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Feb201015

Rob

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Two more tests to go, what else is there to do?

The 2010 formula one pre-season testing regime is halfway now with the tests in Valencia and the the first Jerez test complete. The remaining testing includes another four day test at Jerez (17-20th February) and one at Barcelona (25-28th February). The teams will then have a couple of weeks to digest the results and ship out to Bahrain for the first race on the 14th of March.
Over the course of the testing so far we’ve seen Ferrari show blinding pace at Valencia to then be over shadowed by Mercedes, Sauber, Toro Rosso and McLaren in the rain hit test at Jerez. So what can we expect in the next few tests?
One thing will be the arrival of Lotus and whether they can beat the Virgin car, and whether they can make an impression on the other teams, something that Virgin haven’t done yet. Virgin will also be looking for a [...]

Feb201013

Rob

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The fourth day in Jerez with Lewis Hamilton and McLaren the stars

The fourth day of the F1 pre season testing in Jerez has finished with Lewis Hamilton and McLaren top of the timesheets. The damp but not wet conditions held for the day as most of the teams got the chance to put in some proper dry runs at the Spainish circuit and therefore some more comparable times.
Mercedes had ups and downs though with stopping on track it wasn’t the best day for them even if they did manage to claim fifth spot in the timings. They seem to be showing strong form overall and that must give Michael Schumacher confidence that hes going to have a capable car come the first race of the season.
Williams also had a strong day finishing with third spot in the timings, Rubens Barrichello seems to have the edge on the young Nico Hulkenberg already which is good for him, it’d be great for them to [...]

Feb201012

Rob

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Lotus take off the covers to their 2010 car

Lotus unwrapped the car that will return an iconic name to F1 today, the team has completed a brief shakedown of the car at Silverstone so it works and they are scheduled to join all the other teams for the third test in Jerez next week.
The car looks very business like without some of the more refined aero features that we’ve seen from the other teams, I guess that reflects the limited time that they’ve had to build the car. The classic Livery is back however so it seems.
It’s great that another one of the new teams has actually delivered on building and lanuching a car, I have the same hopes for them as I did for Virgin, just to be on the back of the pack – perhaps even beat them once in a while. That will surely be the aim of Lotus initially anyway.
With Jarno Trulli and Heikki [...]

Feb201011

Rob

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Times and more from Jerez

Today’s action on track was in better conditions than yesterday but it was still damp at the Spainish circuit. Out of the four things that we wanted to see we got two of them Kobayashi took the Sauber all the way to the top and Button put the McLaren ahead of the Mercedes, Red Bull however didn’t manage to drag themselves off the bottom of the established teams and though Virgin did close the gap it’s still quite some difference.
A lot of the teams seem to be testing long runs with the high fuel loads that they are going to need to run, it’ll now only be the later stages of the race that they will have light fuel loads on board for so heavier cars are going to be the norm and the teams need to make sure that they can run heavy – and fast.
Tyre evaluation will also [...]

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