2019 Barcelona testing(Circuit de Catalunya)

[mwk360]

Last year Ferrari did a 17.1 on the hyper soft in testing this year we are doing 16.2 does that mean our car is 0.9 sec quicker than last year ?

these tyres are supposed to be better and temps are little warmer, but who knows, that could be our outright pace or holding back a little even, hopefully we made good steps with so much regulation change

[nani_s23]

Last year Ferrari did a 17.1 on the hyper soft in testing this year we are doing 16.2 does that mean our car is 0.9 sec quicker than last year ?

Diff track temp, Pirelli changed its tyre construcion compounds, better PU these are the variables taken into account

[mwk360]

[mwk360]

[AMuS] The new Mercedes has two faces. Vettel hinted at that too: "Some runs look good, some not so much."

Mercedes engineers: "There are times when we are as fast as Red Bull and then we are slower again."


[AMuS] The biggest difference between Ferrari and Mercedes at the moment is that Mercedes don't understand their car yet.

The aero update was huge so they need time understanding it, they suffer of graining and they don't understand the new Pirelli tyres yet.


[AMuS] Projections of the other teams say that the Mercedes is 1s behind Ferrari in the worst case. However in the good stages the Mercedes is only 0.1/0.2s behind Ferrari.

[AMuS] Mercedes engineers: "It depends on the temperature, the tyres and the circumstances."

One thing is certain: the aero update was a significant step forward. The Mercedes (base model) seen in the first week of testing was really just a midfield car.

[mwk360]

redbull looking the better race sim car, ferrari maybe fastest on hot laps? thats what it could be, all estimations obviously

[mizf1]

From sky sports

Bottas: Ferrari still ahead
While this flurry of fast times took place on the track, Valtteri Bottas was conducting Mercedes' first media briefing of the week. Highlights from his chat:

- He thinks Ferrari are still ahead, with Mercedes and Red Bull closely-matched

- Mercedes still have underlying balance issues with new package

- But Bottas says the car will be much-changed when it gets to Melbourne

- Mercedes will start their "shorter runs", so more towards a qualifying sim, on the final day of testing tomorrow

[mwk360]

word from one of mercedes Major rivals (red bull or Ferrari) they believe the cars these two weeks mercedes have brought are not upgrades but complete different configurations that are going to be used track dependent(this week is heavy DF, last week had very minimal DF)


so like with parts trickling into the configurations to get optimize performances depending on track layouts

[mwk360]

From sky sports

Bottas: Ferrari still ahead
While this flurry of fast times took place on the track, Valtteri Bottas was conducting Mercedes' first media briefing of the week. Highlights from his chat:

- He thinks Ferrari are still ahead, with Mercedes and Red Bull closely-matched

- Mercedes still have underlying balance issues with new package

- But Bottas says the car will be much-changed when it gets to Melbourne

- Mercedes will start their "shorter runs", so more towards a qualifying sim, on the final day of testing tomorrow

everytime these guys say ferrari is ahead just makes me second guess it, with their track record, Bottas better be speaking that honest truth

[Decoded]

Toto was standing and the last cornor before lunch:

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[mwk360]

Toto was standing and the last cornor before lunch:

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the guy is so fit, i wonder if he does any racing in the breaks

[PURE PASSION]

. @Charles_Leclerc : "Difficult to say where Mercedes is. But we are happy with the work we are doing.

Should I bet my own money on Ferrari being the fastest car?

*Charles thinks*

At the moment I'm happy, so yes."

#F1Testing

[cisco82]

The only concern/mystery for me after 6.5 days of testing is our race pace , still can't get a read on our deg .. On face value race pace seems hindered by severe deg , but as we all know there's nothing "face value" about testing..

As far as our single lap pace is concerned , I'm fairly confident we'll be locking out the front row come Melbourne.

[enjaybel3]

The only concern/mystery for me after 6.5 days of testing is our race pace , still can't get a read on our deg .. On face value race pace seems hindered by severe deg , but as we all know there's nothing "face value" about testing..

As far as our single lap pace is concerned , I'm fairly confident we'll be locking out the front row come Melbourne.

We surely struggled a bit with tires. But whatever problems we had, they are nothing compared to Merc. They have very big problems to sort out with their tires...

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[coshida]

Charles will do a race sim this afternoon

[512 TR]

Last year Ferrari did a 17.1 on the hyper soft in testing this year we are doing 16.2 does that mean our car is 0.9 sec quicker than last year ?

Last year Lewis did 1:16.173 in Q3 to get the pole on the supersofts. Since there are no supersofts this season (there's a gap) it will be hard to say for sure. This year C3 are the softs and C4 the ultrasofts (or thereabout). So the supersofts from last year could be labled C3.5 or close. Pirelli hasn't announced the compounds for the spanish GP yet but they will bring the C2, C3 and C4 to Australia, China and Azerbaijan. They will bring the C1, C2 and C3 to Bahrain. So Spain will be similar and the C5 will not be used. If C3 will be the softest then pole will probably in the 1:17. If C4 will be the softest then a mid to high 1:16 will probably be enough. Obviously in dry conditions.

