2012 Indian GP: Friday & Saturday Practice Sessions Thread

[Rishu]

Here we go...

:ferrarifl

[anialonso]

Only an Alonso win will do.......:pass

[Rishu]

6:15 here in Finland, didn't sleep properly thanks to the excitement :-D

[Hornet]

Here we go :wave
http://www.vipboxsports.eu/motorsports/37155/1/f1-indian-grand-prix---practice-1-live-stream-online.html

[roddick_andy]

1 min to go.....:)

[medeni73]

Our garage covered with plastic sheets, flow-viz here we come...:)

[Tifoso84]

Good morning fellow Tifosi! :wave

So, one of the most important, if not THE most important, GP weekends is about to start. Fingers crossed and let's hope for the best. :pray

Here we go...

:ferrarifl

[Rishu]

Tarmac looks pretty clean compared to last year

[Tifoso84]

I hate seeing the Red Cow's car, I'm allergic to it :lol :rotfl

[wacc]

Felipe out. I can not remeber the last time they used this rear wing. It has no V cuts and more curved slots in the end plate. Something like what they used at the start of this season.

[anialonso]

Here we go...

[anialonso]

Flow-vis in full force at Ferrari, with Massa checking the airflow over the bargeboards on his car.

[Tifoso84]

Timed runs from our boys coming any minute now :-)

[anialonso]

Timed runs from our boys coming any minute now :-)

i think they will wait for quite a while..its quite dusty out there..

[Dino]

FP1 2011---Lewis Hamilton,,,,,,McLaren-Mercedes,,,,,,1:26.836

[anialonso]

If Ferrari want to test their updates they should be doing it or are they confident that the updates work..:Hmm

[albert]

alonso sitting in garage wasting half the practice session already. not the smartest thing to be doing. bad start to the weekend already.

[anialonso]

Alonso out now...

[Rishu]

alonso sitting in garage wasting half the practice session already. not the smartest thing to be doing. bad start to the weekend already.

No point hittting the track when its green. Are you watching how many drivers going off track?

[Kyss4k]

alonso sitting in garage wasting half the practice session already. not the smartest thing to be doing. bad start to the weekend already.

Track was way too green. It was pointless to go out at the beginning.

[Super M]

alonso sitting in garage wasting half the practice session already. not the smartest thing to be doing. bad start to the weekend already.


Albert.......Please mate, its only first practice.......Keep the negativity down please!!

[anuragiyer8989]

Felipe faster than Fernando! :-E

[anialonso]

Fernando must be doing some Aero testing it seems..He's too slow in sector 1..

[Super M]

Felipe faster than Fernando! :-E



Yip!!...they " Ferrari "....decided to give felipe a SPRING in his car.....:rotfl

[anialonso]

Virgin overtaking Alonso..:-E

[Rishu]

Exhaust look the same.. at least visibly

[anuragiyer8989]

P3 now.....looks fine....still lot to come.....less rear grip for 'Nando!

[Super M]

Holly Molly!!!.......Fernando is THIRD!!!....:-E

[Kyss4k]

Well, those Bulls still looks more comfortable to drive.

[Kyss4k]

0.000 :)))

[anuragiyer8989]

P2.....gettin' better :pray

[Hornet]

Alonso exactly the same time down to 0.001 second to mark webber :-E

[anuragiyer8989]

0.000 :)))

:-E

[Super M]

Oh damn!!!.....Nando is 2nd now........:roll

[anialonso]

Alonso and Webber 1.28.963

[Rishu]

0.000 :)))

Wow, never seen that before

[Kyss4k]

OK, here comes Weber again. :oops

[Hornet]

Damn, webber went 0.7 second faster

[anialonso]

Webber now 0.7 faster..
damn that Redbull looks quick and bolted..:-(

[anuragiyer8989]

can they do that?! give fernando P2 when actually he's same as Webber....they should look at sector times than.....Fernando was faster in S1 and S3

[anuragiyer8989]

ok maybe now....it's only P2 :P

[anuragiyer8989]

Finger boy!!! :furious

[Kyss4k]

can they do that?! give fernando P2 when actually he's same as Webber....they should look at sector times than.....Fernando was faster in S1 and S3

It's about who set the time first.

