Barcelona Test - Day Three

3rd & 7 37yd

@ankur: I think it's something we should approach with caution. 1000bhp is all well and good, but it won't be that obvious on TV and could be pretty expensive if it's approached in the wrong way. Costs and the health of the smaller teams should be the first consideration

by Laurence Edmondson 2/21/2015 9:47:47 AM
What are Sauber doing this morning?

by David W 2/21/2015 9:49:17 AM
by Sauber F1 Team via twitter 2/21/2015 9:49:20 AM
i think force india is running vjmo8 with old front wing design and new engine...if that possible

by ankur 2/21/2015 9:51:46 AM
@ankur: Nope. The team has been quite clear it's a VJM07

by Laurence Edmondson 2/21/2015 9:52:03 AM
Massa, Verstappen and Kvyat on track this morning. It looks like Red Bull are doing pit stop practice again with no time on the board.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/21/2015 9:53:33 AM
Meanwhile in the paddock, Mercedes leads Red Bull up the steps to the Red Bull motorhome. What could they possibly be meeting about?

by Laurence Edmondson 2/21/2015 9:57:22 AM
On top of the extra cost to extract 1000 Hp (the actuak PU's are not capble of handling that!) it will become even more expensive with wider tyres as the whole aerodynamics of the car will be totally different.

by Wim van de Kimmenade 2/21/2015 9:57:32 AM
@WimvandeKimmenade: Changing the fuel flow rate might be a way to increase power quite quickly and easily. But that impacts the size of the fuel tank and other aspects of car design

by Laurence Edmondson 2/21/2015 9:59:23 AM
The track is green again but its still drizzly and it's all pretty quiet out there. Every driver in the pits currently.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:19:57 PM
Teams reluctant to have a car in the wall by the end of the day.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:20:16 PM
Why Mercedes motorhome for lunch and not Force India. I guess a better lunch HHHaaaaaa.

by Bart edited by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:20:42 PM
@Bart: Mercedes is one of the few teams to offer a lunch to the media!

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:20:59 PM
Kvyat goes out on track, knocking away the pesky tumble
weeds that were probably floating down the pit lane.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:22:34 PM
why mclaren have limited lap counts

by alonso fernando 2/21/2015 1:31:37 PM
@alonsofernando: McLaren had a stoppage this morning and, though Button has been back out since, it may have altered the team's run plan.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:32:07 PM
by BWT Racing Point F1 Team via twitter 2/21/2015 1:39:46 PM
I guess that tweet is relevant for a large number of teams out there. Still a little drizzly.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:40:06 PM
Though that said, Ericsson is out there on slicks - as is Kvyat - so the conditions are improving.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:40:36 PM
Two wins still the goal in 2015 for Ferrari
ESPN F1Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says the team's encouraging start to pre-season testing has not inflated his objective of achieving two race wins in 2015 - news from Ferrari F1

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:41:50 PM
Some light reading for you while we wait for things to get a little bit sexier out there.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:42:07 PM
So sad to see one of the biggest teams of this sport aiming only for a couple of wins... don't you think?

by ralva8 2/21/2015 1:45:53 PM
@ralva8: Considering they didn't win last year it shows they are keeping their feet on the ground. Just because you are a big team doesn't mean you are owed success.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:46:21 PM
by Lewis Hamilton via twitter 2/21/2015 1:47:35 PM
If Kvyat is doing a race simulation he's not doing it very quickly. His soft tyre laps were way off the pace and he's now switched to the medium compound.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:52:27 PM
A full Red Bull pit wall - including Christian Horner - would indicate the team is doing a race simulation.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:52:49 PM
In some cases you can never win. After having said two at the very beginning, if Ferrari wold have said four now, we would have said that its going to their heads. As a fan I would say that they are going to win more than two races, just as long as they compete in front.

by Bart 2/21/2015 1:54:04 PM
Kvyat has switched to the medium tyre and his last lap was a 1:29.619 - which was quicker than he was lapping on the softs.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:58:19 PM
I'm a Ferrari fan thru and thru but i've come to respect Hammy's skills and what his personality brings to the Sport.

by Rodster 2/21/2015 1:58:34 PM
But this is competition... you're supposed to aim for the best and then get as much as you can... if you only want to reach a couple of wins then you're maybe not giving your best...

by ralva8 2/21/2015 1:58:40 PM
@ralva8: They're giving their best but they also appreciate how big the gap is to Mercedes. If you go into a season saying "We can win 10 races" and then don't win any, morale takes a big hit.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 1:59:11 PM
To compare with Kvyat, Vettel is also on mediums and his last laps were 1:29.2 before two 1:28.8s

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:00:24 PM
Wat happened to mclaren???

by Shiv 2/21/2015 2:01:46 PM
@Shiv: We haven't seen McLaren since lunch. Button stopped on track this morning and, even though he returned for another few laps, we are yet to hear what the problem is (or if there is one)

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:02:13 PM
Raiva. They are all in there to win and not just to make traffic. I would rather hear two and get four, rather than promising four and get two.

by Bart 2/21/2015 2:03:33 PM
Hamilton has gone out on track, sporting a set of medium tyres.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:10:00 PM
If vettel wins the Drivers Championship I'l be dam pissed

by XanBeX 2/21/2015 2:10:08 PM
Im betting cars will go up to 1.22 by the end of the next testing

by XanBeX 2/21/2015 2:10:11 PM
Bottas has taken over from Massa this afternoon, by the way.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:10:58 PM
Vettel is still out there on the mediums and just crossed with a 1:28.531.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:14:37 PM
Answering your poll. None of the drivers of the list will win faces in 2015.

by Racing Fan edited by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:14:44 PM
Vettel's latest a 1:28.827. Pretty consistent stuff from the four-time world champion.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:16:42 PM
Given how toro rosso (max) has beaten last year's pole by ~0.5 seconds, it should be clear that Mercedes, RB and Ferrari still have quite a bit in the bag despite posting similar times over the last two days.

by Turboy 2/21/2015 2:16:45 PM
how much time left

by ankur 2/21/2015 2:17:03 PM
@ankur: The session finishes a 1800 local time, in just under three hours.

by Nate Saunders 2/21/2015 2:17:15 PM

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