Barcelona Test - Day Two

3rd & 7 37yd

You can see the cookie cutter rear wing here

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 3:42:43 PM
can you give us a ranking in regards to the sounds of the engines?

by burnettbull 2/20/2015 3:43:04 PM
@burnettbull: Obviously this is entirely subjective, but I would say: 1. Honda, 2. Ferrari, 3. Renault, 4. Mercedes

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 3:44:07 PM
Is Hamilton still running? What's the longest stint he's done today?

by H278 2/20/2015 3:45:03 PM
@H278: He's done an entire race sim, which was interrupted by Carlos Sainz Jr beaching himself in the gravel. But that shouldn't deter from a very impressive effort from Mercedes this afternoon. 77 laps and counting for the reigning world champion.

by Nate Saunders 2/20/2015 3:45:41 PM
The Renault in the Caterham used to be my favourite because it had a weird high pitch wail in the exhaust note. It was particularly noticeable at Monaco between the buildings and going up the hill from St Devote to Beau Rivage - it sounded a but like some one had let a (quiet) V12 out on the track. I never found out why it did it... probably because it was broken

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 3:45:42 PM
Sadly the Ferrari no longer makes little "pow" noises on downshifts. But the overall exhaust note sounded nicer than last year when I was in Jerez.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 3:46:50 PM
Looks more like a pastry crimper to me.

by mfbull 2/20/2015 3:46:53 PM
@mfbull: I think that's what I mean

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 3:47:06 PM
Watching the Sky Sports with Ted Kravitz report from Day 1 at turn 2. I found two things of interest. 1) The cars do sound different from last year, a little more noise. and 2) The Ferrari had great corner speed and was hugging the inside kerb quite a bit unlike other cars in turn two. Maybe it's part Kimi driving it into the inside kerb but the Ferrari design gets some credit because last year, it was a given that Kimi did not feel comfortable doing that. The Ferrari was too unpredictable.

by Rodster 2/20/2015 3:47:58 PM
Have you guys ever got to drive a factory F1 simulator?

by mfbull 2/20/2015 3:49:01 PM
@mfbull: No. I once asked at McLaren and they wouldn't even show me inside.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 3:49:21 PM
Do not be looking at the lap times. Its all about the miles, the more they run, the more they learn. The more they learn, the better they will get. Without knowing the fuel loads and whether its max engine performance or not difficult to comment. Lets wait and watch!

by Rahul8145 2/20/2015 3:49:39 PM
Williams has been pretty quiet today, all things considered, but Massa has just gone purple in the first sector and jumped to fourth overall on the soft tyre.

by Nate Saunders 2/20/2015 3:50:29 PM
Can you compare the engine sound of last year? if it is better ... noisier

by elmezquita 2/20/2015 3:51:37 PM
So can you just roll up on a factory and say, "I'm Laurence Edmonson from ESPN.com and I'd like to look around," or are they wary of you media types? I've heard that civilians are received pretty well on unannounced visits, is that true?

by mfbull 2/20/2015 3:56:15 PM
impressive lap count for red bull compared to the past tests, do they finally have the bugs fixed do you think? any problems for them today?

by Adam Gabrielle 2/20/2015 3:57:07 PM
@Rahul8145: I think they will be both quite evenly matched, but Raikkonen hasn't quite been the same since the change in tyre construction midway through 2013. I think this will be his last season if the results don't come, whereas Seb is in it for the long haul.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 4:09:47 PM
@Scuderia: They split today's running to make up for lost time yesterday when Hamilton had a fever and couldn't run. Rosberg is also struggling with a neck strain, so it made sense to split today as well as keeping it fair. It's entirely okay by the rules, they can have as many drivers as they want in one day of testing.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 4:11:25 PM
@Laurence: As many drivers as they want but just one car, right? Thanks for the information!

by Scuderia 2/20/2015 4:14:50 PM
@Scuderia: That's right, only one car per team.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 4:15:06 PM
by Renault F1 Team via twitter 2/20/2015 4:18:31 PM
by Romain Grosjean via twitter 2/20/2015 4:19:03 PM
Romain, that cheeky monkey...wait...is that a monkey seat he's on?

by mfbull 2/20/2015 4:23:06 PM
why not let them have 2 cars? if that is soooo obscene to Bernie, only have one car allowed on track at a time? the teams spend so much money, they really should be able to get the most from it

by burnettbull 2/20/2015 4:23:16 PM
@burnettbull: It's a cost thing. You need more people to run a second car and it was decided when testing was reduced to limit it to one. For the teams it's not so bad as they can focus their attention on one car rather than two and at this stage second chassis are often still being fabricated along with lots of other parts.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 4:25:06 PM
I drove Ferrari's simulator in Abu Dhabi at the Ferrari World complex. Very intense and I did not even finish my allotted time because I was getting sick from motion sickness which is normal in these kinds of simulators.

by Jet Jockey 2/20/2015 4:26:16 PM
Perez completing more than a hundred laps. I think FI are testing more things besides the tyres.

by rob 2/20/2015 4:26:26 PM
As far as I know the Caterham team's assets have been put to an auction. Any rumours about a possible buyer or whether someone wants to form another team based on their HQ and buildings?

by Scuderia 2/20/2015 4:26:38 PM
@Mikemartz: They'll stick around as there is only three days off between. But expect to see even more new parts and updates on the car next week.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 4:58:53 PM
Chequered flag out - that's the end of day two of the second test.

by Nate Saunders 2/20/2015 5:02:19 PM
Full time update and report to come

by Nate Saunders 2/20/2015 5:02:27 PM
Ricciardo remains on top with the fastest time we have seen at this track in an F1 car since 2013.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 5:03:01 PM
Thanks for joining us today. We'll be back with more live commentary over the weekend and Nate has just been sent to the paddock to gather all the reaction to today's test. Stay tuned on espnf1.com for more news

by Laurence Edmondson 2/20/2015 5:07:09 PM

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