[Dino]

Massa not much grip rear tyres!!

[anuragiyer8989]

Our problem is S2....almost .4 down.....

[Rishu]

Alonso testing different versions of front wing

[anuragiyer8989]

p1 for a second...then Hamster brings us down./...lot of steering problems n rear grip loss for Fernando!

[anialonso]

Alonso seems to be fighting the car a lot..
maybe the tires are gone or the track is dusty..

[anuragiyer8989]

was that lap done with the new FW?!

[anuragiyer8989]

Well Red Fools are the fastest again!

[anuragiyer8989]

ok, now fernando out with new RW and FW!!!:roll

[anuragiyer8989]

Fernando testing the FW now....no DRS right now

[anuragiyer8989]

P2 now.....upgrades working?!

[Rishu]

Initial impressions are positive

[anuragiyer8989]

....maybe i was just hoping a lot....:P

[fronaldo]

red cows as usual..boring

[anuragiyer8989]

Well, we need to know what worked n what didn't.......0.425 down......i know it's only friday...but there are many factors to check

[MSForever]

Only 1st FP, many new parts for testing. Not bad, only +0.2 sec in sector 2 and +0.1 sec - sector 3. We faster Red Cows in sector 1.

[F2002]

Way too early to judge.

FP3 is probably when we'll get the first reasonable indications.

[varun]

I hate seeing the Red Cow's car, I'm allergic to it :lol :rotfl

same here !:-D
it is really boring to see them at top everytime and we need to get it right by P2 as currently the fact is we are almost half a second down.:-(

[Tifoso84]

So, FP1 is over...don't really know what to think :Hmm
Hopefully things will get better in FP2, but the sad part is that the Red Cows seem to be toying with everybody else again.
They seem to have so much extra speed in reserve all the time. Really frustrating. :-( :furious

But, this was just FP1 and hopefully things will get only better for us from here on. :pray

[anuragiyer8989]

So, FP1 is over...don't really know what to think :Hmm
Hopefully things will get better in FP2, but the sad part is that the Red Cows seem to be toying with everybody else again.
They seem to have so much extra speed in reserve all the time. Really frustrating. :-( :furious

But, this was just FP1 and hopefully things will get only better for us from here on. :pray

Yes, hopefully things should get better.....the FW still seems to be the problem....i think they managed to improve the RW....whatever was the problem...it sure has given us boost of about 2-tenths....but still maybe they didn't test all the parts....looking 4wd to FP2!

[dmkevin]

BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson
"Ferrari have two different rear wings here and they're back-to-backing that. But they've just done a straight-line test so they really should know which is best. I call that wasting time at a race meeting. They also have two different front wings here. Now, they're a bit more tricky to be sure about."
What a loads of crap... straight line test doesn't confirm everything, might give an indication but nothing more... the way the car behave when going round a corner cannot be identified from straight line testing! This guy keeps on barking like a chiwawa. :)

[dmkevin]

i dont think alonso had enough time to do a good lap with the new components... i hope... lets wait for FP2, i have a good feeling we might be really fast in FP2!!!

[anuragiyer8989]

did anyone see the tattoo on the back of fernando's neck?! what is it?!

[dmkevin]

as you said a TATTOO... :)

[scuderia_nano]

We are good to win If We qualify in the top 4. And very very good chance of leading most parts of the race if Alonso gets P2 on Saturday. Looks like Alonso knows the circuit better than Sebastian Vettel.

[Tifoso84]

On a funny side note, the commentators at Sky sports thought that the Italian navy flag on our cars was a Mexican flag...geesh! LOL :crazy :lol

[anialonso]

so it seems we have a new FW and RW for India again...
and what happened to the Redbull exhaust that Massa ran in korea..

[wacc]

so it seems we have a new FW and RW for India again...
and what happened to the Redbull exhaust that Massa ran in korea..

