i feel some pleasure...

[stew-S160]

1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.234 81
2. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.434 68
3. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:21.722 72
4. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.309 75
5. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.513 102
6. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:22.516 102
7. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:22.558 109
8. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:22.625 94
9. Button Honda (B) 1:22.659 67
10. Liuzzi Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:22.942 89
11. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.977 100
12. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.023 98
13. Alonso Renault (B) 1:23.112 77
14. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:23.169 74
15. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:23.284 77
16. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:23.323 98
17. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:23.458 58
18. Piquet Renault (B) 1:23.467 45
19. Glock Toyota (B) 1:23.561 80



i dont care what you ferrari lovers and alonso fans think, i feel some satisfaction seeing him so far down the time sheets.
will be interesting to see if he can do anything in the races or if he will stay so far from the front end like during testing.

[cougarracing]

i have to agree, i lost alot of respect for alonso with his duymmy throwing last year, ok hamilton kinda nibbled away at him, but hey thats racing. testing isnt everything though and lets see what happens in a few weeks!

[Simon Mason]

You seem to suggest this is all about the driver and thier ability. This is F1 your talking about.

Its not about the driver, its about the technology available to the driver. No way on this earth is any decent driver over half a second off the pace in themselves.

[NightDriver]

Ooops. He said he brought 0.6 seconds a lap to mclaren but appears to have taken 0.6 seconds a lap from Renault. M

Maybe a mclaren engineer stole the 0.6 seconds from a mate of his at Renault, mmm, I reckon a FIA investigation is in order.

[baz1985]

Apparently, Ferrars and Williams were quicker than the McLarens on the long runs.

[skeggysteve]

baz1985 said:

Apparently, Ferrars and Williams were quicker than the McLarens on the long runs.

Have to agree with what has been said about "it's just testing" but I'd be interested to know where you got that info from.

[THE LAW 1]

No way on this earth is any decent driver over half a second off the pace in themselves.
[/quote]






thats just plain silly talk
True this is just testing and as far as we know Renault could be running with more wing, or heavy on fuel or worn tyres etc etc there is no way of knowing who is doing what ( unless you work for all the teams or know someone who does) so the Alonso bashing is a little premature, Although personaly I don't much care for him.


but to say that a decent driver couldn't be .6 off the pace, is not so.
A driver could have personal problems that affect his performance, or illness, or lack of cofidence through high speed corners or a problem in the wet etc etc

[vojx]

NightDriver said:

Maybe a mclaren engineer stole the 0.6 seconds from a mate of his at Renault, mmm, I reckon a FIA investigation is in order.

let's hope the FIA are listening in.

Perhaps he'd forgotten to take his wallet out of his pocket?