2013 Testing Master Thread

[Von Butters]

Estoril would be ideal imo. Plus, we get to see that track again.
I still remember Ayrton Senna blasting post Prost at turn 3. 88 i think it was. It was pure magic.

 

[Ketnix]

End of day 4 -
COMPLETED LAPS
1 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 145
2 Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 142
3 Charles Pic (Caterham) 109
4 Sergio Perez (McLaren) 97
5 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 96
6 Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 92
7 Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 91
8 Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 82
9 Luiz Razia (Marussia) 81
10 Jules Bianchi (Force India) 56
11 Pedro de la Rosa (Ferrari) 50
12 Paul di Resta (Force India) 49

FINAL LAP TIMES
1 Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 1m18.148s
2 Jules Bianchi (Force India) 1m18.175s
3 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1m18.565s
4 Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber), 1m18.669s
5 Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 1m18.760s
6 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 1m18.905s
7 Sergio Perez (McLaren), 1m18.944s
8 Valtteri Bottas (Williams), 1m19.851s
9 Pedro de la Rosa (Ferrari), 1m20.316s
10 Charles Pic (Caterham), 1m21.105s
11 Luiz Razia (Marussia), 1m21.226s
12 Paul di Resta (Force India), 1m23.435s

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Either it needs some resurfacing or we could just use some circuits up north, I've seen a few people mention ones with FIA standards. Although it'll be even more cool up there.

All things considered, southern Europe is the best place to test.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

I think France could be Best place for 1st Test.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

I think France could be Best place for 1st Test.

France is north of Spain which means north of Jerez, so I have to disagree.

 

[Johnny Russian]

being a south african, i would love to see testing at Kyalami. unfortunately i don't think it is logistically possible given how far away south africa is from europe, where all of the teams have their factories/bases

 

[Scott Webber]

 

[driveroz247]

Day 1 Barcelona testing:

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:22.616 (54 laps)
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:22.623 (44 laps)
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:22.952 (110 laps)
Seb Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.956 (66 laps)
Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:23.733 (86 laps)
Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.884 (73 laps)
Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:24.124 (77 laps)
Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:24.144 (82 laps)
Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:25.124 (68 laps)
Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:26.747 (65 laps)
Charles Pic, Caterham, 1:27.534 (49 laps)

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Day 2 morning.

1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull ----------------------- 1m22.197s 43 - SOFT
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes ----------------------- 1m22.726s +0.529 64 - HARD
3. Sergio Perez McLaren ---------------------------- 1m22.743s +0.546 35 - SOFT
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari -------------------------- 1m23.247s +1.050 28 - ??
5. Valtteri Bottas Williams -------------------------- 1m23.561s +1.364 53 - ??
6. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso ------------------- 1m23.718s +1.521 46 - ??
7. Paul di Resta Force India ----------------------- 1m23.971s +1.774 41 - ??
8. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber ------------------------ 1m24.638s +2.441 39 - ??
9. Charles Pic Caterham ---------------------------- 1m26.985s +4.788 52 - ??
10. Max Chilton Marussia -------------------------- 1m28.900s +6.703 32 - ??
11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus --------------------------- - 4

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Now this is interesting,

SkySportsF1 Ted Kravitz has told SSN that Lewis Hamilton's time on the hard tyre this morning will have made "Red Bull sit up and take notice."

Í´m not sure either but i think he did the time with the oldest exhaust setup, not the mclaren style exhaust.

They got a RBR version in the CFD program too which is interesting.