Simply there was no Redbull exhaust in Korea and i am sure this year there will be no visible change in this area.

[stefa]

Just saw results... Hmmm.. What to think...? +0.425 would be OK for the FP1 at first 5 races in the year. Now when we are in a last four races in the season, this +0.425 is big as a Chinese wall. Yes, it is just a FP1, and all teams are on different programs for testing, but still...
Let's wait and see what Ferrari will do in FP2.

[stefa]

so it seems we have a new FW and RW for India again...
and what happened to the Redbull exhaust that Massa ran in korea..

Nothing! There was no such thing!

[Tifoso84]

Any chance that the finger boy simply had a quali set-up on his car when he clocked the fastest time???

Please say YES :-)

If this lap was done with a race set-up then it's going to be difficult for us.

[wacc]

Any chance that the finger boy simply had a quali set-up on his car when he clocked the fastest time???

Please say YES :-)

If this lap was done with a race set-up then it's going to be difficult for us.

Probably similar to others. They are just faster.

[Tifoso84]

Probably similar to others. They are just faster.

Yea, that's what I thought... :roll

[stefa]

Probably similar to others. They are just faster.

Unfortunately, yes they are!

[Tifoso84]

The signs are not exactly very encouraging. based on the results of the FP1. But it's waaaay too soon to make any decisive conclusions just yet. The best indicator of our real speed will be quali session tomorrow. These free practice sessions don't tell the whole story.

We can do it! If anyone can, then it's Ferrari. I'm still feeling pretty confident about our chances this weekend. Cheer up guys! Let's wait and see what happens in FP2 and hope for the best. :-)

[Rosso Corsa]

I can't sneeze in 0.4 seconds. The point I'm making is that everyone will be on different programmes, just like every other free practice session, and just a slight difference in a programme accounts for a time difference. 0.4 seconds at this point in a grand prix weekend means nothing at all, which is good. Take some positives, we're testing new parts and the car looked good.

[stefa]

I can't sneeze in 0.4 seconds. The point I'm making is that everyone will be on different programmes, just like every other free practice session, and just a slight difference in a programme accounts for a time difference. 0.4 seconds at this point in a grand prix weekend means nothing at all, which is good. Take some positives, we're testing new parts and the car looked good.

Time difference is not a problem for me, as long as FA is capable to qualify in the 1st row tomorrow. From there he has equal chances for victory.

[Gerhard Berger]

The car looked more planted in FP1. Much better than Japan or Korea, where the car looked nervous.

[stefa]

Less than 40 minutes till FP2 begins...

[anialonso]

Any chance that the finger boy simply had a quali set-up on his car when he clocked the fastest time???

Please say YES :-)

If this lap was done with a race set-up then it's going to be difficult for us.

They are simply doing a better job than anyone else whether you like it or not...they have improved the car a lot in the last 3 races and have come here with further upgrades..so dont be surprised if they are further ahead.

[anialonso]

I can't sneeze in 0.4 seconds. The point I'm making is that everyone will be on different programmes, just like every other free practice session, and just a slight difference in a programme accounts for a time difference. 0.4 seconds at this point in a grand prix weekend means nothing at all, which is good. Take some positives, we're testing new parts and the car looked good.

Even if Ferrari are testing new parts so are others..and looking at the onboard it didn't seem that our car was handling as smoothly as it should..

[anialonso]

The car looked more planted in FP1. Much better than Japan or Korea, where the car looked nervous.

For me,it looked the opposite..Alonso seemed to be fighting the car to generate the laptime but hoping that they improve it come FP2..

[Ken]

No need to panic YET ;-)

FP3 is where we find out who has got what and working.

[stefa]

No need to panic YET ;-)

FP3 is where we find out who has got what and working.

Right about that. But usually you can see straight from FP1 how that GP weekend will be...

[medeni73]

we say that every time: wait till FP3 or qualy..but then it happens the same or even worse...so we must say RB is quicker than us, its just the question if we could shorten time difference...everything in +0.3 or less is fine with me...and in qualy we must reach at least P3...and other thing that is very important and that we will see now in FP2 is of course heavy fuel load runs...

