F1 2011 Pre-Season Thread

[Magnificent]

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.renault-f1.fr%2F%3FRomain-Grosjean-troisieme-pilote%2C2517

Grosjean to join Fauzy as Renault test driver. Good news as I always thought the guy deserved another shot at F1.

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

 

[James Chant]

Online launch for the new Lotus car.

At 06:00 AM Europien time (I belive GMT) at the 31st of January Lotus will reviel there Renault powered car for 2011. The car will be called TF11 and won't do the first test at February the 1st. But Heikki will have a run on Wednesfay and Trulli on Thursday. (This is the Barchelona test)

Which Lotus? Team Lotus or Lotus - Renault? They both have Renault engines this time, just to be confusing of course

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Which Lotus? Team Lotus or Lotus - Renault? They both have Renault engines this time, just to be confusing of course

I ment the team lotus with yellow and green.

 

[Magnificent]

Added Renault test drivers aswell as the launch images for Lotus, Sauber and Renault.
Does anyone know what the lotus test drivers are, apparently it's David Valsecchi but I'n not 100% sure.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

There is no official words from the team so there is nothing that can be done.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Unofficial Tuesday test times from Valencia:
1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:13.769, 93 Laps
2. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:13.938, 71 Laps
3. Gary Paffett, McLaren, 1:14.292, 91 Laps
4. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:14.461, 28 Laps
5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:14.553, 98 Laps
6. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:15.621, 64 Laps
7. Jerome D’Ambrosio, Virgin, 1:16.003, 71 Laps
8. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:16.351, 28 Laps
9. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:16.450, 15 Laps
10. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:17.214, 19 Laps
11. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:17.335, 77 Laps
12. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 1:18.020, 45 Laps
13. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:19.930, 9 Laps

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Unofficial Wednesday test times from Valencia:
1. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:13.307, 108 Laps
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:13.614, 43 Laps
3. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:13.844, 111 Laps
4. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:14.353, 83 Laps
5. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:14.412, 104 Laps
6. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 1:14.472, 80 Laps
7. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:14.645, 69 Laps
8. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:15.408, 34 Laps
9. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:16.023, 50 Laps
10. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:16.198, 42 Laps
11. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:16.266, 29 Laps
12. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:16.359, 46 Laps
13. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:16.474, 64 Laps
14. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:17.365, 17 Laps
15. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus, 1:20.649, 15 Laps

I don't know what car HRT is using but look at the laptime Narain is doing. Quite impressive for driving the HRT.

 

[Adam Eggbeer]

They are using the 2010 car, and you can't read anything into those times as you don't know how hard teams are pushing.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Unofficial Thursday test times from Valencia:
1. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:13.144, 95 Laps
2. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:13.201, 117 Laps
3. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:13.553, 105 Laps
4. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:13.936, 105 Laps
5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:14.017, 80 Laps
6. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:14.207, 114 Laps
7. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:14.299, 101 Laps
8. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:14.458, 103 Laps
9. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:14.537, 110 Laps
10. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:14.801, 73 Laps
11. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 1:16.535, 63 Laps
12. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, no time, 38 Laps

 

[Hannu Karesola]

Heavy rains at Melbourne park atm. Hopefully things will settle soon. Pic should be from turn 4 area.

http://www.shanerogers.com.au/dropbox/radarguruf1/IMG_5435.jpg

 

[James Chant]

Heavy rains at Melbourne park atm. Hopefully things will settle soon. Pic should be from turn 4 area.

http://www.shanerogers.com.au/dropbox/radarguruf1/IMG_5435.jpg

F1 powerboats?

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Unofficial Thursday test times from Jerez:
1. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:20.709
2. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:21.483
3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:21.522
4. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:21.755
5. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:21.914
6. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:22.689
7. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:23.472
8. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:23.504
9. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:23.963
10. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, 1:24.458
11. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:25.086
12. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:34.968

 

[Chas McInnes]

:frown: Robert Kubica is out for probably the 2011 season. Such a shame :frown: he's one of the good guys. Although a McLaren follower,i think Robert showed his real talent last year.
Get well soon :f1:

 

[Astra]

Nick Heidfeld will replace Kubica this Season.

 

[Joe Bough]

Nick Heidfeld will replace Kubica this Season.

Not confirmed as of yet, he is doing an 'audition' in the next test, B. Senna in the test after.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

People please don't PANIC!!!

Unofficial Friday test times from Jerez:
1. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:20.352
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:20.413
3. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:21.009
4. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:21.214
5. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:21.613
6. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:21.780
7. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:21.857
8. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:22.208
9. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:22.493
10. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.591
11. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, 1:23.216

 

[Magnificent]

Everything update once again.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Unofficial Saturday test times from Jerez:
1. Nick Heidfeld, Renault, 1:20.361, 86 laps
2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:20.493, 131
3. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:21.054, 114
4. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:21.099, 36
5. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:21.242, 84
6. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:21.574, 98
7. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:21.681, 92
8. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus, 1:21.711, 61
9. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:22.227, 99
10. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:22.945, 64
11. Jerome d’Ambrosio, Virgin, 1:25.471, 72

Heidfeld looks to be driving a very fast car.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Unofficial Sunday test times from Jerez:
1. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:19.832
2. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:20.601
3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:21.074
4. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:21.213
5. Bruno Senna, Renault, 1:21.400
6. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus, 1:21.632
7. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:22.103
8. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.222
9. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:22.278
10. Jerome d’Ambrosio, Virgin, 1:22.985
11. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:23.111

Looks like someone forgot to tell Barrichelo to slow down.