Malaysian GP 2014 Friday and Saturday practice thread

[EL_NANDO]

After all the various rumours since Melbourne, let's see what we can do!

Wasn't so long ago people were suggesting (or praying) we were using different timing points in Bahrain testing to disguise our incredible pace.

:ferrarifl

[Kyss4k]

I was just making one as well :wave

Here are times (UK) and streams:

Fri:
FP1 - 1:45
FP2 - 5:45

Sat:
FP3 - 4:45

Sky Sports:
http://www.vipboxeu.co/motorsports/204301/1/malaysian-f1-gp-practice-1---fia-formula-one-world-championship-2014-live-stream-online.html

BBC:
http://www.vipboxeu.co/motorsports/204301/2/malaysian-f1-gp-practice-1---fia-formula-one-world-championship-2014-live-stream-online.html

[shamim179]

Malaysia should be more revealing. Too many rumors and reports flying around with conflicting views.

I believe we are in better shape than we look. Hopefully, we'll be bringing in some updates. Now's the time to do that with these two upcoming back to back races.

[EL_NANDO]

Malaysia should be more revealing. Too many rumors and reports flying around with conflicting reports.

I believe we are in better shape than we look. Hopefully, we'll be bringing in some updates. Now's the time to do that with these two upcoming back to back races.

I agree, from the team it sounds as though they can get the car working better and are optimistic of having better performance this weekend. I don't really believe the rumours about still having 18kg of fuel at the end or whatever it was, or our ERS not working for some laps. However I'm pretty sure there are some areas like braking and ERS the team can improve. Pretty much for the same reason McLaren are hoping for this half-second improvement, just because a lot of the car systems aren't optimised that well.

I also don't buy into the whole "Melbourne isn't a good gauge of performance", yes the track is a street track and a bit unique, but the order will likely be the same this weekend.

It sounds negative, but I'm hoping we can just keep scoring decent points up until Barcelona through reliability and decent pace, and hoping one team/driver doesn't dominate. Then if by that point we're not up there with the leaders (likely Mercedes) in terms of pace, it's hard to see we can win either title without consistent mechanical DNF's from them.

Good aim for this weekend would be being the 2nd fastest team behind Mercedes, I'm a bit concerned as at the first race Kimi was being legitimately attacked by Toro Rosso's during the race.

[ferrari4life]

Man I feel like complaining just to get some people riled up on here. LOL...
At least it keeps the pill manufacturing company in business.

Anyway Forza Ferrari hope this is a turning of the page.

[anialonso]

Both Ferrari's out quite early..
Seems they have a busy schedule..!!

[FerrariFanBoii]

Apparently McLaren have a new nose? According to the radio, looks like the Force India's,

[RedPassion]

any good streams?

[tohellandback]

Alonso - 1.42.930 quickest so far.... Kimi still to do a lap


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[anialonso]

Alonso fastest but the car looks quite a handful..

[tohellandback]

Now 1.41.923 but ferrari looking twitchy at corners... Kimi 9th so far.... Lotus again stalled on the track hydraulic issues


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[radosav]

rosberg looks fast

[radosav]

A ha ha ha , Alonso looks so confident... ...confident that car isn't good! :-D

[bondilad]

1 Button, 315km/h
2 Massa, 314km/h
3 Bottas, 313km/h
4 Magnussen, 311km/h
5 Hulkenberg, 310km/h

EDD STRAW: "Interesting to note that Alonso has set the fastest time in sector two - 34.291s. No long straights in that part of the lap, which is mostly corners including the spectacular Turn 5/6 left/right sweep. Rosberg is fastest in the first and last sector."

We are still lacking to speed??

[tohellandback]

Alonso relaxed in pit without driving grears... Are we super confident....???

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[FF1]

speed trap shows mercedes power around 315/kmh and ferrari only 304/km/h and alonso still fastest. any light on this

[ALO]

are teams taking it easy on engines with reduced number of laps? so many P's on the leader board

[ALO]

at least our engine sounds the best :-??