[Hornet]

http://www.vipboxsports.eu/motorsports/85613/1/f1-indian-grand-prix---practice-2-live-stream-online.html

[Tifoso84]

Okay, here we go FP2...
Fingers crossed. :-)

[Hermann]

I just want to punch Horner in the face, and i'm not the violent type

[anialonso]

Everbody apart Alonso and Massa out on track..:Hmm

[Ferrari_Fanatic]

:lol

[Ken]

That is the funniest thing ever, Hamilton is testing things he hasnt a clue about ?:rotfl

[medeni73]

That is the funniest thing ever, Hamilton is testing things he hasnt a clue about ?:rotfl
Can you elaborate that? Whats happening with Maccas?

[yz2006]

I just want to punch Horner in the face, and i'm not the violent type

i wanted to..

Our updates do not seem to be aggressive enough... at this moment, considering the speed of bulls, we can no longer be in the sitution of damage control while awaiting their alternator problems.

[anialonso]

Alonso P1..1.27...

[Ferrari_Fanatic]

looking better

[Tifoso84]

P1 for Nando, 0,2 faster than anyone else at the moment :thumb

[anialonso]

That is the funniest thing ever, Hamilton is testing things he hasnt a clue about ?:rotfl

Hamilton will be :furious

[medeni73]

Cows are getting new alternators for USA Grand Prix...

[stefa]

FA first decant lap (1:27:785) is already faster than his bes one from FP1 (1:28.044)

[Rishu]

Felipe running old FW

[medeni73]

Can someone tell us whats going on with Hamilton??? I cannot watch it on TV...

[Ken]

FA first decant lap (1:27:785) is already faster than his bes one from FP1 (1:28.044)

Wonder what his fuel load is ?

[Hornet]

Can someone tell us whats going on with Hamilton??? I cannot watch it on TV...

Basically Mclaren put some new parts on his car for development, but the team isn't telling Lewis everything about the new parts. They are keeping it secret from him, most probably because its development for next year. :Hmm

[F2002]

FA first decant lap (1:27:785) is already faster than his bes one from FP1 (1:28.044)

Now 27.772 - how's that for consistency ?

[Rishu]

I think I saw Fernando running new FW..

[stefa]

Wonder what his fuel load is ?

I don't think it is time for testing low fuel runs. I think, and I wish it was made with heavy fuel load :-)

[F2002]

Wonder what his fuel load is ?

This is race sim. They're not light.

[stefa]

And a purple S1 now

[Ferrari_Fanatic]

wow

[stefa]

1:27:402 ! :-)

[Rishu]

I think the new FW is working :-)

[Ken]

Can someone tell us whats going on with Hamilton??? I cannot watch it on TV...

McLaren have bolted on trial parts for 2013 to his car, but they havnt told them what they are, so he cant tell Mercedes what going on.

[stefa]

with purple S3

[anialonso]

Alonso looking good..but still its early times..

[Hornet]

Is Alonso using new front wing and rear wing?

[stefa]

nice :-)

[FerrariF60]

Wonder what his fuel load is ?

hopefully the same as everyone else....or better yet MORE fuel then the others....
it's still practice times, we won't know the TRUE picture until Q3 where we are...but so far it's looking a little better then the other weekends we've had so far in PRACTICE sessions

[Rishu]

ooooooooooooo Felipe

[stefa]

Alonso looking good..but still its early times..

Yes. I am afraid that RB will just go out and pull another 0.3 or even more on us...

[anialonso]

Massa.......:-(
hard tires are done..

[stefa]

Massa.......:-(
hard tires are done..
What happen with FM?

[Rishu]

Yes. I am afraid that RB will just go out and pull another 0.3 or even more on us...

Your pessimism is commendable, I mean how consistent

[F2002]

Yes. I am afraid that RB will just go out and pull another 0.3 or even more on us...

They're bound to anyway, the track is getting better and better.

