2018 pre-season testing thread

[LM10]

Pirelli announced the tyres that will be available for the first 6 races:

Australia: S - SS - US
Bahrain: M - S - SS
China: M - S - SS
Azerbaijan: S - SS - US
Spain: M - S - SS
Canada: SS - US - HS

Source: AMuS

[Gerhardsa]

one team that impressed me the most is Hass. i think they will surprise in melbourne.

Cant decide if you are serious or just trolling? You basically said the same #$%#$^ on the previous page.

Judging from your rating, I assume trolling

i dont think any driver is cursed but the major problem with that car is not enough cooling. Its the size zero concept and it hard to get enough cooling. i hope they sort out their issues but its getting very late

Oil leaks have absolutely nothing to do with cooling
And its HAAS, not HASS

[bosyber]

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And its HAAS, not HASS

That. I do think HAAS are looking better than I expected, if they really moved beyond the tyre/break issues now, that's promising, but of course, we'll see how the diverse upgrade packages shuffle the field slightly in Melbourne.

[djones]

Looks like it was not an oil leak, but a total engine failure.

[Anthropolyte]

Looks like it was not an oil leak, but a total engine failure.

Debatable... oil falling on a hot exhaust would produce the same symptoms as shown in that photo. I imagine we'll find out soon enough though.

[Gerhardsa]

...
And its HAAS, not HASS

That. I do think HAAS are looking better than I expected, if they really moved beyond the tyre/break issues now, that's promising, but of course, we'll see how the diverse upgrade packages shuffle the field slightly in Melbourne.

Agreed

[djones]

Looks like it was not an oil leak, but a total engine failure.

Debatable... oil falling on a hot exhaust would produce the same symptoms as shown in that photo. I imagine we'll find out soon enough though.

""Engine... Five laps"

Is apparently what Alonso said when walking back to the motor home.

[Squid]

Here's a video of the car breaking down:



The sound is... not good.

[Godius]

[media]https://twitter.com/karunchandhok/statu ... 4711864320[/media]

[djones]

Them two comparison pics are silly. They are at different angles.

[Restomaniac]

Here's a video of the car breaking down (Facebook).

The sound is... not good.

Indeed. It was already smoking its head off and then that noise as you say isn't good. However unless I'm mistaken the ICE was still running after something had died.

[cyclon]

Here's a video of the car breaking down (Facebook).

The sound is... not good.

I am afraid of gearbox to engine teething problems ....
By the way what is the made of STR gearbox?

[TwanV]

https://twitter.com/karunchandhok/statu ... 4711864320

Interesting as that is, isn't the first part of T3 more about rear end grip? (At least that's my impression driving on this circuit in race-sims )

[CriXus]

https://twitter.com/karunchandhok/statu ... 4711864320

Actually, the Hamilton's line is the better one.

[Restomaniac]

Here's a video of the car breaking down (Facebook).

The sound is... not good.

I am afraid of gearbox to engine teething problems ....
By the way what is the made of STR gearbox?

The only problem with that is that as much as the grinding noise fits does blue smoke pouring out of the back support it?