[Hermann]

speed trap shows mercedes power around 315/kmh and ferrari only 304/km/h and alonso still fastest. any light on this

Better driver :-D

[FF1]

Better driver :-D

+1000

but i hope this race we see a more power full ferrari and a podium finsih for both drivers

[bondilad]

Better driver :-D

Couldn't have asked for a better reply. :thumb

[ALO]

nice save by kimi

[varun]

Kimi up into 3rd:clap

[ALO]

nice to be at the top :-D...I know its just FP1 tho :-??

[fronaldo]

I think our straight line speed is improving..Kimi just lost 0.2 s in the last sector after lost 0.5 s in 2nd sector during his 2nd best time..

[tohellandback]

So less running due to restrictions on engine.... Its killing the fun...

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[vcs316]

Prac One: Hamilton edges Raikkonen

Hamilton retired from the season-opening Australian GP with an engine issue but it proved to be a quick fix for Mercedes and the Brit was back in his W05 with the exact same engine at Sepang.

Putting in the laps, 19 in total, the Mercedes driver clocked a 1:40.691 to beat Raikkonen by 0.152.

It was a much improved session for the Ferrari driver, who revealed he was happier with his F14T's balance on Friday morning.

Nico Rosberg was third for Mercedes, finishing ahead of the McLarens of Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen.

The latter had a minor issue that led to him switching off his engine, however, with the marshals help he was pushed back into the pits and was soon back in the action.

Jean-Eric Vergne continued Toro Rosso's early season form, finishing sixth quickest, 0.711s down, while Sebastian Vettel was a further 0.121s down.

Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa were the final two drivers to get within a second of Hamilton's P1 time while Valtteri Bottas completed the top ten.

There were more issues at Lotus, who covered just six laps between both drivers.

Romain Grosjean stopped out on track with a battery issue but did make it back out in the final five minutes while Pastor Maldonado, after a lengthy period in the pits following his installation lap, pulled his E22 into the pits with smoke coming out the back of the car.

Meanwhile, Sergio Perez also managed just two laps in his Force India while Kamui Kobayashi covered five before Caterham "found a problem with his energy store so it's floor off to change it so he can run again in FP2."

Times
01 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:40.691 19 laps
02 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:40.843 +0.152 20 laps
03 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.028 +0.337 19 laps
04 Jenson Button McLaren 1:41.111 +0.420 20 laps
05 Kevin Magnussen McLaren 1:41.274 +0.583 18 laps
06 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:41.402 +0.711 15 laps
07 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:41.523 +0.832 9 laps
08 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:41.642 +0.951 19 laps
09 Felipe Massa Williams 1:41.686 +0.995 23 laps
10 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:41.830 +1.139 22 laps
11 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:41.923 +1.232 14 laps
12 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:42.117 +1.426 20 laps
13 Adrian Sutil Sauber 1:42.365 +1.674 21 laps
14 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:42.869 +2.178 21 laps
15 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:42.904 +2.213 23 laps
16 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:43.825 +3.134 18 laps
17 Marcus Ericsson Caterham 1:45.775 +5.084 24 laps
18 Max Chilton Marussia 1:46.911 +6.220 10 laps
19 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 1:51.180 +10.489 5 laps
20 Romain Grosjean Lotus No time 4 laps
21 Sergio Perez Force India No time 2 laps
22 Pastor Maldonado Lotus No time 2 laps

[tifosi1993]

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[Stormsearcher]

Errr... what the heck happened?

I woke up to see Alonso topping the time sheets. Put off the Tv to get to work.. here i am checking online and he is 11th??????? Are we facing a problem with his car? different tyres? different programme? something...??

[roddick_andy]

Errr... what the heck happened?

I woke up to see Alonso topping the time sheets. Put off the Tv to get to work.. here i am checking online and he is 11th??????? Are we facing a problem with his car? different tyres? different programme? something...??

Kimi was just better mate.

[Jose Lorca]

Errr... what the heck happened?

I woke up to see Alonso topping the time sheets. Put off the Tv to get to work.. here i am checking online and he is 11th??????? Are we facing a problem with his car? different tyres? different programme? something...??

Alonso spun 30 minutes before the end of the session. According to Andrew Benson, the spin "damaged a rear tyre and the floor, and with no time to repair the car the team concentrated on systems checks and practice starts for the remainder of the session."

[Stormsearcher]

Alonso spun 30 minutes before the end of the session. According to Andrew Benson, the spin "damaged a rear tyre and the floor, and with no time to repair the car the team concentrated on systems checks and practice starts for the remainder of the session."