My impression is that we are not looking that bad, the times are good and consistent.

[medeni73]

Please Vettel dont make 1:26... let us enjoy P1 a little bit longer... :)

[F2002]

What happen with FM?

Excursion then kissed a Pirelli billboard

[anialonso]

Wonder what his fuel load is ?

Cant be light this early..

[stefa]

Your pessimism is commendable, I mean how consistent

And Ferrari proved me wrong so many times... Last 3 races...

[wacc]

Ferrari is usually quite good on harder tyre, let's wait for soft tyre runs.

[anialonso]

What happen with FM?

he spun and flatspotted his tires..

[medeni73]

Lotus is lost it seems...Mercs also...it will be 3-teams-fight for first 6 places...

[Rishu]

And Ferrari proved me wrong so many times... Last 3 races...

I am sure they are not trying to prove "you" anything, they know what they are doing

[stefa]

Your pessimism is commendable, I mean how consistent

I am not pessimistic by default. I am realistic. And realistically Red Bull is more complete car than Ferrari. Thanks to beyond human driving abilities of FA Ferrari are there where they are now.

[Rishu]

Vettel fastest S3 again

[Hornet]

Lotus is lost it seems...Mercs also...it will be 3-teams-fight for first 6 places...

Its normal every year, the other teams are not capable of keeping up with the Ferrari, RB and Macca in terms of development, so as the season progresses, we'll still see the same team at the top.

[FerrariF60]

let's not forget that 1:27....is nothing to write home about; last year's pole time was in the 1:24's....set by red cow's finger boy...

anyways, let's hope we closed the gap to red fools this weekend and Fernando will have a chance at fighting for a WIN here....he deff. needs it to stay in the WDC hunt

[anialonso]

Lotus is lost it seems...Mercs also...it will be 3-teams-fight for first 6 places...

Lotus tend to keep low profile during all the practice sessions but they do come to the front during quali..
In Korea Kimi was 1.7 down on Vettel and in Quali he was only 0.4 sec..

[medeni73]

Translation from German:
Horner: "We have a couple of minor new developments this to the performance of the car - also in view of the coming weekend in Abu Dhabi - to improve further. "Said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner" Here in India, is probably the first sector with its long straights our greatest weakness. The sectors two and three of us seem to be very good. After the morning session, both drivers were very happy."

If you look at sector times it seems correct, Cows are loosing much time in S1 but are damn fast in S3

[stefa]

I am sure they are not trying to prove "you" anything, they know what they are doing

They are not proving to me anything. And about what they know what are they doing... Hmmm... Lets put it in nice way... Wind tunnel issues for 2 years...

[Rishu]

I am not pessimistic by default. I am realistic. And realistically Red Bull is more complete car than Ferrari. Thanks to beyond human driving abilities of FA Ferrari are there where they are now.

Reaistically even Ferrari know they are not fastest, they are trying their best, what can you achieve by consistent negetivity?

[Tifoso84]

Lucky that Crashjean didn't take out our boys...pheewww. That was close!

[anialonso]

Vettel 1.27.256 :-s

[stefa]

Reaistically even Ferrari know they are not fastest, they are trying their best, what can you achieve by consistent negetivity?

Who says that I am constantly negative?!?! I just don't want to believe, or to force myself to believe in something that is not there. Period!

[medeni73]

we must maximise advantage in S1 and try to be on par in S2 or slightly better than Cows, cos in S3 RB is in league of its own...

[anialonso]

Ted Reports::
Alonso is running new FW..
Massa was running old FW..
But both decided to use old RW..

[Rishu]

Who says that I am constantly negative?!?! I just don't want to believe, or to force myself to believe in something that is not there. Period!

Read your last 20 posts :rotfl

[medeni73]

well thats not a good sign, it seems that this new FW cant be made to work...

[anialonso]

well thats not a good sign, it seems that this new FW cant be made to work...

the new FW is working according to Ted..its the RW that they are not using..

[Rishu]

Ted Reports::
Alonso is running new FW..
Massa was running old FW..
But both decided to use old RW..

