts telemetry and put gearbox in recovery mode. Time to reset and reload system.
Are the Renault teams not at full pace then. They still have some times to sort their ERS out to be fair.
Lotus F1 Team ‏@Lotus_F1Team 3m Back out to check everything works okay @Pastormaldo Autosport: 12:34 Well, that didn't last long. Maldonado brings the session to a halt again in the E22, after one installation lap...
