Second Barcelona Test

Second Barcelona Test - Second Day

3rd & 7 37yd

by Sahara Force India via twitter 2/27/2015 1:39:12 PM
by Sauber F1 Team via twitter 2/27/2015 1:39:32 PM
Can anybody guess who the guy on the right is in Sauber's latest tweet?

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 1:40:01 PM
I refuse to admit it, but I fear Laurence and Marais are right.

by mfbull 2/27/2015 1:40:27 PM
@Laurence: That is what makes it so great. They all went about it in their own, different way. If only F1 had such freedom, we would see some REAL badass cars @mfbull ;)

by Marais 2/27/2015 1:41:13 PM
@Lawrence, Anthony Worral-Thompson?

by DGSilva 2/27/2015 1:41:25 PM
@DGSilva: A good guess

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 1:41:33 PM
Audi even runs a Diesel engine... and it's so good, Lotus are a customer for their LMP1 entry.

WEC is a great championship and it was great to see Toyota finally come good last season. One of its strengths is that it doesn't have the same conflict we see in F1 whether it should be about the drivers or the manufacturers: manufacturers win outright there. Also, the showpiece event the Le Mans 24 hour race, also allows for much more lenient rules: the requirement to run a prototype continuously for 24 hours will concern any engineer far more than any limits a body such as the FIA can think up

by Oliver 2/27/2015 1:42:07 PM
race engineer?

by asdf 2/27/2015 1:42:16 PM
@asdf: Not quite, no

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 1:42:23 PM
Natee!!!

by Lachu Chelsea 2/27/2015 1:42:26 PM
@LachuChelsea: Is the correct answer!

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 1:42:36 PM
I was going to say, that looks like Nate!

by mfbull 2/27/2015 1:42:45 PM
And he has a look on his face that says, "If my daddy were rich, I'd be sitting there!"

by mfbull 2/27/2015 1:42:45 PM
i guess that we all must wait till Sunday afternoon and the last 2 hours were all the cars will turn up their engine @ max and do some fire show ... as if they do that today or tomorrow and an engine blow that will hamper their testing program but on Sunday eve no one has something to loose so they want to find to what level they can reach and etc....

by Melhem Sake edited by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 1:48:19 PM
Do you guys get face time with all the drivers during a test?

by mfbull 2/27/2015 1:49:37 PM
Nate! I pictured you with a full head of hair! hahaha

by Kimi_Fan 2/27/2015 1:50:17 PM
Laurence - (have corrected the spelling this time, apologies for the previous posts) | If Rosberg gets trashed this year and its not anywhere as close as last year, then I think Merc would have a problem at hand and probably should take up either Hulk or Bottas, as both of whom are just excellent options to keep Ham on his toes. (I am assuming Alonso and Hamilton is one team is an impossible thought even for Mercedes)

by Abhishek Choudhury 2/27/2015 1:50:33 PM
What are the rules when testing ? Are they the same as if they were racing ? Or are they much more polite with eachother ?

by MrTuK 2/27/2015 1:53:01 PM
@mfbull: There is nothing showroom about the safety car - I've had a close look at it. But it's quick enough to do the job and it keeps us entertained on GP weekend Thursdays when Maylander does his "sighter laps" and spends most of his time going sideways through the corners.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 2:21:53 PM
Oh, if you insist... Plus it's in McLaren 'papaya' orange

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 2:22:47 PM
@Rawpace: The soft and super-soft are not well suited to this track, but at some point the teams will have to run at heavy fuel on those too. Even though we all enjoy qualifying and seeing the cars on the limit, the points are earned on Sunday when the cars start the race fat with fuel. As a % the cars spend way more time per season with heavy fuel on board, so that is why the teams run heavier fuel for most of testing.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 2:25:01 PM
I'm just back from lunch and can only apologise for my lack of hair.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:28:26 PM
@McLaren_Fan: It's hard to tell. They may be running at higher settings but with heavy fuel, but we don't know for certain. We'll try to find as much as we can from the team at the end of the day

by Laurence Edmondson 2/27/2015 2:28:29 PM
I'll be taking over from Laurence, just in time to report a red flag for Kvyat. The Russian has stopped at Turn 1

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:29:07 PM
The track is green again and there's a flurry of activity. Vettel is out on hards, Nasr on mediums.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:33:35 PM
Is there any news about Kevin Magnussen taking part tomorrow?

by Kevin_Fan 2/27/2015 2:35:52 PM
@Kevin_Fan: Not yet.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:36:10 PM
I think that orange would look great on the McLaren with a big black glossy 'H' on the nose and 'HONDA' on the rear wing. That black and white livery is bad for the psyche of the team.

by mfbull 2/27/2015 2:36:24 PM
Marussia named on revised 2015 entry list
ESPN F1Marussia has been included on the revised 2015 entry list under the name Manor Marussia F1 Team, subject to compliance with this year's regulations - news from Marussia F1

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:38:59 PM
Is Force India doing well? Any issues or trouble so far?

by Prithvi 2/27/2015 2:39:10 PM
@Prithvi: Looks it, 21 laps might not seem a lot but for a first day out of the garage that's good going so far. Shows how much more prepared Mercedes power is to hit the ground running compared to the likes of Honda at this stage.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:39:47 PM
So Nate, you've been mano y mano with Carols Sainz and Marcus Ericsson. Impressions?

by mfbull 2/27/2015 2:39:55 PM
@mfbull: Both supremely confident, as you would expect. Ericsson is very keen to shake off the "pay driver" label and had some very interesting insights about his time at Caterham last year. All will be revealed however, with both features likely to run in the next week.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:40:33 PM
The McLaren is currently about 15kph down on the speed trap which would suggest to me they still have not turned the whick up on that car. Button is up to 68 laps though, so there's progress for sure at McLaren.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:44:16 PM
@Nate Who is the quickest on the speed trap?

by Romain 2/27/2015 2:45:53 PM
@Romain: At the moment its Williams, but it's very difficult to gauge these speeds until we know if engines are turned up fully.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:46:45 PM
nate is testing going on now or is it stopped

by achal 2/27/2015 2:46:47 PM
@achal: Yes, testing goes on until 1800 local time.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:47:01 PM
How's Jenson's laptimes? Are they running race sims or are they going in and out of the pits? Also what tyre are they on?

by Jason Arellano 2/27/2015 2:50:18 PM
@JasonArellano: Lap times have been down on the rest - his last was a 1:31.091 - but given McLaren's limited running so far these laps will be about searching for reliability and putting the crucial mileage on the Honda engine. I doubt we will see a race simulation from McLaren at this stage. It's an issue-free day for the first time this winter and they'll not want to push the engine into another problem.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:51:30 PM
Mercedes is back out on track.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:52:46 PM
A few mechanical changes to the car to start the afternoon in the garage, but we're back out on track now! @nico_rosberg at the wheel! #F1

by Mercedes-AMG F1 via twitter 2/27/2015 2:52:53 PM
To be honest I thought that is what testing is all about, pushing the engine/package to show up problems ??

by MrTuK 2/27/2015 2:53:10 PM
@MrTuK: Yes, it is, but its also about racking up mileage. McLaren will be gaining valuable data from this - 60 laps with the wick turned down is better than five with it turned up.

by Nate Saunders 2/27/2015 2:53:50 PM

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