Official Pre-season testing thread

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[TD]D. Kvyat[/TD]
[TD]1:35.544[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]39[/TD]
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[TD]K. Magnussen[/TD]
[TD]1:35.593[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]54[/TD]
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[TD]V. Bottas[/TD]
[TD]1:37.193[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]20[/TD]
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[TD]J. Bianchi[/TD]
[TD]1:37.195[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]58[/TD]
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[TD]Mr. Chilton[/TD]
[TD]1:37.359[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]46[/TD]
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[TD]D. Juncadella[/TD]
[TD]1:37.708[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]25[/TD]
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[TD]L. Hamilton[/TD]
[TD]1:37.908[/TD]
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[TD]G. van der Garde[/TD]
[TD]1:38.210[/TD]
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[TD]S. Vettel[/TD]
[TD]1:39.915[/TD]
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[TD]C. Pic[/TD]
[TD]1:44.728[/TD]
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[Forza Bianchi]

Day 2:

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[TD]J. Bianchi[/TD]
[TD]1:35.262[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]89[/TD]
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[TD]D. Kvyat[/TD]
[TD]1:35.544[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]55[/TD]
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[TD]K. Magnussen[/TD]
[TD]1:35.593[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]91[/TD]
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[TD]G. van der Garde[/TD]
[TD]1:36.327[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]84[/TD]
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[TD]L. Hamilton[/TD]
[TD]1:36.680[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]47[/TD]
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[TD]V. Bottas[/TD]
[TD]1:37.193[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]40[/TD]
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[TD]Mr. Chilton[/TD]
[TD]1:37.359[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]77[/TD]
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[TD]D. Juncadella[/TD]
[TD]1:37.449[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]52[/TD]
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[TD]S. Vettel[/TD]
[TD]1:39.410[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]76[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD]C. Pic[/TD]
[TD]1:41.906[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]38[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD]J. Leal[/TD]
[TD]1:42.635[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]51[/TD]
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[Smithers]

Max's dad drive today?

 

[Smithers]

'The new tyres tested have the same width as the current 13-inch tyres (245mm at the front and 325mm at the rear) but a diameter that is bigger by 30mm. The weight is approximately the same as the 13-inch tyre, because although the diameter is bigger, there is a smaller sidewall. The total weight, including the rim, is around 4 kilograms heavier.'

 

[BrightLampShade]

been skim reading this today, some brilliant snippets from the early days. Start's well with Boullier at Lotus?

Boullier claims everything is fine at Lotus and his team wont be the only ones missing at the first test....

Don't break it

11:13 Hamilton hits 270km/h again down the main straight, and he's beginning to more visibly lean on the W05.

He's purple in S1, but his lap tails off in the middle split and he doesn't improve.

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Don't break it!

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FFS! that's going to be ruined for a few hours now...

In fairness I think this was an ironic post as Silver was wetting himself by thins point.

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

memories of reliability

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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"]1:27.104[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]31[/TD]
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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]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]0.716[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]18[/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"]9.426[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, align: center"]15[/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"]15.153[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sergio Perez[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Force India[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Williams[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]FW36[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Caterham[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]CT05[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Max Chilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Marussia F1 Team[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]MR03[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #efefef"]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
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Big congrats to McLaren and Red Bull, money and expertises well used!

All before the end of day 1!