Ah. ok. Hopefully he can get some good running in FP2

[Stormsearcher]

Kimi was just better mate.

Really?? Thats the can of worms you want to open here?

[eugene22n]

anybody spot changes on the car? I see McLaren has a new uglier nose which is quite drastic.

[abbottcostello]

OK, I'm just green with envy sitting here streaming the Skysport feed w/the pre-practice talk, jeesh! Wish we had this kind of coverage on this side of the pond:-s
Well, at least I can stream it, but I just feel like if I click one wrong place on that site I'll be having to clean out my computer HD.

[abbottcostello]

Really?? Thats the can of worms you want to open here?

It was FP1, if there's anything to read into it then color me surprised, at best it may indicate Kimi is getting his setup squared away I hope.

[stefa]

Really?? Thats the can of worms you want to open here?

Why will that open anything?!?!? One time is KR better, next time FA!
After all isn't this FERRARI forum, where we are SUPPORTING Ferrari?!?

[Katu]

Lotus in trouble again?

[abbottcostello]

anybody spot changes on the car? I see McLaren has a new uglier nose which is quite drastic.

Didn't their sidepods say "Mobil 1" at Melbourne?

[Hornet]

Why will that open anything?!?!? One time is KR better, next time FA!
After all isn't this FERRARI forum, where we are SUPPORTING Ferrari?!?

Supporting Ferrari doesn't mean we should have silly discussions about our drivers.

Now Alonso is ahead, does that meant he suddenly became better again after Kimi was better than him, all in the span of 1 day :-G

[fronaldo]

Alonso and Kimi seem competitive..good to see

[Kristof_F40]

Did I just hear Martin Brundle say: "Waaw, Ferrari have a good car" ???

[Hornet]

Martin Brundle is saying Ferrari looks good, and thinks that it's the engine that's hampering our performance.

If we can fix our engine, I think we should be able to start winning

[Katu]

Did I just hear Martin Brundle say: "Waaw, Ferrari have a good car" ???

i think i heard the same

[roddick_andy]

Really?? Thats the can of worms you want to open here?

HAHAHA, i was just thinking that, I should be careful about this stuff in future...

[Mister eX]

If we can fix our engine, I think we should be able to start winning

Guess that's going to be the hard part...

[pluto]

Im convinced we have a genuinely fast car, at least over 1 lap. In the last 4 years we have never been near the top of friday practice consistently.

[fronaldo]

Did I just hear Martin Brundle say: "Waaw, Ferrari have a good car" ???
Yup..i hear that too..i believe we'll be competitive this weekend

[fratelliferrari]

I didn't watch FP until now but your comments make me happy :-D

[gjoko-mkd]

Kimi second,it is not bad

[ElTigro]

We're looking quite handy this morning. Less hating and more supporting is what we are about.

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[Kristof_F40]

Thing is if it starts raining in Q everything can happen. What worry me the most is our top speed. We're not at the top or near the top, which makes overtaking hard...

[LivingHitokiri]

Seriously, this Ted guy magically finds and knows all the problem we got,now he claims we got tyre wear problems when its the same for everyone....

[Hornet]

Well Ted is in the pit lane and he could probably tell from the conditions of the tires as the cars come in

[Stormsearcher]

Supporting Ferrari doesn't mean we should have silly discussions about our drivers.

Thank you!
that was the point i was trying to make. Every thread shud not turn into a kimi vs alonso dog fight.

[Bobsan]

Do you have a live stream that is working

[Katu]

http://www.vipboxeu.co/motorsports/204302/1/malaysian-f1-gp-practice-2---fia-formula-one-world-championship-2014-live-stream-online.html

[Rishu]

Karun Chandhok:

Mid 1:44 for Alonso on 11 laps old tyres - they could be in serious contention here !

[fratelliferrari]

Nice images of Felipe in the Ferrari box :-D

[PadGeT]

Well aint everyone suddenly feeling our car has pace.
I was quite liking the negative vibes after australia
:giveup

[Katu]

maybe the car isn't as horrible as it looked before

[FFFerrari]

Not to be a bringer of bad news, but RBR is showing pretty good speed in the long runs. It still seems that the pecking order is Merc-> McLaren -> RBR -> Ferrari with Williams somewhere in the mix.