So no DDRS then

[fronaldo]

the new FW is working according to Ted..
did u think new RW will give positive result?

[stefa]

Read your last 20 posts :rotfl

:rotfl You are so funny!

OK. Than not to be pessimistic by your standards, everything is fantastic, we will be on pole, with fastest lap and a victory on Sunday.

[FerrariF60]

So no DDRS then

don't look like, at least nobody has sniffed anything related to that yet...i too dont' think we're running or having anything close to DDRS yet...

[Rishu]

:rotfl You are so funny!

OK. Than not to be pessimistic by your standards, everything is fantastic, we will be on pole, with fastest lap and a victory on Sunday.

Good luck

[medeni73]

sorry my bad I read that as FW not RW :)

[stefa]

Good luck
U2!

[Rishu]

Something wrong with electronics on Vettel's car

[medeni73]

Soft tyres time...RAI P3 on softs...

[anialonso]

BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson

"Red Bull have been doing a bit of a set-up change on the front of Vettel's car. There's a thing call the third spring which stops the car touching the ground to support the car in a straight line or under braking. They have done a little change on that. On the Ferrari there is a rumour they have a modified diffuser. They did a straight-line test last week and that is one of the things that would have come out of that. You run the car with a kind of active suspension and you can assess the stall point on the diffuser. I'll see if I can spot it as the car goes out."



Hope its true..

[FA fan]

Translation from German:
Horner: "We have a couple of minor new developments this to the performance of the car - also in view of the coming weekend in Abu Dhabi - to improve further. "Said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner" Here in India, is probably the first sector with its long straights our greatest weakness. The sectors two and three of us seem to be very good. After the morning session, both drivers were very happy."

If you look at sector times it seems correct, Cows are loosing much time in S1 but are damn fast in S3

Hi since your in Germany,can you tell me what time does the race starts,since there will be a change in time on Sunday??

[anialonso]

Alonso out..
which tires???

[medeni73]

15:00 with changed time cos time change occurs in the night between saturday and sunday...

[anialonso]

did u think new RW will give positive result?

dont know..
but if both drivers are not using it means they are not happy with it..

[Hornet]

Alonso now heading out on soft. Quite early but we'll see

[stefa]

Hi since your in Germany,can you tell me what time does the race starts,since there will be a change in time on Sunday??

Just simply go to www.formula1.com and than where is time information for race click on convert to my local time.

[Rishu]

Horner: "Mark will be given same opportunity as Sebestien to win the Championship" :rotfl

[OneMoreChance]

Alonso out..
which tires???

He is on softs mate.

[Rishu]

Alonso out..
which tires???

Options

[medeni73]

Its 10:30 sorry...my bad again :)

[stefa]

Horner: "Mark will be given same opportunity as Sebestien to win the Championship" :rotfl

Again that clown CH is performing his acts.

[Rishu]

Massa what are you doing?

[stefa]

Rosberg time was set on softs

[anialonso]

Massa again..spinning..

[FerrariF60]

what the heck, massa's more OFF track then ON track

[stefa]

How come FA didn't have any purple in this lap with softs?

[OneMoreChance]

Felipe, are you drunk

[medeni73]

we're not impressive on softs...still behind Rosberg and Raikkonen...RBs still to come...

[stefa]

we're not impressive on softs...still behind Rosberg and Raikkonen...RBs still to come...

FA time on softs is only 0.160 faster than SV on hard

[Hornet]

Old rear wing? This is confusing

[medeni73]

Massa signed the contract...back to bad driving...

[stefa]

Did SV put soft?

[Rishu]

Alonso's first lap on options was spoiled by his mistake at turn 9, second lap he lost little time behind Massa, so his times could have been lot better

[FerrariFanBoii]

It's a tactic... Massa will spin on Sunday... Into Vettel, it's letting everyone know he's not good at that track... Heh!

[stefa]

Massa signed the contract...back to bad driving...

