Everything you need to know for F1 Testing!
Day 1, the woes & the wows
F1 Day 1 at Jerez
Top 3 Quickest
Jenson Button set the fastest time with 30 minutes left of testing left for the session, leaving Mark Webber in 2nd & Romain Grosjean in 3rd who has said the Lotus has exceeded his expectations
Sauber good as it's predecessor.
Nico Hulkenberg believes that Sauber's new Formula 1 car has maintained the high-speed strengths of its predecessor.
The German had his first experience of the new C32 at Jerez on Tuesday, and said that first impressions had been encouraging.
"It has been a positive day to be honest," said Hulkenberg, who ended the day seventh overall.
Mclaren woes
Mclaren has Fuel Pump issues which leaves Martin Whitmarsh Frustrated, this same issue struck Lewish Hamilton in Abu Dhabi
he was quoted
"In a bid to rectify the problem McLaren opted for a brand new design and pump on this year's MP4-28, only for it to fail after just three installation laps.
"Unfortunately it was a fuel pump failure, the same as we had in Abu Dhabi," Whitmarsh confirmed.
"It was frustrating but it's what tests are for."
Caterham Still has some work to do
Caterhams new driver Giedo van der Garde beleives that the team still has some work to do, as he feels the rear grip is not quite there yet, He completed 64 laps in the new car, lapping 3.054 seconds off pacesetter Mark Webber's Red Bull..
Pirelli Tyres in doubt
According to Mark Webber he says the 2013 generation tyres are not clear yet,Pirelli said the new tyres would be around half a second per lap quicker than the 2012 compounds. But Webber thinks the improvements in car design over the last 12 months accounts for the gain.
“I don’t know if it’s faster,” Webber told media after the first day of running. “Obviously the lap times are quick but the regulations haven’t changed too much.”
DAY 1 in Pictures
Day 1, the woes & the wows
F1 Day 1 at Jerez
Top 3 Quickest
Jenson Button set the fastest time with 30 minutes left of testing left for the session, leaving Mark Webber in 2nd & Romain Grosjean in 3rd who has said the Lotus has exceeded his expectations
Sauber good as it's predecessor.
Nico Hulkenberg believes that Sauber's new Formula 1 car has maintained the high-speed strengths of its predecessor.
The German had his first experience of the new C32 at Jerez on Tuesday, and said that first impressions had been encouraging.
"It has been a positive day to be honest," said Hulkenberg, who ended the day seventh overall.
Mclaren woes
Mclaren has Fuel Pump issues which leaves Martin Whitmarsh Frustrated, this same issue struck Lewish Hamilton in Abu Dhabi
he was quoted
"In a bid to rectify the problem McLaren opted for a brand new design and pump on this year's MP4-28, only for it to fail after just three installation laps.
"Unfortunately it was a fuel pump failure, the same as we had in Abu Dhabi," Whitmarsh confirmed.
"It was frustrating but it's what tests are for."
Caterham Still has some work to do
Caterhams new driver Giedo van der Garde beleives that the team still has some work to do, as he feels the rear grip is not quite there yet, He completed 64 laps in the new car, lapping 3.054 seconds off pacesetter Mark Webber's Red Bull..
Pirelli Tyres in doubt
According to Mark Webber he says the 2013 generation tyres are not clear yet,Pirelli said the new tyres would be around half a second per lap quicker than the 2012 compounds. But Webber thinks the improvements in car design over the last 12 months accounts for the gain.
“I don’t know if it’s faster,” Webber told media after the first day of running. “Obviously the lap times are quick but the regulations haven’t changed too much.”
DAY 1 in Pictures
