Barcelona Testing 2018

**jragona** · 4th March 2018, 10:13

In case you haven’t seen this, interesting article from scarbs:

https://drivetribe.com/p/f1-in-detai...S3myskUJqwDZhg

**Christopher** · 4th March 2018, 10:33

Originally Posted by PURE PASSION

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Bottas was proper sandbagging

**bondilad** · 4th March 2018, 10:55

Originally Posted by Christopher

Bottas was proper sandbagging

He did his run in the morning when the track was damp.

**Lacrae Ferrari** · 4th March 2018, 18:32

There is a million variables in testing that makes speed traps useless.

**FF1** · 4th March 2018, 21:18

Any news on the filming

**mwk360** · 5th March 2018, 05:19

Originally Posted by FF1

Any news on the filming

I thought they filmed last week, strange there's been no word on it

**jragona** · 5th March 2018, 08:24

The filming was on Saturday. There isn't usually any news from such days.

**Greig** · 5th March 2018, 09:32

Yeah not much to report on a filming day.

**Imperatore** · 5th March 2018, 09:57

Originally Posted by PURE PASSION

https://i.redd.it/97x34tvv8jj01.jpg

Well then that explains that! No one even mentioned the speed trap numbers in the news articles.

**SilverSpeed** · 5th March 2018, 18:46

16°C tomorrow and sunny!

**jgonzalesm6** · 5th March 2018, 18:50

Originally Posted by SilverSpeed

16°C tomorrow and sunny!

It was raining today...next 4 days look to be sunny.

Driver lineup for tomorrow.

Vettel
Ricciardo
Sirotkin/Stroll
Ericsson
K-Mag
"Checko" Perez
Sainz/Hulk
Gasly
Vandoorne

nothing on the Mercedes duo.

**gjoko-mkd** · 5th March 2018, 19:56

a much louder engine at Mercedes vs Ferrari:

**alfaromeo** · 5th March 2018, 20:29

That is not good sign, louder engine means more power.

**SilverSpeed** · 5th March 2018, 20:56

It's not the db's that sound that count but what fuel eff you can get out of it :).

Or as woman say it's not the size that matters

**enjaybel3** · 5th March 2018, 21:42

Originally Posted by alfaromeo

That is not good sign, louder engine means more power.

I'm sorry my friend, but that's teleology at its finest. And if noise was purely generated by power then the correct statement would be "louder engine means more wasted power"

**jgonzalesm6** · 5th March 2018, 21:43

Red Bull Racing has adjusted their test schedule: instead of Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen will sit behind the wheel tomorrow and the next Thursday. Daniel Ricciardo drives on Wednesday and Friday during the 2nd week of F1’s Wintertest at the Barcelona circuit.

NEWS: Valtteri Bottas will be back behind the wheel of W09 on Tuesday morning, with LewisHamilton tagging in to drive in the afternoon!

**PURE PASSION** · 5th March 2018, 21:43

#F1 #Sainz says #Ferrari & #Mercedes are "at spectacular level" & it will be hard for others to beat them

**jgonzalesm6** · 5th March 2018, 21:56

Originally Posted by gjoko-mkd

a much louder engine at Mercedes vs Ferrari:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNFb...be&app=desktop

Originally Posted by alfaromeo

That is not good sign, louder engine means more power.

These cars are up in rpm's from last year....bout 3000 more...so they say. Have to look at on-board tachs. to know for sure. Last year they were supposed to run at 12k rpm but only ran them 11 to 11.5k rpm....for reliability. I don't think they will run them the full 15k rpm this year....again for reliability. That being said, this is testing, so engines can be re-mapped as is the case with Mercedes and Ferrari. Maybe the Merc's ran a highter rpm (due to the cold) to heat the engine faster as opposed to Ferrari. I would not worry about this.

**mardyrt** · 5th March 2018, 22:55

Originally Posted by enjaybel3

I'm sorry my friend, but that's teleology at its finest. And if noise was purely generated by power then the correct statement would be "louder engine means more wasted power"

This is exactly right. The more sound get out from the exhaust, then the more power is lost through the exhaust. This is why turbo cars are quieter than normally aspirated engined cars, because the turbo recover the energy through the exhaust, so, some of the sound is also recovered as energy. Sound is a vibration, so, vibration is energy. If you can recover this energy, then its more efficient. Exactly like you said.

**FF1** · 6th March 2018, 00:00

Originally Posted by mardyrt

This is exactly right. The more sound get out from the exhaust, then the more power is lost through the exhaust. This is why turbo cars are quieter than normally aspirated engined cars, because the turbo recover the energy through the exhaust, so, some of the sound is also recovered as energy. Sound is a vibration, so, vibration is energy. If you can recover this energy, then its more efficient. Exactly like you said.

Thanks for the explanation. A bit of a relief. Does it mean the Renault is more powerful as that's the least loudest

**mwk360** · 6th March 2018, 05:19

Originally Posted by gjoko-mkd

a much louder engine at Mercedes vs Ferrari:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNFb...be&app=desktop

I was reading some comments, they said Merc and RB were fastest in corners when you look at data / stats. That was Ferrari's strong points last year, do you think the longer wheelbase sacrificed that?

**jgonzalesm6** · 6th March 2018, 06:46

Beautiful morning....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXlhRVlXUAEnpeg.jpg

Air Temperature: 9.1°C
Track Temperature: 20.0°C

**jgonzalesm6** · 6th March 2018, 06:52

Driver line-up for today and the rest of the week....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXiWMpdWkAEzW2Q.jpg

**wisepie** · 6th March 2018, 07:00

Originally Posted by gjoko-mkd

a much louder engine at Mercedes vs Ferrari:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNFb...be&app=desktop

Just an observation but that WO9 looks to have considerably narrower front bodywork than the SF71-H, anything to do with their raised front suspension arms and airflow, I wonder? It looks less bulky than the Ferrari.