I was to tell that, and I backed off, afraid to be called FM hater. :-)

[stefa]

First below 1:27 mark

[stefa]

And than SV come...

[FerrariFanBoii]

That last lap from Vettel... He was 1 second down in sector two.. But he managed to still get P1.

[Ken]

Massa signed the contract...back to bad driving...

I am optimistic he is Just finding the limits of grip ??

[FerrariF60]

Alonso's first lap on options was spoiled by his mistake at turn 9, second lap he lost little time behind Massa, so his times could have been lot better

so was vettel's.....he had lots of traffic and still managed P1

[stefa]

I am optimistic he is Just finding the limits of grip ??

Maybe...

[stefa]

Purple S1 for FA

[stefa]

And P1 for FA :-)

[stefa]

But MW is on a fast one...

[medeni73]

Here comes Webber...:(

[anialonso]

Alonso P1 again..

[stefa]

Wooowwww.... That is fast time....

[stefa]

0.481 down on FA time... :-E

[FerrariF60]

wow those red fools are fast....1:26:200

we still have some work to do

[Stormsearcher]

i am just following the live timing screen... but it seems like Alonso and vettel are really going for it.
Have never seen ferrari match times with the bulls or macca like this in FP1 or 2. :-) this should be a good race.

[Hornet]

Unfortunately for Massa, looks like both his tires are done for with flat spots and he won't be doing anymore running.

[stefa]

And if that was not enough, than come SV with even more faster time...

[medeni73]

It seems we have to concentrate on long runs and hard tyres then....Qualifying seems already lost...

[anialonso]

0.6sec off Redbull will be horrible..

[OneMoreChance]

approximately 0.6 sec :-E

[FerrariFanBoii]

*sigh*

[stefa]

0.6sec off Redbull will be horrible..

It is horrible

[tifosi_kaka]

We're slow in S3, three tenths off. Saw quite a lot of understeer on Fernando's car in the last two turns.

[albert]

Newey is just too strong. You cant compete with genius like that. Webber is a 36 year old journeyman and he just lapped 0.5 faster, so the car is really close to 1 second a lap faster.

[medeni73]

Let us see long runs and hard tyres again. With hards we didnt look that bad and if we have awesome race pace then getting P3 in Qualiyf. could be enough to put a fight with Vettel...

[FerrariF60]

it appears those red fools are SUPER FAST in the last sector...
i would have thought they'd be faster on the straights due to their DDRS...

just when we thought we were having an OK start of the weekend, those red fools come out with a SUPER FAST LAP to spoil it for us....:-s

[stefa]

OK. What now?

[cokata]

the car did not look good on the softs it was sliding more than with the hards and this has happened a lot on fridays.i hope it is set-up and we will sort it out for FP3

[Stormsearcher]

guys relax. We are not done yet. :-)

i feel there is more to come from the car.

[Greig]

Usual doom and gloom merchants in practice threads I see then :-)

When will some ever learn that FP1 is not the be all and end all.

[anuragiyer8989]

Is there a problem with Felipe's car?!

[medeni73]

cokata may be right...those slidings and twitchings are repairable...could give us some tenths more but still no way to catch RBs...

[Forzi]

Our car looks as stable as it was at the start of the season :-) Hope we'll get the car balanced enough till the quali.

[stefa]

Usual doom and gloom merchants in practice threads I see then :-)

When will some ever learn that FP1 is not the be all and end all.

It is not. But when it was when we sucked on Friday and shined on Saturday with front row start? And how many times?
Just asking :-)

[OSS EL BOSS]

You can really hear the off throttle-blow of the red bull at turn 15 and thats why they are massively quick in the final sector.
I dont know how are they allowed to that and why are the other teams not complaining about it to the FIA!

[medeni73]

@Greig
We learned in this season that FP1&FP2 almost ALWAYS gave initial impressions whos quick and whos not...and MOSTLY NOTHING changed much come Qualiyf....

[FerrariFanBoii]

Where's the betting page? All my money on Vettel, it'll be a nice payout, seeing as he's gonna win.... Again....

