2013 Testing - Jerez 5-8 Feb

[fritticaldi]

Totally agree with xDama. It's sad to see Mercedes-Benz having just 1 victory after three years. The Brackley based team will have to step it up. Is the arrival for 2014 of highly touted Paddy Lowe from McLaren the missing link?

[Earnard Beccelstone]

It would be nice to see some extra engines, but as teams they can and should stay away from F1 as far as possible. Each and every team of those manufactures was a failure, one bigger then the other. The latest big failure in the making is Mercedes.

Mercedes has 1 win and five podiums in three years, not a great return on investment, but not too bad. Too early to write them off as a failure, although they have been dissapointing.

I'd hardly call BMW a failure either. Taking Sauber from mid/back of the grid and making it the third strongest team in F1 for a couple of years isn't failing. One win and 17 podiums in four years is pretty good.

Toyota could be considered a failure: no wins and only 13 podiums in eight years. Although I think as much of that was down to their driver policy as it was to the cars themselves.

Honda as a race team were probably a failure (although they had their moments), but as an engine manufacture they've been damned successful.

[Juzh]

What F1 needs are teams like Sauber, Mclaren, Williams and in some degree Red Bull. Teams who aren't interested in global sale-figures, but only on pure racing results.

Why red bull only to some degree? Just curious what's your reasoning.

[lukeaar]

What F1 needs are teams like Sauber, Mclaren, Williams and in some degree Red Bull. Teams who aren't interested in global sale-figures, but only on pure racing results.

I think that's a very odd choice of teams for that criteria. I don't think there are ANY teams that are only in F1 to boost sale-figures. That' would be a ridiculous waste of money. Of course there are advertising advantages, but if that's all you're after there are much better ROI opportunities out there than running an F1 team.

[vowdy]

Ted's Notebook, Jerez Day 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGJvMZbgp4o[/youtube]

[Blanchimont]

That's the Minardi rear wing Kravitz's mentioning in the vid.

From http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/ ... 4/169.html
"The large vertical slit - Minardi were the first to introduce this last season - remains, lessening drag and raising the efficiency of the wing's lower profile."
So it was there since 2005, but nobody discovered it.

Right-click->view the pictures for better a resolution.

[wesley123]

Renault had one

[Blanchimont]

Thanks, didn't know that.
Can you remember which year it was when Renault tried this rear wing slot?

[stefan_]

Final day at Jerez.



The Day 4 testing line-up at Jerez is as follows:

Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel

Scuderia Ferrari
Pedro de la Rosa

McLaren
Sergio Pérez

Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Räikkönen

Mercedes AMG F1 Team
Lewis Hamilton

Sauber F1 Team
Esteban Gutiérrez

Force India F1 Team
Jules Bianchi

Williams F1 Team (2012 car)
Valtteri Bottas

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Jean-Éric Vergne

Caterham F1 Team
Charles Pic

Marussia F1 Team
Luiz Razia

Running time:
9am – 5pm
(Local time, GMT +1)

[f1316]

Any reason de la Rosa's not on f1tests timing screen?

[Mui]

Any reason de la Rosa's not on f1tests timing screen?

Has he done an outlap? Names don't show unless they've been out on track once.

[Mr.G]

Do we have any info what are the Ferrari's plans for today?

EDIT - de la Roas is on the track.

[GrizzleBoy]

De La Rosa sets the Ferrari on FIRE!






Literally....

[StrikeForceF1]

wonder what happened to de la rosa

[Mui]

I'm going to guess wiring loom.