2018 pre-season testing thread

[johnny comelately]

from live feed: "Big moment for Leclerc! He has a snap of oversteer through T9 and just about avoids the gravel" - does that mean he is in the gravel?

[GPR-A duplicate2]

[media]https://twitter.com/HondaRacingF1/statu ... 5053582336[/media]

[F1NAC]

On autosport LT bottas time its shown on HS. And somebody say that he was using MED.

[Restomaniac]

On autosport LT bottas time its shown on HS. And somebody say that he was using MED.

No that earlier run was apparently a HS run. He is currently on MED running consistent 1m19's

Scary eh!!!

[ironrose]

Where's Kimi??? His he having a sh...?

He just did an installation lap and now doing proper runs ...

[dans79]

On autosport LT bottas time its shown on HS. And somebody say that he was using MED.

He was on mediums for his last run, not his fastest one. Come on man!

[1158]

Whoops, Torro Rosso broke down before it even managed to clear the pitlane - anyone see what for?

[media]https://twitter.com/ToroRosso/status/971394337450942465[/media]

[Phil]

On autosport LT bottas time its shown on HS. And somebody say that he was using MED.

Do you guys not read or follow the topic? Bottas quickest lap, was on HS. His latest consistent run within the 1.19.x were on mediums (and probably more interesting to analyze and draw conclusions from than his one-lap effort on the HS).

[dans79]

For reference Bottas's laps all would have been in the top 6 in qualifying last year.

[dren]

And some media reports it was Hypersoft. This is just a game

It was confirmed mediums!

Shmediums.

[Thunder18]

The track is getting warmer and tyres are starting to show their worth, lets see what times are like at the end of the week :O

[Phil]

For reference Bottas's laps all would have been in the top 6 in qualifying last year.

If I am not mistaken, I think the current cool temperatures during testing account for a bit of laptime (and of course, free choice of tires). Didn't last years testing times compare favorably to Q3 times at Barcelona later in the year (comparing like for like on same compounds)?

[Sieper]

Chivalry is not dead yet:

https://twitter.com/MSM_Christian/statu ... 8754477057

[oetger]

The fumes coming out the rear crash structure of Ferrari powered teams can cause quite a few problems in the garage I can imagine:

https://imgr1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/C ... 151253.jpg

via AMuS

https://www.f1today.net/nl/fotos/f/5a9f ... 6920a3.jpg

[George-Jung]

We should not focus too much on fast laps atm tbh- because nobody knows what kind of program each team is running..

Perhaps some teams are focussing soley on the slow corners, or perhaps the opposit- and therefor not running with an ideal setup for overall, resulting in slower laptimes then you might expect/ would like to see.

*) not denying that it is always nice to be on top.