Official Pre-season testing thread

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Still waiting for Red Bull.

Autosport said:
07:07 Felipe Massa has taken the Williams out for the first time today. As usual, a radio check is the first item on the agenda.

Sutil has pitted, having taken his lap count up to nine for the day, while Hulkenberg has just returned from another installation lap.
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AMuS said:
10:05 Vettel At Red Bull screwed yet hectic. An hour earlier, a large box arrived with parts at the track.
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It turns out that Fernando Alonso did actually eventually return to the pitlane on his F14 T's own steam, but just took a little while longer than an installation lap should have done. The screens at the Ferrari garage when straight across, so no real indication get what went wrong.
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AMuS said:
10:13 Red Bulls night shift leaves the track. There was apparently a lot to do. Team advisor Marko still upset about the high cost, the expects of the new engine formula the GP racing. "If you must solve problems as we do, it costs the same again."
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Problems for Williams:
07:23 According to EDD STRAW, the engine cover has been taken off the Williams and he can see "feverish activity". He's also heard that the issue could have involved the power cutting out when Massa took to the track earlier.
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Lap times so far:

Hamilton - 1m40.625s
Alonso - 1m41.115s
Sutil - 1m42.849s
Grosjean - 1m44.832s
Frijns - 1m45.238s
 
Earlier pictures of the Ferrari

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Red Bull Racing @redbullracing
Good morning from a sunny Bahrain. Working hard in the garage at the moment but we'll be out on track soon. #Bahrain
 
1. Magnussen 1:39.266
2. Hamilton 1:39.454
3. Alonso 1:41.115
4. Sutil 1:42.849
5. Grosjean 1:44.832
6. Frijns 1:45.238

Mercedes - 33 laps
Ferrari - 37 laps
Renault - 19 laps



Vettel now has his racesuit on:

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According to Sky F1’s David Croft, Ferrari intend to “start to push parts to the limits of their durability” over the coming few days.
 
Almost 3 hours into testing, Red Bull are preparing to go out:


Autosport said:
08:46 Red Bull has just fired its Renault engine up, but it still has the car up on stands so it doesn't appear that we'll be getting a first lap of the day from the RB10 just yet.
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Red Bull Racing @redbullracing
Slight delay folks, the team's still fitting some parts. We've fired up and are hoping to be on track shortly. More updates to follow.
 
Mercedes - 54 laps
Ferrari - 45 laps
Renault - 25 laps


Sutil (Sauber) 30 laps
Hamilton (Mercedes) 23 laps
Frijns (Caterham) 18 laps
Magnussen (McLaren) 14 laps
Hulkenberg (Force India) 14 laps
Alonso (Ferrari) 13 laps
Grosjean (Lotus) 7 laps
Massa (Williams) 3 laps
Bianchi (Marussia) 2 laps
 
Sky said:
While Red Bull continue to stress they'll be out for the first time today shortly, we haven't also seen Toro Rosso as yet in the opening three hours. We hear it might take them a little longer to get the STR9 up and running for action.
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