Official Pre-season testing thread

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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.
 
Latest info on Ferrari:

AMuS said:
Last info for low-mileage Ferrari: telemetry problems
We still puzzle over what is the reason for the current pause at Ferrari. Our Italian colleagues speculate that the seat does not fit properly.
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Autosprint said:
10.15 - We managed to get some more information on the situation of the Ferrari , which for a while 'is closed in the box (with a shuttered). On the night has been changed the engine on the car destined to Raikkonen: it was a simple rotation for the V6 turbo, whereas the previous one had already traveled about 1900 km between these tests and those at Jerez. To keep them still, however, there is a suspect gearbox problem and also some trouble with the telemetry. In fact, the transponders are causing problems to other teams, as happened for example in McLaren and Caterham yesterday.
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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............
 
10:43 Button returns to the pits, but stops shortly after the entry. A gaggle of McLaren mechanics charge up the pitlane to push his car back to the garage.
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This was just after his 1:34.976. Ran out of fuel maybe?
 
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%
 
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:
On his first day, Kimi Raikkonen got off to a good start, carrying out aerodynamic tests, as well as working on set-up and doing some practice starts. Then progress slowed as the team had to sort out a telemetry connection problem, which although trivial took up a lot of time. It is to be expected as Formula 1 embarks on an era with more emphasis on technology than ever before. With no pressing need to chase performance, the team decided to have an in-depth look at the problem, so as to get the most out of the new systems, once the telemetry glitch had been sorted. - See more at: http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/gentle-start-kimi#sthash.3bgea5Ld.dpuf
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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...
 
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