Otherwise I'm happy about the better performance during FP1&2.

[ProGratis]

Well aint everyone suddenly feeling our car has pace.
I was quite liking the negative vibes after australia
:giveup

Well, mercedes looks staggeringly quick in race trim....so im pretty sure they can go much faster over a single lap as well, if they want to...however, we do look quite good relative to the overall field, and we seem to have closed the gap to mclaren atleast, so there is some reason for optimism.

[PadGeT]

I think Mclaren are hardly our concern. Mercs and Red bull are and will be our fiercest rivals till the end of the season.

[bondilad]

According to crofty (apparently only supports merc) says rosberg got severe degration on medium tyres and the Mercs cannot go as far as ferrari & redbull :clap

I know its only practice, but really happy to see kimi upfront though. This confirms progress ferrari has made with him.

[Forzi]

Seems Kimi got on top of his setup problems (at least for now), so would guess a better result. Our tire deg seems very good also.

[ProGratis]

According to crofty (apparently only supports merc) says rosberg got severe degration on medium tyres and the Mercs cannot go as far as ferrari & redbull :clap

I know its only practice, but really happy to see kimi upfront though. This confirms progress ferrari has made with him.

Yes, this is going to be an extremely high-deg race....and glad to see of kimi's improvements as well :thumb

[stefa]

Great to see both Ferrari drivers in top 5

[tifosi1993]

Alonso could have taken P1. He made a mistake on his timed lap, so he was slower in S1 on mediums than he was on hards. But overall, I am quite happy with F14T's performance in sector two, which is a aero demanding sector. Tyre degradation looks ok.

FP2 Sector Times (http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=results&gp=915&s=7320&p=3)

FP2 Lap Chart (http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=915&s=7320&graf=3&dr1=Fernando%20Alonso&dr2=Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen)

[zike]

we look quite good, but it seems that the engine is not at 100% yet

[stefa]

Supporting Ferrari doesn't mean we should have silly discussions about our drivers.

Now Alonso is ahead, does that meant he suddenly became better again after Kimi was better than him, all in the span of 1 day :-G

Exactly!
Speaking in my name, and I have stated that numerous times here in this forum, I am Ferrari supporter, drivers comes and goes but team stays! As long as Ferrari is winning and at the end clinches CWC and one of it's drivers WDC I am happy :-)

[bonzo]

Exactly!
Speaking in my name, and I have stated that numerous times here in this forum, I am Ferrari supporter, drivers comes and goes but team stays! As long as Ferrari is winning and at the end clinches CWC and one of it's drivers WDC I am happy :-)
Very humble - only a WDC and WCC. Not too ambitious, are you?:lol

[Senna4Ever]

Wow, overall very interesting FP1 & 2,

Kimi & his team seem to have got some valuable setup work done ...
Alo has to find a bit more confidence ... I had the impression he struggled a bit in the fast corners ...

considering stable sunny weather:
- seems to be very close for qualifying, which I really haven't expected ... but maybe some haven't put all cards on the table ...
- race might be very very different due to tire degeneration, weather change etc ... long run times fluctuated enormous in the end ...

according to Horner RB has (sounds familiar) a disadvantage of 0,8 - 1sec due to less power (engine) but can compensate parts of it in the corners ...

... Alo 0,2 sec behind Kimi ... I would sack him ;-) :-D

[Hornet]

Its raining heavily in Sepang now

On Saturday or Sunday, we would still be running the respective sessions at this time.

[khizerk]

Vettel is packing some real race pace. Posted a string of 1.44s which I can't say is true for other top drivers.

Comparison of the drivers Kimi Räikkönen VS Sebastian Vettel - Practice 2 Malaysia GP 2014 (link) (http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=915&s=7320&graf=3&dr1=Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen&dr2=Sebastian%20Vettel)

I know fuel levels etc might be different, but despite that RB seems to have the upper hand in race pace.

[Domo-kun]

Wow, overall very interesting FP1 & 2,

Kimi & his team seem to have got some valuable setup work done ...
Alo has to find a bit more confidence ... I had the impression he struggled a bit in the fast corners ...
... Alo 0,2 sec behind Kimi ... I would sack him ;-) :-D

Yes! Him and Dome (as always)!!
Well, in Australia it was Kimi who had difficulties with setup and spun.
This time Alonso is having more problems.

