Jerez Tests

[Belatti]

Unofficial Tuesday times from Jerez, day two:
1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:19.102
2. Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren, 1:19.287
3. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:19.539
4. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 1:19.601
5. Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault, 1:19.660
6. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:19.958
7. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:20.013
8. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 1:20.029
9. Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso, 1:20.105
10. David Coulthard, Red Bull, 1:20.176
11. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 1:20.418
12. Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 1:21.133
13. Lucas di Grassi, Renault, 1:21.200
14. Takuma Sato, Super Aguri, 1:21.400
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India, 1:21.553
16. Alexander Wurz, Honda, 1:21.950


I don´t know about Kazuki´s racing background, but I must admit that is surprising to me that he is quicker than Nico. Both were running "development programme".

[FLC]

Results from today, not final:

1. M. Webber, Red Bull, 1:18.628, 40
2. N. Rosberg, Williams, 1:19.091, 48
3. K. Nakajima, Williams, 1:19.215, 50
4. F. Alonso, Renault, 1:19.710, 33
5. R. Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:19.829, 63
6. L. Hamilton, McLaren, 1:19.857, 62
7. S. Vettel, Toro Rosso, 1:19.889, 66
8. N. Piquet Jr., Renault, 1:20.014, 43
9. H. Kovalainen, McLaren, 1:20.152, 51
10.N. Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:20.201, 52
11.S. Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 1:20.536, 19
12.D. Coulthard, Red Bull, 1:20.665, 53
14.T. Sato, Super Aguri, 1:21.567,55
15.R. Barichello, Honda, 1:21.823, 17
16.A. Sutil, Force India, 1:22.244, 42

[joseff]

Interesting numbers posted by Williams =D> maybe people will stop calling Kazuki a pay driver now.

Over these 3 days I've seen at least 3 front wings being tested:
- Barcelona-style (the one that broke its support)
- Same wing but with vertical supports like FW29
- A new wing without the top bridged element

[checkered]

That's an interesting

timesheet, if it holds up ... the wind conditions were said to be difficult, in which case Williams should be cautiously optimistic about their chances in Albert Park's usual micro climate. On a humorous note, Takuma Sato seems to have managed to yet again best Barrichello in the "new" Honda towards the lower end of the order. It seems the only way for Honda to get podiums soon is to help Super Aguri get into winning form.

[hyunterks]

Wow!!!! Heikki set 1,17.974 in the moning

good pace

1 second quicker than others

[FLC]

0.511 sec. quicker than DC in the RB4.

[Conceptual]

0.511 sec. quicker than DC in the RB4.

RB4 still sporting the big engine cover?

Chris

[teecof1fan]

Yup! I think they'll be hanging on to it, personally...

[axle]

Indeed the RB4 engine cover seems to be working for them...and their persistance with it leads me to suspect that we will see other teams investigating the concept shortly.

[Mikacouli]

But the engine cover is flexible till now. They're searching for a solution to make it more stiff. Hopefully they can make it stiff. There's potential in the car.

[teecof1fan]

I also noticed they added a little fin on top of the rear crash structure.

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... catID=1478
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... catID=1478

[bar555]

I think you mean the 'shark tail fin' ( this is the name i gave to this feature )

check this link viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4885

Red Bull RB3 had it also during the last races of 2007 season

[teecof1fan]

Ah, indeed! Thanks for the link too. It's interesting to note all the different interpretations!