2012 Spanish GP Friday & Saturday practice thread

[gvsnraju85]

Its no over excitement, its just a relief we don't have to celebrate finishing in the points.

+100000

[anialonso]

Nthing would be won by setting good times in FP1 but boost confidence of the team and as we know Ferrai never never never go for times on FP1 infact they don't go for it till FP3......that in itself speaks volumes about our competetiveness this weekend.....touch wood....hope i dont Jinx the team by praising them too much

well said....

[F2002]

Have we gained 1 full second ??

[gvsnraju85]

Shouldnt we be putting in more laps rather than sitting it out in the garage?????

[Hornet]

Looks the same?!?!

The flap that surrounds the diffuser has two curve on it, above the two major vertical aero piece in the diffuser.

And the diffuser itself, looking at those two major piece, at the top of it there's a slight dip, rather than just straight

[Ste]

Ste, could you please pin point the differences between the new & old Diffuser?

Main difference I can see is in the horizontal piece across the top of the diffuser. On the old version, it's completely straight but on the new one, it's 'wavy' across the top.

Also if you look at some of the vertical vanes (look at the join to the bar mentioned above) you can see they're a lot more curved in comparison to the old one.

[Nand0Nand0]

Ste, could you please pin point the differences between the new & old Diffuser?

Indents in the gurney and shallower sides which prob indicate expected greater flow there. Guessing but perhaps changes in the wheels to effect the negatives from the wheel motion plus more from the Acer ducts and perhaps somehow the flow from the new exhaust - which to me is directed to the beam and perhaps the top of the diffuser is also getting to the side.

[anialonso]

Shouldnt we be putting in more laps rather than sitting it out in the garage?????

Alo-20 laps and counting
Mas-21 laps..

[gvsnraju85]

Massa did just 1 timed lap???

[Ste]

I hope it wasn't, but you have to wonder if Alonso's lap was a PR run.

[gvsnraju85]

Alo-20 laps and counting
Mas-21 laps..

Then why dont i see the reds on the screen?? and why is massa's time still the same as his 1st one??

[Hornet]

Massa did just 1 timed lap???

Nope, Massa did quite a number of timed lap

[FER]

Nthing would be won by setting good times in FP1 but boost confidence of the team and as we know Ferrai never never never go for times on FP1 infact they don't go for it till FP3......that in itself speaks volumes about our competetiveness this weekend.....touch wood....hope i dont Jinx the team by praising them too much

Boosting confidence by setting best times in FP1? I cannot understand. Wouldn't be the disappointment even greater then 2 days later? All this does no sense to me.

[Kyss4k]

Massa did just 1 timed lap???

No...
What are you talking about?

[sav_pap]

Have you seen the car bumping up & down while entering the pits??

[anialonso]

Then why dont i see the reds on the screen?? and why is massa's time still the same as his 1st one??

because that was his best lap..
he did not improve on it..

[Ste]

[number 13]

Have you seen the car bumping up & down while entering the pits??

Yeah what was that all about?

[Rishu]

Main difference I can see is in the horizontal piece across the top of the diffuser. On the old version, it's completely straight but on the new one, it's 'wavy' across the top.

Also if you look at some of the vertical vanes (look at the join to the bar mentioned above) you can see they're a lot more curved in comparison to the old one.

Ah I see... Thanks !

[wacc]

Felipe's time doesn't look too bad compared to previous GPs. - good
Fernando is in Spain, so his time could be set on lower fuel to please the crowds.

[Rishu]

Its the 3rd sector, where Fernando is making most of the time :)

[tpe]

I srtongly believe that FA wanted to have a good lap thus, he did just that, a good lap. Don't forget, he runs in his home country.

[SashAlex]

Have you seen the car bumping up & down while entering the pits??

Yes. Seemed strange a bit. Was it intentionally done by Fernando or smth. was wrong ?

[Ste]

Have you seen the car bumping up & down while entering the pits??

Probably testing something. That happens on too low revs where the car is on the edge of stalling. The same thing when you see learner drivers kangarooing down the street

[LightAmaterasu]

Again the same question, was it the car or just alonso?

[Aruba]

So far so good !

[Pekka]

They used a whole can of paint?? :)

[anialonso]

P1 over...
Comparing to the other practice 1 session like.
gap to the leader wrt alonso
aus- +0.800
mal- +1.959
chn- +2.950
bah- +1.864

IN spain it looks definitely promising.....
cant wait for FP2..

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

If we have well and truly recovered a whole second, this would be the best come backs in modern F1 ever in my opinion. But lets wait for qualifying and the race where it really counts. It's looking good though, in previous FP1 sessions Ferrari have always been a good 0.8 sec off the pace, and today they were approx 4 tenths ahead, good signs...

[FER]

Again the same question, was it the car or just alonso?

It is a fact. We have huge improvement in the car. How huge is the question these days.