[mwk360]

Charles will do a race sim this afternoon

this is the moment both weeks tests need to deliver some good results and then we can optimize even further, might beable to compare with merc and rb after this

[bonzo]

16:04 Mercedes and Ferrari are the easiest two to compare at the moment on these long runs as they're both on the C2s.

Leclerc seems to have found a pretty consistent level in the Ferrari, in the low-to-mid 1m23s, but Bottas has been supreme on his set. He's just completed his 17th lap on the compound and is yet to drop out of the 1m22s.

[tifosi1993]

Lol Gasly is nowhere near Charle's long run pace. If both have similar fuel load... then boy o boy I have some bad news for you Mr. Horner

[tifosi1993]

Damn it Red Flag

[mwk360]

gasly red flag

[mwk360]

16:04 Mercedes and Ferrari are the easiest two to compare at the moment on these long runs as they're both on the C2s.

Leclerc seems to have found a pretty consistent level in the Ferrari, in the low-to-mid 1m23s, but Bottas has been supreme on his set. He's just completed his 17th lap on the compound and is yet to drop out of the 1m22s.

wow!

[tifosi1993]

gasly red flag

And ruined out race sim.
I'm sure Horner gonna blame Renault somehow.

[mwk360]

Bottas and Gasly get fresh tires. First, the second stint of the Mercedes driver on the C2 tires: Outlap (2: 25.8) - 1: 22.7 - 1: 22.2 - 1: 22.3 - 1: 22.4 - 1: 22.6 - 1: 22.5 - 1: 22.5 - 1 : 22.3 - 1: 22.1 - 1: 22.1 - 1: 22.5 - 1: 22.5 - 1: 22.8 - 1: 22.9 - 1: 22.7 - 1: 22.9 - 1: 22.8 - 1: 22.8 - 1: 23.0 - 1: 23.1 - Inlap

Gasly got back on track right behind Leclerc and grabbed the Ferrari immediately with new tires. Overview of Gasly's first part of the race simulation: Outlap - 1: 23.4 - 1: 23.7 - 1: 23.6 - 1: 24.0 - 1: 25.5 (traffic) - 1: 24.0 - 1: 23.8 - 1: 24.1 - 1: 24.4 - 1: 24.8 - 1: 25.0 - 1: 25.1 - 1: 25.4 - Inlap (tires: C3).

[mwk360]

And ruined out race sim.
I'm sure Horner gonna blame Renault somehow.

i think i saw renault with a laser in gasly's eyes there lol, hopefully he is okay, the car i dont care, let it be totalled, yeah kinda annoyed now , saw bottas was very fast wanted to see if leclerc could go fast enough to somehow match him ughhh

[tifosi1993]

16:04 Mercedes and Ferrari are the easiest two to compare at the moment on these long runs as they're both on the C2s.

Leclerc seems to have found a pretty consistent level in the Ferrari, in the low-to-mid 1m23s, but Bottas has been supreme on his set. He's just completed his 17th lap on the compound and is yet to drop out of the 1m22s.

Apples and Oranges. Bottas was significantly lighter on fuel given he started his race sim an hour early and already did 48 laps. Geniuses @Autosport should compare Charle's time with Gasly, both started their race sim at same time and the "mighty" Red Bull is nowhere near Ferrari's pace.

[mwk360]

[tifosi1993]

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God bless F1's current safety standards. If it was 20-25 years ago, Gasly would've been either seriously injured or dead.

[coshida]

Leclercs first stint (so far): 1:22.7 - 1:22.6 - 1:22.5 - 1:23.0 - 1:23.1 - 1:23.2 - 1:23.3 - 1:23.3 - 1:23.4 - 1:23.6 - 1:23.4 - 1:23.6 - 1:23.7 - 1:23.4 - 1:23.5 - 1:23.7 - 1:23.7 - 1:25.7 (Gasly overtook him)

[mwk360]

Leclercs first stint (so far): 1:22.7 - 1:22.6 - 1:22.5 - 1:23.0 - 1:23.1 - 1:23.2 - 1:23.3 - 1:23.3 - 1:23.4 - 1:23.6 - 1:23.4 - 1:23.6 - 1:23.7 - 1:23.4 - 1:23.5 - 1:23.7 - 1:23.7 - 1:25.7 (Gasly overtook him)

dang overtook gasly probably had fresh tyres hopefully, consistent 23s which is good, bot somehow in 22s for along time can only hope he was higher engine mode or something

[mwk360]

God bless F1's current safety standards. If it was 20-25 years ago, Gasly would've been either seriously injured or dead.

agreed