2016 F1 Pre-Season Testing

[speedmaster]

2016 PRE-SEASON TEST SCHEDULE

January 25-26: Paul Ricard, Wet-weather running
February 22-25: Barcelona
March 1-4: Barcelona


http://www.f1hub.net/index.php/2016/...nd-commentary/

http://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog

http://beta.autosport.com/live

[Stormsearcher]

Ahh!! finally !

[fmatiasii]

Let's all keep our fingers cross.

[zamlatuljko]

Who is gonna win testin season?

[zamlatuljko]

Can hear the new Ferrari idling in the garage. Their new design looks quite interesting, so it will be good to see what it can do on the track.

[Kyss4k]

Let her out!

[ManFromMilan]

May the mighty Reds finally have a championship winning car

[tifosi1993]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbwcxTnWAAAjMQB.jpg:large
Let her out!

[NenoX]

SF-16H haven't completed an install lap yet? Haven't seen any news on that in the sky site

[tifosi1993]

Rear-end of the W07

[zamlatuljko]

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here we go!

[NenoX]

Vettel is now out, decked out with aero sensors on both sides of the car

[tifosi1993]

[tifosi1993]

New Toro Rosso

[NenoX]

Teams with S-ducts (so far) RB, Mclaren, Force India and Toro Rosso

[NenoX]

New Toro Rosso

http://images.scribblelive.com/2016/...cd9ef0_800.jpg

All the teams seem to be going for an extremely tight read this year

[tifosi1993]

[cokata]

TR might have the tightest rear of the bunch and with our 2015 PU, something that we were not even close to be able to do. Get James Key to Ferrari ASAP.

[tifosi1993]

Mercedes W07 diffuser

[NenoX]

TR might have the tightest rear of the bunch and with our 2015 PU, something that we were not even close to be able to do. Get James Key to Ferrari ASAP.

If you can chance upon the RB, I think the rear of the RB12 is much tighter than anyone. That\s just from what I saw and is my opinion by the way

[wacc]

Last year's times from pre-season:
Best times from day 1
Maldonado Lotus S 69 1:25.011 122.493 mph
Raikkonen Ferrari M 74 1:25.167 0.156
Ricciardo Red Bull S 59 1:25.547 0.536
Perez Force India M 34 1:26.636 1.625
Nasr Sauber M 79 1:27.307 2.296
Verstappen Toro Rosso M 94 1:27.900 2.889
Button McLaren M 21 1:28.182 3.171
Wehrlein Force India WH 32 1:28.329 3.318
Wehrlein Mercedes H 48 1:28.489 3.478
Wolff Williams M 86 1:28.906 3.895
Hamilton Mercedes M 11 1:30.429 5.418

Best times from first session 19.-22.2.
22-Feb Grosjean Lotus SS 1:24.067 123.868 mph
22-Feb Rosberg Mercedes M 1:24.321 0.254
21-Feb Maldonado Lotus SS 1:24.348 0.281
20-Feb Ricciardo Red Bull S 1:24.574 0.507
20-Feb Raikkonen Ferrari S 1:24.584 0.517
20-Feb Massa Williams S 1:24.672 0.605
20-Feb Perez Force India SS 1:24.702 0.635
21-Feb Verstappen Toro Rosso SS 1:24.739 0.672
20-Feb Hamilton Mercedes M 1:24.923 0.856
22-Feb Kvyat Red Bull S 1:24.941 0.874
22-Feb Nasr Sauber SS 1:24.956 0.889
22-Feb Bottas Williams S 1:25.345 1.278
22-Feb Sainz Toro Rosso SS 1:25.604 1.537
20-Feb Alonso McLaren S 1:25.961 1.894
20-Feb Palmer Lotus S 1:26.280 2.213
22-Feb Vettel Ferrari S 1:26.312 2.245
21-Feb Ericsson Sauber S 1:26.340 2.273
22-Feb Hulkenberg Force India S 1:26.591 2.524
21-Feb Wehrlein Force India M 1:27.333 3.266
19-Feb Button McLaren M 1:28.182 4.115

Best times from all sessions
27-Feb Rosberg Mercedes S 1:22.792 125.776 mph
28-Feb Hamilton Mercedes S 1:23.022 0.230
01-Mar Bottas Williams SS 1:23.063 0.271
28-Feb Massa Williams SS 1:23.262 0.470
28-Feb Raikkonen Ferrari SS 1:23.276 0.484
01-Mar Vettel Ferrari SS 1:23.469 0.677
01-Mar Nasr Sauber SS 1:24.023 1.231
22-Feb Grosjean Lotus SS 1:24.067 1.275
28-Feb Sainz Toro Rosso SS 1:24.191 1.399
26-Feb Ericsson Sauber SS 1:24.276 1.484
21-Feb Maldonado Lotus SS 1:24.348 1.556
01-Mar Verstappen Toro Rosso SS 1:24.527 1.735
20-Feb Ricciardo Red Bull S 1:24.574 1.782
28-Feb Hulkenberg Force India SS 1:24.939 2.147
22-Feb Kvyat Red Bull S 1:24.941 2.149
01-Mar Perez Force India SS 1:25.113 2.321
28-Feb Magnussen McLaren S 1:25.225 2.433
01-Mar Button McLaren SS 1:25.327 2.535
20-Feb Alonso McLaren S 1:25.961 3.169
20-Feb Palmer Lotus S 1:26.280 3.488
21-Feb Wehrlein Force India M 1:27.333 4.541
19-Feb Wehrlein Mercedes H 1:28.489 5.697
19-Feb Wolff Williams M 1:28.906 6.114

[mizf1]

Merc seem to be going for a marathon like the previous years working on reliability as they know they have speed.

[NenoX]

Merc seem to be going for a marathon like the previous years working on reliability as they know they have speed.

Yeah they can afford to do that since they're leading the class

[Frank Dhont]

Merc seem to be going for a marathon like the previous years working on reliability as they know they have speed.

They want to be omni-present at the track as mobile chicane, to prevent Ferrari setting the fastest lap :)

[vetalo]

Where is Ferrari?? We have waited so long and yet they won't be on track. Ferrari is a leading brand so must lead from the front

[vetalo]

The car should be up an running today; after being told they ran 100Km yersterday

[zike]

11 AM and we only did 4 laps?

[Frank Dhont]

Where is Ferrari?? We have waited so long and yet they won't be on track. Ferrari is a leading brand so must lead from the front

On pole now :)

[nani_s23]

Where is Ferrari?? We have waited so long and yet they won't be on track. Ferrari is a leading brand so must lead from the front

U seem to b in pretty much hurry..
Wtever it happens, the final punch should be ours that gives a lot of satisfaction. As far I know, Ferrari is trying to build from 2015 car and following a development path which can deliver high results. So should not panic at any moment. I like this aggressive approach from Ferrari. Being a Ferrari fan, I will wait for that day when Merc gets banged from Ferrari. Till then forza Ferrari.

[vetalo]

On pole now :)

Great! I know the car would be fast, but I am more concern is us doing mileage on the car to check reliability which was poor last year by Ferrari standard