But overall, TWO VERY GOOD drivers. Speed seems to be in line with the others. Looking good so far! :)
And like I said, WCC will be Ferrari's this year! I am ever more confident of that! :)

[AfterLife]

According to crofty (apparently only supports merc) says rosberg got severe degration on medium tyres and the Mercs cannot go as far as ferrari & redbull :clap ... .


Vettel is packing some real race pace. Posted a string of 1.44s which I can't say is true for other top drivers.

Comparison of the drivers Kimi Räikkönen VS Sebastian Vettel - Practice 2 Malaysia GP 2014 (link) (http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=915&s=7320&graf=3&dr1=Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen&dr2=Sebastian%20Vettel)

I know fuel levels etc might be different, but despite that RB seems to have the upper hand in race pace.

That is the problem always bothers me. RedBull's rate of progress as always is massive and they are progressing in every race like last year. If Ferrari is not going to win, i prefer (with all of my heart) Mercedes win instead of RedBull win.

[Hornet]

Red Bull build a solid car, but got held back by Renault power unit. Renault is getting there, soon we'll probably see them at the front again.

Ferrari need to quickly solve their problems and start moving ahead, don't want to see us playing catch up with RB again


Vettel is packing some real race pace. Posted a string of 1.44s which I can't say is true for other top drivers.

Comparison of the drivers Kimi Räikkönen VS Sebastian Vettel - Practice 2 Malaysia GP 2014 (link) (http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=915&s=7320&graf=3&dr1=Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen&dr2=Sebastian%20Vettel)

I know fuel levels etc might be different, but despite that RB seems to have the upper hand in race pace.

Alonso did manage some 1.44 as well though

[khizerk]

Red Bull build a solid car, but got held back by Renault power unit. Renault is getting there, soon we'll probably see them at the front again.

Ferrari need to quickly solve their problems and start moving ahead, don't want to see us playing catch up with RB again



Alonso did manage some 1.44 as well though

Alonso managed that in a second much shorter stint. Even if he was using scrubbed out tyres, the tyres must have cooled down. In the first stint, Alonso was in the early 1.45s

[PadGeT]

Ferrari need to quickly solve their problems and start moving ahead, don't want to see us playing catch up with RB again





Then u are in for a rough ride.I expect them to be top of the pecking order once we start the european races , if renault can sort out their gremlins by den ( and i strongly believe they will). We have to outpace them at some stage in the season long developmental battle particularly in aero to come out on top.

[Kingdom Hearts]

Good stuff today but often good fridays don't mean good saturadays for us, so we will have to wait.

[Schumyboy83]

Positive start to the weekend, I think we are in a reasonable good state of play... :thumb

[zike]

Did we solve engine problems,any news?

[Senna4Ever]

Will be fun to watch the clash of forces tomorrow in the qualifying ...

Lotus should be taken out of the competition - these guys are a security risk ... and a joke so far ... I mean everybody struggled but it seems this car was just the beginning of the end ...

[tifosi1993]

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[vcs316]

Fab pics tifosi1993 !!

[Ferrari Man]

Didnt see P1 or P2 so had a glimpse at the times on the f1 website. Looking at the times we seem to be in excellant shape or were Merc holding back or experiencing difficulties..

[Domo-kun]

Didnt see P1 or P2 so had a glimpse at the times on the f1 website. Looking at the times we seem to be in excellant shape or were Merc holding back or experiencing difficulties..

I don't think that they were holding back. Vettel most definately was not (IMO) since he got "beaten by rookie" in Australia. Still F14T was faster. And we all know that RB is still very, very fast car when it works. Same goes to HAM/ROS, I don't think they were holding back. But were they going for pure speed or did they do other stuff. We do not know.

Promising day and I allow myself to float around in a cloud of happiness until tomorrow! :)

[Redmist]

Here is what Sky said about the Mercedes tyre degradation.
"Perhaps equally as significantly, neither Hamilton nor Rosberg's W05 appeared able to run as long as the F14 T or RB10 on the faster but more brittle medium tyre - the softer of the two compounds selected for this weekend"

I have attached the link if you want to read it
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12472/9236085/nico-rosberg-and-lewis-hamilton-admit-tyre-wear-a-concern-in-heat-of-malaysia

[ntukza]

We topped the first session in Australia. What is it about today that causes optimism, to those who watched practice? Do we look any better than in the Aus sessions? If so, in what ways?

