TEST ANALYSIS
The new Formula 1 car in 2011 configuration have played 11 days of collective testing making a total of about 38631 km. The first to play the test with the new car were: Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes Grand Prix, Sauber, Williams, Renault, Toro Rosso and Lotus on the track that led Valencia to the new car. While McLaren, Force India and Virgin have debuted their 2011 car at Jerez. Among the new car is not the only one to be dropped on the track is the Hispania, which will debut the new F111 HRT only all''ultimo Barcelona test.
After three collective tests to be run on four you can start to build on these initial findings: the Ferrari car is by far the most reliable because it is the one who has played the most number of miles on the track accusing only small problems. Among the new cars that competed in the road is less than about 2000 km with Lotus as Trulli and Kovalainen have accused many technical problems.
Ferrari
The Ferrari has so far played well with the new F150th Italy 5220 km accusing only small problems such as a problem of loss of oil from the engine in Valencia (due to an error during assembly), a problem with the sensor and a throttle the failure of a pump.
Ferrari has decided to take the track from the beginning a very conservative car to try to cover as many miles and to better understand the operation of the new tires. Ferrari will take the part of the aerodynamic developments in the last test in Barcelona. Expect big news to the front, sides, the hood, discharges, and especially to the speaker in the fund.
Ferrari technicians and engineers expect to benefit about six tenths a lap from these updates.
Red Bull
In Valencia, Jerez and the new Red Bull has gone well and has proved reliable also. This thing was very surprising given the considerable problems that have always had the cars designed by Adrian Newey. In recent tests in Barcelona Red Bull has accused some problems too. Sebastian Vettel on the first day he played only 37 laps because of gearbox problems which have forced many hours of mechanical work to try to resolve it. The rear of the car designed by Newey is very compact and make repairs in that area is a nightmare for the mechanics.
Vettel on the second day, during a race simulation, had to stop due to a crack in the exhaust. Mark Webber had to replace the engine instead of the last day of testing. The Red Bull is the second team who has played more kilometers between the teams in Formula 1. Christian Horner is very pleased with how they are doing the test: "We never had a season of testing with no problems."
Mercedes GP
The season has begun pre-season testing for the Mercedes Grand Prix with a lot of teething problems. But the Mercedes considering the results obtained in the last test session in Barcelona seems to have resolved. The problems of the new car was essentially the cooling of internal components that have resulted in some broken plumbing. He also accused some problems to the control of the rear wing. In Jerez, the engine has been replaced as found by the telemetry data indicated problems in the engine. In Barcelona, for the first time the Mercedes was able to fully execute its program. The results on the track on lap are quite encouraging, although they must still work to limit the degradation of Pirelli tires. In fact, in the race simulations Mercedes accused a nice gap over top Ferrari and Red Bull.
Sauber
The Sauber Mercedes had the same problems. In the first test has accused a number of problems at the exchange rate, the transmission and differential. These components are all supplied by Ferrari to Sauber. So you do not know well the reasons for these problems. During the tests, these problems are completely solved. The KERS has caused many problems for the Swiss team, indeed the last test in Barcelona was turned off and removed from the car. Sauber was able to make many more miles if Sergio Prez did not end in the gravel twice in the same day of testing in Barcelona ..
Williams
The Williams in the first three sessions of collective testing was faced with many guia KERS system which has cost so many miles the team of Groove. The main problm KERS to have been of little cooling to the components that compose it, and some loss of performance from the batteries. In Jerez, the last two days of testing, the KERS system was disconnected to allow the pilots to face more kilometers and can accumulate as much data as possible on the new machine parts and tires. Williams has also wasted valuable time because of some mistakes that have forced Pastor Maldonado to park the car in the gravel. KERS has been used in recent tests in Barcelona and from Barrichello by Maldonado although he continued to give some problems. In the last days of testing at Barcelona broke an engine Coworth he did lose a lot of time to the team.
Renault
Just got off the track at Valencia, Renault has accused several problems with KERS and hydraulic systems. These problems have been fixed by the mechanics but the car has done very little miles on the track. When working on KERS has received many compliments from pilots who have benefited. Heidfeld said it was much better than it used BMW in particular for ensuring stability under braking.
Toro Rosso
The Italian team did not experience serious problems during these early tests and was able to turn on the track quite regularly. KERS is that moving the rear wing have been running smoothly since day one. Sebastian Buemi has done so many compliments on his team stating that they are still a young team, they did a very good job in terms of reliability. The only time the car stopped on the track was just for the suspicion of a malfunction which then proved to be unfounded.
McLaren
The new McLaren made its track debut at Jerez skipping the first collective test in Valencia. Except for the last two days of testing at Barcelona McLaren has spent much time in the pits on the track. There have been many experiments with different exhaust solutions, funds and other speakers. All these experiments to the waste caused many difficulties to men McLaren. The second day of testing at Barcelona's Jenson Button missed the whole morning to test for a hydraulic failure. Due also to the lack of spare parts, the tests were interrupted for long periods of time. McLaren has done 2,573 km of which are less than half of kilometers covered by Ferrari.
Virgin
The debut of the new Virgin VR-02 was definitely better than last year. Virgin's new VR-02 has debuted the new car during testing in Jerez and is ranked ninth in the standings on particular routes kilometers. The new machine has had particular problems with the fuel pump, rear suspension and a lack of spare parts to replace mechanical parts that wore out on the track. On the track, the car feels much more stable than that of 2010. The wing poseteriore mobile, according to the drivers, it works very well, while the energy recovery system will not be mounted on the vehicle due to high costs that this presents.
Force India
Force India shot in this first test only 138 km less than the "friends" of the McLaren. In Jerez the new car has finished the test early because of a problem to the front suspension. This problem is accused by Paul di Resta was taking him off the track and it was good the driver to control the car. There were also several problems with the drains. The engineers were forced to stop the test due to lack of spare parts and held the car in the pits until they arrived from Britain. In Barcelona, the drivers also accused some of the accelerator pedal sensor failure. Rumours from Barcelona said that the box frame also accused of rigidity problems. Positive was the functioning of the Force India KERS provided by the Mercedes.
Lotus
The designer of the Lotus Mike Gascoyne has changed the entire car. The T128 was designed more daring in terms of aerodynamic than its predecessor. The engines were changed and was chosen the Renault engine with the entire rear end provided by Red Bull. All these changes have brought many problems to the Lotus team in fact is what has driven less miles than any other. The main issues by the pilots have been accused of steering the car, the water leakage problems and frequent discharges. These problems should be solved in these days and the Lotus factory in the last group test in Barcelona should finally be reliable.
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Originally Posted by burak karakutuk
when he realises that we are just too far ahead for that pesky drinks company to keep up!
Think Fernando and Felipe will be ok, as they are smooth drivers, and Fernando is alot more calculated than Felipe. 
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