2018 Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 Team - Honda

[dren]

Isn't this opposite of what GA was saying? lol

Very impressed with the front end of the Toro Rosso. Of course the top three teams look very good but Hartley is able to carry good speed into the apex of Turn 4 and the nose stays nicely tucked in. The Honda engine sounds less rough than last year too.

Karun Chandhok

I was just getting ready to post the same. I thought the few videos I saw, it looked like the TR was slower into the corners than others. That could have been at times of higher fuel levels, though.

[HPD]

[godlameroso]

Gasley "That's crazy, how is the cat playing the piano."

Honda engineer "It's paws are on strings"

Gasley "whoa!"

Engineer on right " I wonder what my cats are doing"

[marmer]

Isn't this opposite of what GA was saying? lol

Very impressed with the front end of the Toro Rosso. Of course the top three teams look very good but Hartley is able to carry good speed into the apex of Turn 4 and the nose stays nicely tucked in. The Honda engine sounds less rough than last year too.

Karun Chandhok

I was just getting ready to post the same. I thought the few videos I saw, it looked like the TR was slower into the corners than others. That could have been at times of higher fuel levels, though.

Hard to know which one to ignore normally both full of rubbish

The truth might be in them middle see what brundle says and we will have the holy trinity of gibberish

[1158]

Isn't this opposite of what GA was saying? lol

I was just getting ready to post the same. I thought the few videos I saw, it looked like the TR was slower into the corners than others. That could have been at times of higher fuel levels, though.

Hard to know which one to ignore normally both full of rubbish

The truth might be in them middle see what brundle says and we will have the holy trinity of gibberish

Holy trinity of gibberish. I like that lol.

[1158]

So Hartly just started a stint on SS after a long stay in the garage. Possible race sim? He bag this one on lap 91.

[1158]

Lap times Hartley

Brendon Hartley is doing a longer run on the soft tyres. His lap times: 1:24.9, 1:24.4, 1:24.4, 1:24.3, 1:24.5, 1:24.5, 1:24.6, 1:24.9, 1:24.9 and 1:24.9.

Sampling of his times. Has to be a race sim. He came in and swapped to softs then went right back out.

He's roughly 30 laps into the "race"

[cyro_666]

Lap times Hartley

Brendon Hartley is doing a longer run on the soft tyres. His lap times: 1:24.9, 1:24.4, 1:24.4, 1:24.3, 1:24.5, 1:24.5, 1:24.6, 1:24.9, 1:24.9 and 1:24.9.

Sampling of his times. Has to be a race sim. He came in and swapped to softs then went right back out.

He's roughly 30 laps into the "race"

This does not seem like a good race pace, does it? Hopefully I'm wrong.

[1158]

Lap times Hartley

Brendon Hartley is doing a longer run on the soft tyres. His lap times: 1:24.9, 1:24.4, 1:24.4, 1:24.3, 1:24.5, 1:24.5, 1:24.6, 1:24.9, 1:24.9 and 1:24.9.

Sampling of his times. Has to be a race sim. He came in and swapped to softs then went right back out.

He's roughly 30 laps into the "race"

This does not seem like a good race pace, does it? Hopefully I'm wrong.

I don't know where in the sim those laps are from tho. He was 30 laps in when I posted that but had been on softs for at least 10 laps before my post (possibly more).

He just completed the sim. They have now done 7.6 race distances this week on 1 PU.

[McG]

What's the thinking of STR Honda fans as to where they will be come Australia?

I thought they would basically be last but it looks really good so far.

[godlameroso]

Lap times Hartley

Brendon Hartley is doing a longer run on the soft tyres. His lap times: 1:24.9, 1:24.4, 1:24.4, 1:24.3, 1:24.5, 1:24.5, 1:24.6, 1:24.9, 1:24.9 and 1:24.9.

Sampling of his times. Has to be a race sim. He came in and swapped to softs then went right back out.

He's roughly 30 laps into the "race"

This does not seem like a good race pace, does it? Hopefully I'm wrong.

It seems about even with Renault and McLaren's starting stints.

[Ground Effect]

Midfield will be super tight. I think Toro Rosso, Renault & Haas will fight for 4th.

[rogazilla]

will we see TR goes out and try to one up McLaren? They are suspiciously just faster the last couple of days

Time to turn up the wick as the testing come to an end?

[rogazilla]

On second thought... probably better to take the engine back and do a tear down and study it rather than blowing it up...

[1158]

I'm a little surprised that TR didn't go out for more after the race sim, but they said they wanted to hit 155 laps on days 3 and 4 of week 2 and do a race sim each day. They did what they wanted to do.