Formula 1 Pre-season Testing February 2020

[Teppic]

ChocolateFrog said:

What are the little pontoons on the RP cars next to the air intake?

Thermal imaging cameras, looking at the tyre temperatures.

[Jasandjules]

Munter said:

But yeah...Ferrari stand to risk coming 4th behind Merc, a fizzy drink and some bottled water.

They would certainly w(h)ine about that....

[ChocolateFrog]

I know it's dangerous to extrapolate from what we've seen this week.

Apart from Merc being out front, which is a pretty safe bet.

[TheDeuce]

ChocolateFrog said:

I know it's dangerous to extrapolate from what we've seen this week.

Apart from Merc being out front, which is a pretty safe bet.

That's my feeling. Merc are owning the sport, Ferrari are clearly having problems, that's the headline stuff. Everything else remains a grey area - which is good I think, Melbourne will at least be slightly interesting if we can't figure out the midfield pecking order in advance.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

ash73 said:

Sounds like it will be another boring season with one team dominating, 5 min youtube highlights will be enough for me.

5 mins of YT vids followed by several hours of you boring us with your half-baked biased opinions.

[TheDeuce]

ash73 said:

Sounds like it will be another boring season with one team dominating, 5 min youtube highlights will be enough for me.

Only for the simplistic folk that miss the race by focusing just on who wins. I think there will be endless battles and plots to this year.

[London424]

A piece by Merc on how they look to figure things out.

https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/news/2020/Testing...

[rallycross]

for anyone else like me who cant be bothered reading all this here are the times from today

almost 5 seconds between P1 and P last.

These Alfa's must be one of the most reliable Alfa's ever made based on how many laps they have done over 3 days!


Day three times
POS DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m15.732s - 65
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m16.516s 0.784s 73
3 Esteban Ocon Renault 1m17.102s 1.370s 76
4 Lance Stroll Racing Point/Mercedes 1m17.338s 1.606s 116
5 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri/Honda 1m17.427s 1.695s 62
6 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1m17.469s 1.737s 152
7 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1m17.574s 1.842s 93
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda 1m17.636s 1.904s 86
9 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri/Honda 1m17.783s 2.051s 59
10 Alexander Albon Red Bull/Honda 1m18.154s 2.422s 83
11 Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren/Renault 1m18.274s 2.542s 76
12 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m18.380s 2.648s 48
13 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m18.384s 2.652s 100
14 Lando Norris McLaren/Renault 1m18.454s 2.722s 49
15 Nicholas Latifi Williams/Mercedes 1m19.004s 3.272s 72
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1m19.708s 3.976s 4

[anonymous-user]

TheDeuce said:

Mercedes are off on their own race I think. The stuff worth debating is more like 4th place this season.

......again. Which, sadly isn’t really worth debating. Who cares who finishes 4th in any sport?

Oh, well, early days, there’s still some hope but it doesn’t look good for real competition.

[CustardOnChips]

Hopefully the individual races will be as good as last season. Even if the championship isn't.

To be honest as a Lewis and Mercedes fan. I'm rather excited to see just how fast they can be.

And I also love watching people and teams dominate sports.

The like of Tiger Woods, Federer, New Zealand Rugby, Barcelona etc. It allows us to see sport being performed at its absolute peak.

[Munter]

Last year I really enjoyed rooting for McLaren as they regained some dignity. I hope there's a similar story to follow for a team this year. Renault perhaps.

[Deesee]

rallycross said:

for anyone else like me who cant be bothered reading all this here are the times from today

almost 5 seconds between P1 and P last.

These Alfa's must be one of the most reliable Alfa's ever made based on how many laps they have done over 3 days!


Day three times
POS DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m15.732s - 65
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m16.516s 0.784s 73
3 Esteban Ocon Renault 1m17.102s 1.370s 76
4 Lance Stroll Racing Point/Mercedes 1m17.338s 1.606s 116
5 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri/Honda 1m17.427s 1.695s 62
6 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1m17.469s 1.737s 152
7 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1m17.574s 1.842s 93
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda 1m17.636s 1.904s 86
9 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri/Honda 1m17.783s 2.051s 59
10 Alexander Albon Red Bull/Honda 1m18.154s 2.422s 83
11 Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren/Renault 1m18.274s 2.542s 76
12 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m18.380s 2.648s 48
13 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m18.384s 2.652s 100
14 Lando Norris McLaren/Renault 1m18.454s 2.722s 49
15 Nicholas Latifi Williams/Mercedes 1m19.004s 3.272s 72
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1m19.708s 3.976s 4

Errr

So Merc the only team to do a 1.16 !

& the only team to do a 1.15 !!!

(&that’s with Lewis backing out on S3 on the fast laps)..

[anonymous-user]

kambites said:

However much they've copied, I'd be moderately surprised if RP beat Mclaren and Renault this year let alone Ferrari. Happy to be proven wrong, but there's an awful lot to an F1 car's performance which you can't replicate with a photocopier. If Ferrari have gone backwards [i]that/i] far they can always revert to last year's car.

If indeed they’ve ‘copied’ and not just been given the designs. It wouldn’t do Mercedes any harm to have them amongst the Ferraris and RBR.

[jonny142]

Are Netflix around filming testing for season 3 ?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

REALIST123 said:

If indeed they’ve ‘copied’ and not just been given the designs.

That is completely forbidden by the regulations. Do you honestly think MB and RP would be stupid enough to do that?

You can be sure they will have been as careful to stay within the regulations with that as they have with DAS.

[Mr E]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

That is completely forbidden by the regulations. Do you honestly think MB and RP would be stupid enough to do that?

You can be sure they will have been as careful to stay within the regulations with that as they have with DAS.

“We’ve left the cad and aero simulation files on a usb stick over there. Feel free to be ‘inspired’”?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Mr E said:

“We’ve left the cad and aero simulation files on a usb stick over there. Feel free to be ‘inspired’”?

Well, true, there would be no investigation into industrial espionage.

However, I would imagine they are going to be squeaky clean on this due to the inevitable accusations.

[Fundoreen]

I think mercedes have felt a bit exposed the last few years as their customer teams have been backmarkers.
They need someone to fill some places behind them and take points off ferrari and red bull.
Could have been williams but I guess they are too proud to copy.
Im sure there are many ways to have discussions on parts of the car with racing point.

[confucuis]

If Ferrari really have gone that far backwards....they should just pack it in...or maybe I should....anyway I'll be depressed

[The Vambo]

ash73 said:

Sounds like it will be another boring season with one team dominating, 5 min youtube highlights will be enough for me.

Have any of the other teams come up with anything interesting?

Does F1 make you miserable or do you bring the misery along to everything you interact with?