[Hornet]

We topped the first session in Australia. What is it about today that causes optimism, to those who watched practice? Do we look any better than in the Aus sessions? If so, in what ways?

I agree that the fastest lap time means nothing at this point. But in the last race, we were bad in race simulation which turns out to be the case during the race too.

So as far as race trim goes, maybe we can take some things from there. Of course if it rains then everything may change

[mirafiori]

I agree that the fastest lap time means nothing at this point. But in the last race, we were bad in race simulation which turns out to be the case during the race too.

So as far as race trim goes, maybe we can take some things from there. Of course if it rains then everything may change
How is the weather looking for saturday and sunday Hornet.

[Hornet]

How is the weather looking for saturday and sunday Hornet.

Today it rained somewhere between 4.30pm-5pm local time, with race and qualifying starting at 4pm. Seems we're getting rain around this time late evening, so it could affect latter part of the race if it rains. Not sure to hope for rain or not though:-P

[paneristi]

I really really hope this may answer my criticism toward Stefano that he can finally manage to lead us to become a winning team, once again. Go Ferrari!

Here is what Sky said about the Mercedes tyre degradation.
"Perhaps equally as significantly, neither Hamilton nor Rosberg's W05 appeared able to run as long as the F14 T or RB10 on the faster but more brittle medium tyre - the softer of the two compounds selected for this weekend"

I have attached the link if you want to read it
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12472/9236085/nico-rosberg-and-lewis-hamilton-admit-tyre-wear-a-concern-in-heat-of-malaysia

[ferrari4life]

Nice to wake up to some postive news on Ferrari... too bad no points are given for practice. Hope we continue this upward movement and have not already peaked for the weekend.

[RedRebel40]

I really really hope this may answer my criticism toward Stefano that he can finally manage to lead us to become a winning team, once again. Go Ferrari!
its just Friday and we haven't won anything yet.

[paneristi]

at least it showed some good sign

its just Friday and we haven't won anything yet.

[mirafiori]

Today it rained somewhere between 4.30pm-5pm local time, with race and qualifying starting at 4pm. Seems we're getting rain around this time late evening, so it could affect latter part of the race if it rains. Not sure to hope for rain or not though:-P

Cheers Hornet:thumb

[fronaldo]

According to crofty (apparently only supports merc) says rosberg got severe degration on medium tyres and the Mercs cannot go as far as ferrari & redbull :clap

I know its only practice, but really happy to see kimi upfront though. This confirms progress ferrari has made with him.
But qualifying around later part of the evening..same as the race..practice 2 around afternoon which is pretty hot..lets see tomorrow

[Nero Horse]

Didn't watch the FP's but looking at the times and comments here, I'd say we're looking pretty good at the moment and it seems that we have made some nice steps forward compared to the first race. I know that it was only free practice, but it's really great to see both cars up there in top 5. May this kind of positive progress continue and continue! :thumb


Forza Ferrari!!!

[Ed Harley]

It looks promising.

[eddie]

We should be good at Sepang :-)

Only thing is the weather... its a little 50:50 at Qualy...

[fronaldo]

Pit Lane Talk said that Ferrari tested new software update w/o glitch and can run full power...They also said that Ferrari run with lighter fuels than others and gap will be 0.5s to Merc..How the hell they know..?

[Easy Bogie]

Very humble - only a WDC and WCC. Not too ambitious, are you?:lol

Well he could have asked for WCC and 2 WDCs!
Wait a minute... that's not possible.
Make that WCC, WDC and runner up in WDC.

[Kyss4k]

Just watched the FP2 (as I slept thorugh it... damn you mybile phone for not waking me up:furious) and it was really nice to hear some sweet talk for once at the address of Ferrari from the the Sky guys.

One thing though, I didn't notice that it was said in Australia, but Ted was saying today, that we did put the ballistic shield on the turbo. Is it really true? How could we lose this fight?

