2024 Formula 1 car pre-season tests

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Bottom post of the previous page:

FASTEST TEST TIMES PER DRIVER (ALL 3 DAYS)
Driver Team Time Day Tyre
Sainz Ferrari 1m29.921s Thursday C4
Leclerc Ferrari 1m30.322s Friday C4
Russell Mercedes 1m30.368s Friday C4
Zhou Sauber 1m30.647s Friday C4
Perez Red Bull 1m30.679s Thursday C3
Verstappen Red Bull 1m30.755s Friday C3
Tsunoda RB 1m30.775s Friday C4
Albon Williams 1m30.984s Friday C4
Piastri McLaren 1m31.03s Friday C3
Hamilton Mercedes 1m31.066s Thursday C3
Alonso Aston Martin 1m31.159s Friday C3
Norris McLaren 1m31.256s Thursday C3
Ricciardo RB 1m31.361s Thursday C4
Hulkenberg Haas 1m31.686s Friday C3
Stroll Aston Martin 1m32.029s Thursday C3
Ocon Alpine 1m32.061s Thursday C3
Gasly Alpine 1m32.149s Friday C3
Bottas Sauber 1m32.227s Thursday C3
Sargeant Williams 1m32.578s Thursday C4
Magnussen Haas 1m33.053s Friday C3

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/full ... d-mileage/

Ferrari seem fast. But are they really, and can they last 90 minutes without screwing things up?

[Aty]

Max Verstappen is ahead again this time. The emphasis is on Verstappen, not Red Bull. Sergio Perez drives where Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin drive. Desperate suggestion from the paddock: "Can't you give (Max) him a few sleeping pills?"

AMuS

[Everso Biggyballies]

FASTEST TEST TIMES PER DRIVER (ALL 3 DAYS)
Driver Team Time Day Tyre
Sainz Ferrari 1m29.921s Thursday C4
Leclerc Ferrari 1m30.322s Friday C4
Russell Mercedes 1m30.368s Friday C4
Zhou Sauber 1m30.647s Friday C4
Perez Red Bull 1m30.679s Thursday C3
Verstappen Red Bull 1m30.755s Friday C3
Tsunoda RB 1m30.775s Friday C4
Albon Williams 1m30.984s Friday C4
Piastri McLaren 1m31.03s Friday C3
Hamilton Mercedes 1m31.066s Thursday C3
Alonso Aston Martin 1m31.159s Friday C3
Norris McLaren 1m31.256s Thursday C3
Ricciardo RB 1m31.361s Thursday C4
Hulkenberg Haas 1m31.686s Friday C3
Stroll Aston Martin 1m32.029s Thursday C3
Ocon Alpine 1m32.061s Thursday C3
Gasly Alpine 1m32.149s Friday C3
Bottas Sauber 1m32.227s Thursday C3
Sargeant Williams 1m32.578s Thursday C4
Magnussen Haas 1m33.053s Friday C3

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/full ... d-mileage/

Ferrari seem fast. But are they really, and can they last 90 minutes without screwing things up?

I couldnt help but notice that Max seemed to have little problem setting purples in sector 1 and 2 at will, yet mysteriously not be able to nail S3 as well..... to the extent on the last day that a poor S3 time eroded his S1 and S2 advantages.

Did the tyres suddenly go off in the last sector? Not likely. More likely Max kept getting cramp in his throttle pedal leg.

I see Fernando holds no punches with his comment after.....

“I think 19 drivers in the paddock now will think they will not win the championship,” he said.

“It happens 99 per cent of the time in your career. This is a brutal sport.”

Some random stuff...:

Bahrain testing team stats: Haas runs most laps

Seq. Make Laps km
1 Haas 441 2386
2 Ferrari 416 2251
3 Red Bull 391 2116
4 Sauber 379 2051
5 Aston Martin 379 2051
6 RB 367 1986
7 Mercedes 361 1953
8 Alpine 334 1807
9 McLaren 328 1775
10 Williams 299 1618


Bahrain testing driver stats: Magnussen gets most mileage

Seq. Driver Laps km
1 Kevin Magnussen 239 1293
2 Carlos Sainz Jr. 224 1212
3 Daniel Ricciardo 210 1136
4 Max Verstappen 209 1131
5 Nico Hülkenberg 202 1093
6 Lance Stroll 196 1060
7 Esteban Ocon 193 1044
8 Valtteri Bottas 193 1044
9 Charles Leclerc 192 1039
10 George Russell 189 1022
11 Zhou Guanyu 186 1006
12 Oscar Piastri 183 990
13 Fernando Alonso 183 990
14 Sergio Pérez 182 984
15 Lewis Hamilton 172 930
16 Alexander Albon 161 871
17 Yuki Tsunoda 157 849
18 Lando Norris 145 784
19 Pierre Gasly 141 763
20 Logan Sargeant 138 746


F1 has attempted a corrected order using F1-estimated data to 'theoretical' tyre-corrected times.

Clever people with knowledge and computers have put together an estimate real world lap time per team, tyre corrected and based on believed weight, fuel load and engine modes.

Guess who comes out on top.

Times by team — F1 estimate

1. Red Bull Racing: 1m 30.595s

2. Ferrari: +0.226s

3. McLaren: +0.380s

4. Mercedes: +0.571s

5. RB: +0.734s

6. Aston Martin: +0.852s

7. Alpine: +1.042s

8. Sauber: +1.051s

9. Williams: +1.123s

10. Haas: +1.323s

[Aty]

That's what Helmut said after first day of testing - we are about 0,3 [sec] ahead. The guy knows his stuff. The gap is good for RBR to start a season, but for how long? It may be different from last year.

[Everso Biggyballies]

That's what Helmut said after first day of testing - we are about 0,3 [sec] ahead. The guy knows his stuff. The gap is good for RBR to start a season, but for how long? It may be different from last year.

I also understand that Red Bull have two specs of sidepods, one with larger cooling inlets for hot areas and one that has not yet been used on track, with smaller cooling inlets for cooler zones.

The bad news is that the hot weather setup as used in Bahrain is slower that the cool zone set up. Obviously with the airflow anything directed to cooling is airflow lost to creating downforce, thus the cooler track smaller inlets allows more air diverted for downforce purposes = more aero grip.

In other words the performance we have seen in Bahrain is the lowest side pod spec for performance. Get to a cooler circuit with less cooling air required then the more air usable for downforce means they will likely be in a different post code to the rest.

Clever bloke that Newey.