Jerez Test - Day Four

3rd & 7 37yd

There is a certain calm optimism about McLaren. Unlike the frisky nervousness of the past two seasons. I think they might have something special under that pint sized car of theirs.

by Dhruv 2/4/2015 9:05:26 AM
Nope, don't like the new PU. Bring back refueling and NA engines. Rev up to 20,000 and hear something that sounds like mechanical nirvana.. Even keep the v6.

by Jack 2/4/2015 9:05:42 AM
Saw a clip on a Ferrari event from a couple of years back (Kimi championship year) with all the drivers on track and have to admit, the cars then where very aggressive and low rear winged, todays cars look like they on stilts with skinny and tall rear wings!

by graan13 2/4/2015 9:05:58 AM
Good news for Kvyat fans, bad news for Red Bull fans. Looks like the car stopped on the side of the track with an issue rather than a driver error. He didn't even make it as far as the gravel.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/4/2015 9:10:01 AM
I personally like the way McLaren Honda are going about their business, quietly and confident. It is like they know they've got a powerfull engine at their disposal, and the sound coming from the car supports that. They haven't gone out at full speed too often, and seems quite happy with the little obvious progress they are making. As I have understood they are still working on developement engine, nad not even touching their race engines yet. Is that right Laurence. Thank for the way you are handling your reporting and comments.

by Fritz 2/4/2015 9:14:55 AM
@Fritz: I'm not sure sound can be linked directly to power - if anything noise is wasted energy and these power units are about using energy efficiently. However, there will be many updates to the Honda engine before it is homologated at the end of February. This test is more about getting the car and engine working together.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/4/2015 9:16:46 AM
Help me understand No Time. If a car goes around the start-finishing straight, its a time, no matter how slow. If it does not complete the lap, I can understand No Time. Whats this based of?

by SpittingCobra 2/4/2015 9:34:53 AM
Kimi's and Allison's chemistry have matched from when they were in lotus. Only Allison knows what car Kimi likes. Good Job Allison.

by Forza 2/4/2015 10:00:45 AM
We have a Lotus on track as Grosjean comes back out on the medium tyre.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:01:38 AM
Grosjean slots into fourth position with a lap of 1:29.526. You'll notice the lap times are dropping rapidly now as the track is now dry.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:02:14 AM
@CrM, Lewis gifted Kimi a championship? Why should he do that? If he actually did that, that's pretty dumb.

by Snow 2/4/2015 10:02:52 AM
@Snow: I think he's referring to 2007, when Hamilton and Alonso's bitter in-house feud at McLaren allowed Kimi in to steal the title. Hamilton binning the McLaren in the gravel in China certainly helped Kimi's cause.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:03:24 AM
@Nate: I missed yesterday's afternoon runs, is Vettel's 1:20.984 still the top time for the test? There's the "2-3 seconds faster" Hembery predicted. Not far off V8 pace, will certainly top it at
some tracks this year.

by drynog 2/4/2015 10:04:48 AM
@drynog: Yes indeedy, Nasr was off that benchmark yesterday.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:05:00 AM
@CrM The only person to be gifted a championship is Lewis Hamilton. By Timo Glock.

by Brolloks 2/4/2015 10:05:09 AM
@Snow: What Nate said :) And Lewis pretty much blew the last race where he was still the clear favorite for the title despite his fiasco in China
.

by CrM 2/4/2015 10:05:11 AM
how about snapshots on some Kimi's action?

by speedtrap 2/4/2015 10:08:08 AM
by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:08:27 AM
by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:09:04 AM
@Nate, alright, I know that. Still, that was dumb of him if he ever did that on purpose at a cost of winning a championship. He could have won a championship and stick it to whoever he is disgruntled with. But don't take away what Kimi did that season.

by Snow 2/4/2015 10:09:50 AM
@Snow: I wasn't suggesting he did it on purpose. But the battle with Alonso and the crash in China cost him the title.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:10:21 AM
Grosjean lowers his personal best to 1:26.610, Ericsson improves to fourth with a 1:26.891, before we have another red flag.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:11:13 AM
It's the world champion. Hamilton's Mercedes has stopped in the middle of the chicane.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:12:15 AM
Looks like the Brit has spun out at the chicane, his car is in the middle of the track pointing the wrong way.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:12:34 AM
Nate, any idea why McLaren is a no show? They said they were waiting for the track to dry.....an hour ago.

by Russ 2/4/2015 10:13:13 AM
@Russ: Nope, no idea.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:13:17 AM
an you put out a pic of the W06 stranded ?

by Ravitheja Kammela 2/4/2015 10:14:08 AM
@RavithejaKammela: As soon as we have one.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:14:13 AM
Whats wrong with McLaren?? Why just one lap??

by Nishanth Dara 2/4/2015 10:15:13 AM
@NishanthDara: They were waiting for the track to dry out earlier. The track is dry now so I don't know what they're waiting for.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:15:30 AM
Nate, they're waiting for HAM to clear!:-)

by Lauda's red cap 2/4/2015 10:16:32 AM
During this lull Sauber has just tweeted thanks for reaching 25,000 followers on Instagram. So there's that.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:17:27 AM
Ferrari day 4 still quick its would really made Mercedes thinking about Ferrari if we all think Mercedes is hiding some thing than surly Ferrari also. has Mercedes has only made reliability improvement not other thing in that car. are they were overconfident about that no one would caught them. I think so

by Kavin Vora 2/4/2015 10:17:48 AM
@KavinVora: I don't think they've been over-confident. Rosberg said some pretty interesting stuff yesterday - while he did say Mercedes had been surprised by Ferrari's pace, he also said Mercedes is focused solely on reliability (ie, long runs) this week. So they are basically pushing the upper limits of the car to see where the breaking points are.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:18:46 AM
@Nate - do you have any inside news on Force India? Just read some speculation they will miss the next test, possibly all pre-season testing.

by Russ 2/4/2015 10:19:30 AM
@Russ: We have some news on Force India coming up on ESPNF1 shortly.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:19:40 AM
@KavinVora: If the Ferrari can 'jump' Mercedes in just one year, then something clearly went wrong in Mercedes, or Ferrari discovered the magic bullet.

by CrM 2/4/2015 10:19:57 AM
@CrM: I said it a lot yesterday, I don't think Ferrari has jumped anybody yet.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:20:42 AM
@Nate: Breaking points? Turn 10 and the chicane apparently!

by drynog 2/4/2015 10:20:49 AM
If that McLaren is gonna be so bad, they should not be running in Australia, dont you think?

by @f1mad 2/4/2015 10:21:28 AM
The latest news from Force India and the delay of its new car
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by Laurence Edmondson 2/4/2015 10:21:44 AM
@@f1mad: The point of these tests is to make sure you are ready for Melbourne. It's quite amazing how many people we have writing off McLaren on the back of three days and two hours of testing.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:22:03 AM
Actually, McLaren appears to me quite promising, if they'll get the reliability.

by CrM 2/4/2015 10:23:33 AM
No one is writing them off.but their performance ?

by KEITH SALDANHA 2/4/2015 10:23:34 AM
I agree with CrM. Honda was always going to have teething problems.

by Nate Saunders 2/4/2015 10:24:12 AM

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