[Greig]

Didn't watch the FP's but looking at the times and comments here, I'd say we're looking pretty good at the moment and it seems that we have made some nice steps forward compared to the first race. I know that it was only free practice, but it's really great to see both cars up there in top 5. May this kind of positive progress continue and continue! :thumb


Forza Ferrari!!!

If the sack Stefano baying mob are not posting then it must be very very positive....

[mark p]

If the sack Stefano baying mob are not posting then it must be very very positive....

Hard looked looked the best race tyre. If FP3 confirms Ferrari are right up there I pray they do not sacrifice quali to start on hard. I always hate that strategy as my perception is any team thats tried it as long as I remember has failed.

[Winter]

Any solid guesses about tomorrows weather?

[gjoko-mkd]

from Autosport live


"BEN ANDERSON: "We understand Alonso broke the floor on his Ferrari in FP1, so the double world champion will be keen to make up for lost time in this session now the F14 T has been repaired."

[Winter]

from Autosport live


"BEN ANDERSON: "We understand Alonso broke the floor on his Ferrari in FP1, so the double world champion will be keen to make up for lost time in this session now the F14 T has been repaired."

Did Alonso drive second practice with broken floor, or is that old news from autosport?

[Jose Lorca]

One thing though, I didn't notice that it was said in Australia, but Ted was saying today, that we did put the ballistic shield on the turbo. Is it really true? How could we lose this fight?

A Ferrari spokesman confirmed to Omnicorse that we did not/will not add the turbo shield: http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35979/f1-per-la-ferrari-la-power-unit-059-3-non-e-sovrappeso

I don't think Ted is making up lies but I think his general dislike of Ferrari makes him more inclined to believe certain paddock rumours.

[bonzo]

If the sack Stefano baying mob are not posting then it must be very very positive....

FP 1/2 optimism has never brought us any success come Sat/Sun.... Recently.

[abbottcostello]

A Ferrari spokesman confirmed to Omnicorse that we did not/will not add the turbo shield: http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35979/f1-per-la-ferrari-la-power-unit-059-3-non-e-sovrappeso

I don't think Ted is making up lies but I think his general dislike of Ferrari makes him more inclined to believe certain paddock rumours.

Seemed to me last word from the Scuderia was the FIA had ruled on its legality, but they would have a solution (shield) at the ready, so as to cover their bases if a problem arose. Maybe he heard we had the part & assumed it was installed?

On a side note I have to say, I watched the live stream of Sky Sports for FP1, as NBCSN will only televise FP2, Quali & Race. Needless to say I'll be tuning in again FP3.
After seeing the coverage I am GREEN with envy (as I suspected I would be) at the amount & depth of coverage compared to what we get on NBC. Amazed that there was just show after show related to F1, really enjoyed the interview with Murray Walker! This WILL become a regular part of my race weekend ritual. Sorry to go off topic but just had to share:thumb

[shamim179]

Hard to tell what really is going on but it seems Ferrari have improved but so have Red Bull. Although, our fastest times are on par with that of Mercedes, I believe they have more pace on hand. Our long run pace is very good. It looks like our car is easy on the tyres. So we have a decent PU, reasonable aero and good on the tyres - all a healthy combination to take the fight to front. My gut feeling is that Red Bull were running on lower fuel than us thus they're slower than us but not by far. What is worrying is their rate of development. If they carry on like this they'll have the fastest car in a few races. We need to keep on developing and must not stall.

[shamim179]

It's worth pointing out that Stella during Alonso's heavy fuel simulation was pleased with the lap times and how the tyres were coping (FP2). He even said that Alonso posted the fastest lap time compared to the competition at that time who were also running heavier fuel loads. A bit of sandbagging perhaps?

[windwaves]

Seemed to me last word from the Scuderia was the FIA had ruled on its legality, but they would have a solution (shield) at the ready, so as to cover their bases if a problem arose. Maybe he heard we had the part & assumed it was installed?

