2017 Car Launches and Pre / Mid Season Testing.

[Antonov]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Dare I ask - McLaren will either DNF or come last in Melbourne?

[Everso Biggyballies]

Dare I ask - McLaren will either DNF or come last in Melbourne?

Renamed Manor McLaren.

That is if the Ministry of Defence allows the cars to leave England for Australia.

Old news now but.....
Exiled former McLaren boss Ron Dennis has joined a new innovation advisory panel set up by the UK’s Ministry of Defence, his first public role since being forced to step down as head of the McLaren Technology Group.
The 69-year-old was appointed to the panel by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, who announced the new structure during a speech to engineering students, academics and apprentices at the University of Oxford.

[Antonov]

more like Life F1

[kals]

Dare I ask - McLaren will either DNF or come last in Melbourne?

Renamed Manor McLaren.

Woah woah woah. Do not besmirch the good name of Manor F1 for the sake of a McLaren joke

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Lets compare apples with apples (with the issues of testing and all that means)

Bear in mind last years pole time of 1:22.000 was set at the GP in May, when track temps were considerably warmer and also 3 months of updates fitted. The outright fastest testing lap in 2016 was Kimi with a 1:22.765. That is an improvement this year of over 4 seconds.

warmer temps makes the cars lose downforce and, therefore, speed around Barcelona.

2016 was an odd year. Typically, winter testing times are faster than the pole, or at least I remember it this way

How many laps have Vandorne done? Given his a rookie, he might suffer from the lack of mileage. Poor guy.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Alonso is out lapping again after his morning failures, and is indeed approaching Verstappen's total laps for the day. Max has been in the garage since before lunch with 'turbo issues' and checkson his Renault engine. Alonso may be lapping again but he is still very slow, only 12th fastest and still lapping in the mid 22's, 4 seconds off the pace.

Renault (engines) are quietly hiding behind McLarens cloud as their reliability also has been less than impressive.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Pre Season testing now over with for 2017. Next time we see the cars will be Friday P1 at the AGP.

Summary of today's fastest times, Laps completed etc.

Formula 1 test at Circuit de Catalunya 10 March 2017

Pos. Driver Team Time Laps
1. K. Raikkonen Ferrari 01:18.634 - 111
2. M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 01:19.438 - 71
3. C. Sainz Jr. Scuderia Toro Rosso 01:19.837 - 132
4. V. Bottas Mercedes Grand Prix 01:19.845 - 53
5. L. Hamilton Mercedes Grand Prix 01:19.850 - 54
6. N. Hulkenberg Renault 01:19.885 - 45
7. S. Perez Force India F1 01:20.116 - 128
8. J. Palmer Renault 01:20.205 - 43
9. L. Stroll Williams 01:20.335 - 132
10. R. Grosjean Haas F1 01:21.110 - 76
11. F. Alonso McLaren 01:21.389 - 43
12. M. Ericsson Sauber 01:21.670 - 59
13. P. Wehrlein Sauber 01:23.527 - 42

[kals]

Kimi said he could have gone quicker. That's kind of a "no shit sherlock" comment.

Lewis said that he's still to find the perfect performance window of the W08.

Melbourne could be interesting.

[Everso Biggyballies]

[Ian-S]

Dare I ask - McLaren will either DNF or come last in Melbourne?

You're assuming they actually start the race, at this rate they won't even make it to the grid before the PU shuts down.

[kals]

[Antonov]

Rofl at Boullier running in.

[PTRACER]

[Antonov]

[kals]

Urgh! No thank you!

[caneparo]

And compared with 2016, it's like Mercedes vs. Marussia. The first sector is the same speed, but from Turn 3 onwards Bottas gains a huge amount of time.

My laundry machine sounds more exciting