Official: Testing Thread

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RED FLAG! Medical helicopter grounded due to bad weather so I think the session's over.

Alonso fastest. We should have done a sweepstakes for testing.

EDIT: testing resumes. Thanks, BBC 5Live. <doh>
 
Pablo Elizalde &#8207 said:
I may or may not change a time by 0.001 seconds to see who grabs them from our report
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Autosport said:

1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.444s
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m23.648s + 1.204s
3. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.891s + 1.447s
4. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1m24.048s + 1.604s
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m24.100s + 1.656s
6. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.736s + 2.292s
7. Oliver Turvey McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.303s + 2.859s
8. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m25.475s + 3.031s
9. Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham-Renault 1m27.197s + 4.753s
10. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.359s + 4.915s
11. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m29.179s + 6.735s
12. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1m50.898s + 28.454s
13. Michael Schumacher Mercedes No time
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Wow. Just didn't understand why, there was plenty of coverage (well at least text commentary, team tweets etc) for the pre-season tests. Rather stupid <whistle>
 
BrightLampShade said:
Not even Autosports live text coverage is happening. Everyone must be on holiday.
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I think it's just cost cutting. Pre-season testing is much more significant than this three-day test on a circuit that isn't representative of F1 circuits generally so it's not something media outlets really need to commit to. Natalie Pinkham has been in Hungary following Button's antics so Sky aren't that bothered.
 
Oh dear lotus, school boy error number 1!

Always supply ice creams for the iceman when it's raining.
 
SilverArrow said:
Ferrari exhaust supposedly overheating the floor
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McLaren had the same issue in Jerez so at least the gasses are going roughly where they should be. The best part about today was Alonso's lap times on his long stint - they didn't drop off so quickly like they did in Jerez (when the exhaust was overheating the rear tyres). I hope this means they've finally sorted out their exhaust problems, so they could use this configuration in Spain if their Sauber exhaust doesn't work.
 
Day 1 - Top Speed (KPH)
1. Alonso - 229.02
2. Webber - 225.73
3. Vergne - 225.07
4. D'Ambrosio - 224.65
5. Rosberg - 224.51
6. Kobayashi - 222.83
7. Turvey - 221.35
8. Bianchi - 220.90
9. Gonzalez - 216.54
10. Pic - 216.14
11. Bottas - 211.73
12. Paffett - 170.26
 
Paffett only knows up to 5th gear <whistle>

Given how damp and merky it was out there I doubt any of the teams got to push their tyres as much as they would have liked to see how they can maintain wear.

Nico Rosberg got to drive the furthest today. Slightly less than the distance from Manchester to Bristol
 
In news from Sauber:

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Sauber sensors on floor and beside the roll hoop, the new sidepod\exhaust aided by reshaped rear wishbones
 
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