On a side note I have to say, I watched the live stream of Sky Sports for FP1, as NBCSN will only televise FP2, Quali & Race. Needless to say I'll be tuning in again FP3.
After seeing the coverage I am GREEN with envy (as I suspected I would be) at the amount & depth of coverage compared to what we get on NBC. Amazed that there was just show after show related to F1, really enjoyed the interview with Murray Walker! This WILL become a regular part of my race weekend ritual. Sorry to go off topic but just had to share:thumb

are you in the US ? how did you get to see the live stream of Sky Sports? that would be great if we can avoid the NBC crap

[REDARMYSOJA]

are you in the US ? how did you get to see the live stream of Sky Sports? that would be great if we can avoid the NBC crap

There are a ton of streaming sites out there, here's the one I most often use.

http://www.vipboxus.co/


Someone always posts a link in the race thread here before the race.

[Hornet]

A Ferrari spokesman confirmed to Omnicorse that we did not/will not add the turbo shield: http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35979/f1-per-la-ferrari-la-power-unit-059-3-non-e-sovrappeso

I don't think Ted is making up lies but I think his general dislike of Ferrari makes him more inclined to believe certain paddock rumours.

IIRC, Ted said that the FIA requested it, and so by that he assumes Ferrari have to have a shielding. Maybe Ferrari did not have a conventional shield that is part of the engine, but they have to employ a different approach of additional protection for the turbo (as opposed to previous idea where Ferrari did not think it would need any extra shielding at all)

[Katu]

today's picture is not so pretty as it looked yesterday

[Kyss4k]

A Ferrari spokesman confirmed to Omnicorse that we did not/will not add the turbo shield: http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/35979/f1-per-la-ferrari-la-power-unit-059-3-non-e-sovrappeso

I don't think Ted is making up lies but I think his general dislike of Ferrari makes him more inclined to believe certain paddock rumours.

It for sure makes him happy to hear any negative rumours about Ferrari...

Looks like Kimi likes the F14-T more then Fernando suddenly.

[Hornet]

With such a gap, Mercedes is going to lock down the front row easily, unless it rains.

Oh well, I hope it rains

Edit: Of course they could still wipe the floor with everyone else in the rain, but hopefully the PU is not as big of a factor in the rain.

[Rishu]

Early days but currently Ferrari looks the best of the rest. Kimi looks like having more comfort in the car, I like it so far. Hopefully we maintain this for Q & the Race

[fronaldo]

Mercedes clearly far ahead of everybody..and Kimi seem better than Alonso

[Katu]

i did not expect Fernando to be faster than Kimi all the time, that's why i'm not even slightly amazed that Kimi was better in FP's

[Majki2111]

But Fernando was half a second slower than his best time yesterday.

[fronaldo]

Not many team seem improved their time compare to yesterday bar Mercedes..And heard that McLaren might not be able to run qualifying..

[radosav]

Was it dry fp 3?

[Katu]

yep, but apparently it's raining

Marussia F1 Team ‏@Marussia_F1Team 3m
It's raining. BIG style!

[djmorin27]

maybe thats why were alittle slow to day and we were trying a wet setup we are not a second down on them maybe .4 and dont forget the merc were eating up there tires pretty fast yesterday so they can have pole all day long tomorrow is what counts

[tifosi1993]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bj4PrCVCMAAKxSg.jpg

[fratelliferrari]

Nice weather :lol

[Senna4Ever]

i did not expect Fernando to be faster than Kimi all the time, that's why i'm not even slightly amazed that Kimi was better in FP's

me too, but a half a second ...
which can mean a lot if the others behind Merc are that close ...
and if we take the result of FP3 Alo would stuck again behind Hulk, Ric ... not easy to overtake ...

General: yesterday I was surprised about the small gap between the teams ... today Merc seemed to pull out the hammer ... but there is one thing: On sky broadcast I've seen that Merc start working on the car of Rosberg (suspension etc.). Car was nearly naked on the front ... Which is a bit surprising as they been quickest by far ... so why start changeing something as the car looked easy to drive ... so maybe most of the teams already prepared for a wet qualifying while Merc just started to rework the setup.

P.S. I nearly forgot: Horner and Marko can just dig their whining about engine performance. As long TR with Renault can keep up with high speed like Merc engines it isn't an issue of Renault. It seems Newey again found a way to compensate the loose of blown diffuser but suffer on straights ...

[windwaves]

There are a ton of streaming sites out there, here's the one I most often use.

http://www.vipboxus.co/


Someone always posts a link in the race thread here before the race.

thanks !!!!