Barcelona Test - Day Two
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@MIKEB: Track temperature is 22.8C. That's still pretty chilly for F1 tyres, which are designed to run on track temperatures ranging from 30-40C. Pirelli has developed a special winter tyre for testing that gets up to operating temperature very quickly in cold conditions. The low temperatures are just another reason not to get too excited about quick laps at the top of the timesheets.
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@abudhabifan: Lotus is not yet running its engine at full power and we don't know fuel loads. The Force India time could mean a lot or it could mean very little. Personally, I reckon the guys at Mercedes HPP in Brixworth know what they are doing and haven't made the 2015 engine slower.
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What is worth remembering is that force india are using a car that is running all completed that is tried and tested wheras everyone else is trying to get everything working together in terms of brake by wire and throttle application so the new cars are definitely going to be quiker than last year
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@MadhusudanRamakrishna: Because in reality it is very dull. Imagine an eight hour FP1 session when most of the time no more than two cars are on track and you are not allowed to see in any of the garages. Sky attempted to do live coverage a couple of years ago and the figures weren't great. I can assure you, if there was money to be made then Bernie would have found a way of doing it. However, there are some interesting news angles that come out of it and so it is perfect for website coverage.
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Am curious...so asking it for the 3rd time, as it wasn't published earlier...As I can recall, the drivers earlier had the choice of going in the race with more down-force or speed. Do they enjoy the same decision making powers now, or my knowledge is wrong, it never was the case ever.
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@Sitank: That's a choice made by drivers and their engineers, which has always been the case. Nowadays, simulations give the teams a good idea before they arrive at the track and then decisions are made from there on. At most tracks they want the maximum downforce possible from the package (while limiting drag of course). Spa is still an interesting track in that regard as some cars run lots of wing to be fast in the corners and some cars run skinny wings for straight-line speed. It's all part of the strategy of a race weekend.
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