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Pastor Maldonado recorded the fastest time on the penultimate testing day of the current 4-day session at Barcelona. The session was dominated by 4 red flags and was eventually cut short 3 minutes earlier than planned because Felipe Massa came to a halt in the pitlane.
=D>spadeflush wrote:I doubt whether any test will give a definite answer. Look at what happened last year. Michael topped the final test. He couldn't match that time during Q2 in the Spanish GP. We all know how the season unfolded. The tests just fulfill our appetites for F1, thats all
JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Red Bull again, McLaren then maybe Mercedes and Ferrari then the rest.
the fastest car on the grid are most unlikely to top the per-season testing as the element of surprise during the first few fly away races are crucial.spadeflush wrote:I doubt whether any test will give a definite answer. Look at what happened last year. Michael topped the final test. He couldn't match that time during Q2 in the Spanish GP. We all know how the season unfolded. The tests just fulfill our appetites for F1, thats all
if all else fail, control-C control-Vhorse wrote:JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Red Bull again, McLaren then maybe Mercedes and Ferrari then the rest.
Yeah, for me I think the most interesting information comes from observers who know what a good and a bad car look like. Even they can be fooled by car weights, tyres, etc. From what I've read here and there that would put RB and McLaren in a good place, possibly Renault as well (if it wasn't broke).
Haven't seen much chat about the Mercedes yet, regarding it's stability, breaking, etc, TBH. Still sounds like Ferrari need to do a bit more work on getting the setup of that fancy front end sorted.
In addition, teams can have breakthroughs between testing and the season proper. Take McLaren last year, for instance.
most probably, yes.CHT wrote:the fastest car on the grid are most unlikely to top the per-season testing as the element of surprise during the first few fly away races are crucial.spadeflush wrote:I doubt whether any test will give a definite answer. Look at what happened last year. Michael topped the final test. He couldn't match that time during Q2 in the Spanish GP. We all know how the season unfolded. The tests just fulfill our appetites for F1, thats all
=D> =D>CHT wrote:
if all else fail, control-C control-V
did you compare the drop off between button and lewis? Might be interesting to see who will have the upper hand this season when it comes down to tyres.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:The McLaren and Mercedes drop offs are near identical at 1.5 seconds after 16 laps.
The times distorted by the difference in fuel load.