 

[Dmitry Zaharov]

Merc is eating their tires, McLaren have rubbish drivers, Vettel does it again. Now fast forward to 2014 please

 

[Shane Butler]

Merc is eating their tires, McLaren have rubbish drivers, Vettel does it again. Now fast forward to 2014 please

Hehe, chill mate We will truly know the pecking order in Q3 in Melbourne.. best to wait until then before any real conclusions are made.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Merc is eating their tires, McLaren have rubbish drivers, Vettel does it again. Now fast forward to 2014 please

Do you have the drop-off times for Red Bull, Mclaren, Ferrari and Mercedes?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Today's times
 
Pos    Driver              Team            Time        Gap      Laps  Tyre
 
1.     Sergio Perez        McLaren         1m21.848s            97    Soft
2.     Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull        1m22.197s  +0.349    84    Soft
3.     Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus           1m22.697s  +0.849    43    Medium
4.     Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes        1m22.726s  +0.878    121   Hard
5.     Fernando Alonso     Ferrari         1m23.247s  +1.399    76    Medium
6.     Valtteri Bottas     Williams        1m23.561s  +1.713    98    Soft
7.     Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso      1m23.718s  +1.870    70    Medium
8.     Paul di Resta       Force India     1m23.971s  +2.123    62    Medium
9.     Nico Hulkenberg     Sauber          1m24.205s  +2.357    88    Medium
10.    Max Chilton         Marussia        1m25.115s  +3.267    67    Soft
11.    Charles Pic         Caterham        1m26.243s  +4.395    102   Medium

 

[Markus Neumann]

Every team is eating their tyres alive right now. I wouldn't worry about it too much, it was like this in 2011 as well. It is simply too cold right now. Should be fine by Melbourne. Pirelli has tested these tyres a lot last year and the teams also got to try them out at Interlagos - and it certainly wasn't so bad there.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Hamilton just beat his old Pole Position time last year...on hards....on more fuel... remember he was near empty last year and had the best car by a mile in that event.

I´m hoping that this is an indicator that the Mercedes atleast can be up there fighting for podiums at least.

Edit: actually it was softs.

Edit2: an even faster time but now on Mediums.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Pos  Driver                Team          Time        Gap        Laps    Tyre 
1.   Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes      1m20.558s              117     Soft
2.   Felipe Massa          Ferrari       1m21.266s   + 0.708s   94      Supersoft
3.   Adrian Sutil          Force India   1m21.627s   + 1.069s   109     Soft
4.   Pastor Maldonado      Williams      1m22.305s   + 1.747s   34      Soft
5.   Valtteri Bottas       Williams      1m22.468s   + 1.910s   31      Soft
6.   Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber        1m22.553s   + 1.995s   99      Soft
7.   Mark Webber           Red Bull      1m22.658s   + 2.100s   59      Soft
8.   Sergio Perez          McLaren       1m22.694s   + 2.136s   101     Soft
9.   Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso    1m23.223s   + 2.665s   114     Soft
10.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus         1m23.380s   + 2.822s   46      Medium
11.  Davide Valsecchi      Lotus         1m23.448s   + 2.890s   16      Soft
12.  Jules Bianchi         Marussia      1m24.028s   + 3.470s   74      Soft
13.  Giedo van der Garde   Caterham      1m24.235s   + 3.677s   126     Soft

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Live stream Sky Sports,

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/112960/1/watch-sky-sports-f1.html

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Pos  Driver            Team         Time        Gap        Laps
1.   Nico Rosberg      Mercedes     1m20.130s              131
2.   Fernando Alonso   Ferrari      1m20.494s   + 0.364s   120
3.   Jenson Button     McLaren      1m21.444s   + 1.314s   122
4.   Nico Hulkenberg   Sauber       1m21.541s   + 1.411s   118
5.   Kimi Raikkonen    Lotus        1m21.658s   + 1.528s   50
6.   Paul di Resta     Force India  1m21.664s   + 1.534s   112
7.   Pastor Maldonado  Williams     1m22.415s   + 2.285s   42
8.   Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull     1m22.514s   + 2.384s   100
9.   Valtteri Bottas   Williams     1m22.524s   + 2.394s   31
10.  Charles Pic       Caterham     1m23.115s   + 2.985s   116
11.  Jules Bianchi     Marussia     1m23.167s   + 3.037s   62
12.  Daniel Ricciardo  Toro Rosso   1m23.628s   + 3.498s   91
13.  Max Chilton       Marussia     1m24.103s   + 3.973s   49

 

[Shane Butler]

Good pace shown by the Merc again today.. very hard to know who has the upper hand.