[anuragiyer8989]

It's high time that we started doing high-fuel runs.....check out our race pace....coz i think this is gonna be the order for quali as well

[Ken]

Usual doom and gloom merchants in practice threads I see then :-)

When will some ever learn that FP1 is not the be all and end all.

I know but when they have watched enough races they will learn its FP 3 where we start to get truer comparisons brfore Qualy

[Greig]

@Greig
We learned in this season that FP1&FP2 almost ALWAYS gave initial impressions whos quick and whos not...and MOSTLY NOTHING changed much come Qualiyf....

And have we not learned that our race car is always better than Friday and Saturday?

[scuderiafan]

Alonso is on a longer run, I think

[stefa]

@Greig
We learned in this season that FP1&FP2 almost ALWAYS gave initial impressions whos quick and whos not...and MOSTLY NOTHING changed much come Qualiyf....

It is usually like that. Fast car is fast on any give day...

[medeni73]

RAI ca. 1:32 on race pace..

[anuragiyer8989]

steve slater reporting massa out of tires......maybe he damaged all of 'em due to his mischiefs!

[stefa]

And have we not learned that our race car is always better than Friday and Saturday?

Yes we have learned that, and we saw that our better race pace is not good to match RB in last 3 races.

[bluesilhouettes]

Done ! There's no hope. :-(
We are now 6 tenths behind.

[FerrariF60]

Alonso is on a longer run, I think

he's still in the garage

[anialonso]

It is usually like that. Fast car is fast on any give day...

true.. :thumb

[Ken]

It is usually like that. Fast car is fast on any give day...

It can happen that sometimes a team can hit the track running and dominate Fp 1 - 3

But it is generally seen its FP 3 before all the teams can be compared.

[Greig]

It is usually like that. Fast car is fast on any give day...

Reduced revs, old engines and gearboxes make Friday a bit different.

[stefa]

It can happen that sometimes a team can hit the track running and dominate Fp 1 - 3

But it is generally seen its FP 3 before all the teams can be compared.

True. Because at FP3 they are all preparing for qualifying.

[stefa]

Reduced revs, old engines and gearboxes make Friday a bit different.

Yes that also. But I was saying that really good car is will be at any point of GP weekend fast.

[Forzi]

felipe out

[FerrariFanBoii]

It's all well and good having a good race pace car, but when Vettel sticks it on pole, he's away and gone, so... We need front row at least.

[Hornet]

Is there a problem with Felipe's car?!

Edit: Well, apparently Massa is out again.

New tires?

[medeni73]

RBs not that impressive on long runs...

[fronaldo]

Yes that also. But I was saying that really good car is will be at any point of GP weekend fast.
i agree

[stefa]

FA is doing some really decent lap times

[F2002]

Reduced revs, old engines and gearboxes make Friday a bit different.

What's your view from first impressions then? Do you think that the situation has changed a bit since Korea?

[anialonso]

RBs not that impressive on long runs...

trust me they will be..
they tend to run heavier than other..

[anuragiyer8989]

Long runs look good.....maccas n kimi faster though

[medeni73]

FA fastest currently...

[Ken]

Yes that also. But I was saying that really good car is will be at any point of GP weekend fast.

Keep in mind that RB have had a good car for the last 5 races and do have an advantage at the moment. So your theory as far as RB is concerned can be seen to be true but that is not the case for all teams.

[dmkevin]

we can say goodbye... RB too strong... this is just joke we cant seem to bring anything that works to the track. just appauling that RB brings parts that works immediately, whilst us even with testing we cant... blame tomba dumb for his....

[medeni73]

Long runs look good.....maccas n kimi faster though

I dont know what are you looking but both are way slower than FA...

[stefa]

Keep in mind that RB have had a good car for the last 5 races and do have an advantage at the moment. So your theory as far as RB is concerned can be seen to be true but that is not the case for all teams.

You are right about that. My point is when team have really good car, it is going to be fast all the weekend. Remember 2002 and 2004 when Ferrari was dominating? There were no surprises! Those were the times :bow