Spanish GP: Friday, Saturday FP sessions thread

[Rishu]

exactly my thoughts...i can see a tough weekend for us, unless Alonso pulls some magic

Picture is still not clear to me, unless Alonso gets a clean lap, so I am still optimistic

[Sempre_Ferrari]

Picture is still not clear to me, unless Alonso got a clean lap, so I am still optimistic

as am I

[DJTaurus]

InsideFerrari Scuderia Ferrari
Fernando left the garage for the last run, on soft used tyres

[burak karakutuk]

These hard tyres are bad for us i hate Pirelli

[Hornet]

Picture is still not clear to me, unless Alonso gets a clean lap, so I am still optimistic

Yep. Alonso haven't get that clean lap in yet, so its not all doom for me just yet

[FerrariF60]

These hard tyres are bad for us i hate Pirelli

yeah, but they seem to work for other teams; what r we doing wrong then???

[f300v10]

Massa ran a 'radical' looking rear wing where the trailing edge of the flap extends above the endplates, and the rotation point of the DRS is mid-cord of the flap rather than the trailing edge. This would allow running a longer flap, while still getting maximum effect from DRS:

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/g...-20may/073.jpg

[luicchi]

i dont believe in this 1.098 gap...I´m optimistic this time!

[Ste]

These hard tyres are bad for us i hate Pirelli

Why are they? We're way quicker than Button for example.

[Kyss4k]

These hard tyres are bad for us i hate Pirelli

Tyres are same for all. It is the car what makes a difference and if constructors are not able to build a car which can use this tyres better than the others it isn't Pirelli's fault. (And by this I don't mean it is our case)

[f300v10]

Alonso also ran a new rear wing with the McLaren like extensions at the bottom that act like an extension of the diffuser:

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/g...-20may/006.jpg

[Sempre_Ferrari]

83 min: Hamilton's long run pace is competitive with the Red Bull pair at this stage, although it is impossible to know the relative fuel loads.
85 min: Ferrari has also shown good race pace so far this season and Alonso is also right with the Red Bull pace at this stage.

[Kyss4k]

And in long run we are looking good again.

[burak karakutuk]

Race pace is always good look at Fernando he is faster than everyone else i can see.For example just in first sector he is faster 1second than Nico.

[luicchi]

Here in spain...we gotta chance...we will see tomorrow if we are so that far away...I believe we can do a good job in here.

[Rishu]

Good 64 laps of data to be analysed now

[Hornet]

Alonso only about 1 sec behind Webby despite the problems in S2

I got a feeling we're continue to close the 1 lap sprint gap. And as we've seen last race, this translate to even better race pace

[zeus2]

I think we're probably about 5 tenths slower than the top guys on quali pace, but race pace is looking really good, maybe even better. I think the main thing to pin our hopes on is not quali but the race. We seem to be catching up in quali pace but not there yet me thinks.

[Alessandra]

5th, of course, and 8th

For different reasons I don't think we have an exact idea where our drivers are so I'll take heart from Karun Chandok on the bbc red button - "Fernando needs to target P3 then, I think, he can hang on to the Red Bulls". That is supposing, of course, that it's the Red Bulls who are 1 & 2!

[scuderiafan]

so, what about long runs?

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...ion2-times.pdf

didnt really do them. Vettel is out of this world.

[dfunk257]

I think as long as Fernando is in the top 3 on the grid, we will win this race. Our race pace is the best in my view and with Fernando at the wheel we will give them a beating!

[Fiondella]

I think as long as Fernando is in the top 3 on the grid, we will win this race. Our race pace is the best in my view and with Fernando at the wheel we will give them a beating!

eh are you looking at the same time sheets as i am?

[Raz]

eh are you looking at the same time sheets as i am?

i am.. Ferrari (alonso) are ahead of Mercedes/Michael, but only just

[Fiondella]

i am.. Ferrari (alonso) are ahead of Mercedes/Michael, but only just

yep

[luicchi]

honestly, I think we can do here in spain a beacon ... Vettel is not so far in race pace. and not nearly far from we have a gap of 1094 (but this has to be confirmed tomorrow).
I keep in mine, we have possibilities on race. I think a P4 in qualifying.

[scuderiafan]

i am.. Ferrari (alonso) are ahead of Mercedes/Michael, but only just

yeah on one lap pace, i have to agree. but our race pace is amazing.

[Fiondella]

We'll be lucky to get a podium IMHO! Is Beacon the new Magnum?

[Fiondella]

yeah on one lap pace, i have to agree. but our race pace is amazing.

How do you know what times are you looking at?

[scuderiafan]

the ones i linked. one long run we were doing 1;29s, some 1:28. on par with McLaren.

EDIT: i remember the same gloom 2 weeks ago. so i think we should see what happens in qualifying.

[Fiondella]

What long run? Nando strung 7 laps together tops and they weren't consistent or impressive. Amazing is not what i would call it!