2012 Spanish GP Friday & Saturday practice thread

**Jose-Lorca Fan** · 11th May 2012, 11:43

Davidson, Ted Kravitz and the whole lot always directing snidy comments toward the Ferrari team, it's becoming tiresome but I have no alternate means of watching Formula 1 unfortunately.
The only guy on that team who gives Ferrari a little bit of credit, and that goes for Alonso too is Martin Brundle.

**EL NANO** · 11th May 2012, 11:44

Come guys we are looking up and the updates are understood by the team at least... In Mugello the new parts worked as expected that means we finally know how the car is behaving at least .....

**Gerhard Berger** · 11th May 2012, 11:44

One wonders how Davidson was an ex F1 driver. According to him, tyre degredation is not significant at Barcelona.

**Jose-Lorca Fan** · 11th May 2012, 11:45

Originally Posted by Crucial_Xtreme

I think 1 sec is too much to expect and as you said would be the best comeback EVER! Lol. I think 0.4-0.6s isn't too far away from what's possible. I think the real(most accurate) measure of how much the car has improved will be Felipe's time in Quali.

And it gets on my reserve nerve. Davidson is always taking shots at the Ferrari's every chance he gets. It's getting old.

If the current gain is 0.4-0.6 seconds, can we at least expect to make another leap in performance of similar grandeur in the next few races where Ferrari will bring further increments to improve performance? Or will they be slight tweaks?

**EL NANO** · 11th May 2012, 11:45

Sky commentators love mclaren .. Poor fools

**Gerhard Berger** · 11th May 2012, 11:46

Originally Posted by Jose-Lorca Fan

If the current gain is 0.4-0.6 seconds, can we at least expect to make another leap in performance of similar grandeur in the next few races where Ferrari will bring further increments to improve performance? Or will they be slight tweaks?

Domenicalli said there will be another significant upgrade for Montreal next month.

**sav_pap** · 11th May 2012, 11:56

Originally Posted by Gerhard Berger

Domenicalli said there will be another significant upgrade for Montreal next month.

Too late I presume if these updates don't guide us to the right direction.

**Jose-Lorca Fan** · 11th May 2012, 11:57

Originally Posted by Gerhard Berger

Domenicalli said there will be another significant upgrade for Montreal next month.

Nice, good to know we have a development plan. Barcelona's updates need to work before the next batch of updates can get the go ahead.

**Dino** · 11th May 2012, 11:58

Originally Posted by Jose-Lorca Fan

If the current gain is 0.4-0.6 seconds, can we at least expect to make another leap in performance of similar grandeur in the next few races where Ferrari will bring further increments to improve performance? Or will they be slight tweaks?

Free practice 1 last year Alonso 5th. 1’26.394 AND 1.565 BEHIND WEBER'S RED BULL!!
..................................Massa 18th. 1’28.587 AND 3.758

**Jose-Lorca Fan** · 11th May 2012, 12:07

SECTOR TIMES FOR FP1

Ferrari fastest in sector 3 where traction is imperative.

**FER** · 11th May 2012, 12:10

Originally Posted by Jose-Lorca Fan

SECTOR TIMES FOR FP1

Ferrari fastest in sector 3 where traction is imperative.

In Sector 2 Alonso only .002 slower than Kobayashi's best time. What stands your smiley for?

**Kingdom Hearts** · 11th May 2012, 12:21

It's nice to have dream of victory but it's only FP1.

**Cemz85** · 11th May 2012, 12:25

where is the new nose?

**number 13** · 11th May 2012, 12:26

Originally Posted by FER

In Sector 2 Alonso only .002 slower than Kobayashi's best time. What stands your smiley for?

I think that smiley stands out for the frustration with ferrari's well known tractions issues.

**Kyss4k** · 11th May 2012, 12:30

Originally Posted by Jose-Lorca Fan

SECTOR TIMES FOR FP1

Ferrari fastest in sector 3 where traction is imperative.

And isn't that a good thing? That's what the upgrades are for and if the traction was improved, it's great! Why the smiley?

**anialonso** · 11th May 2012, 12:34

Originally Posted by theforce

Ferrari saying updates not working and car is not up to spec --> other teams happy but Ferrari still beat them
Ferrari showing a hint of performance to challenge front runner --> everyone crapping themselves
The look on CH's face --> PRICELESS

**stisum** · 11th May 2012, 12:35

Guys, I have a good feeling. 3rd sector (hi speed corners) is what we were bad at, and now we are the best there. No smileys, just confidence.

**FER** · 11th May 2012, 12:39

Originally Posted by Kyss4k

Why the smiley?

Same question here.

**FER** · 11th May 2012, 12:40

Originally Posted by stisum

Guys, I have a good feeling. 3rd sector (hi speed corners) is what we were bad at, and now we are the best there. No smileys, just confidence.

3rd sector high speed corners? Take a look again.

**anialonso** · 11th May 2012, 12:41

Based on the flow-vis colour
it seemed alonso dad the new diffuser,rear wing and floor.
massa had new front wing..
that could explain the time diff..
and ferrari''s updates should be working..they worked in mugello atleast..
lets see what happens in FP2.

**dmkevin** · 11th May 2012, 12:42

If massa had all the upgrades and alonso running conventional system. how come alonso has flow viz all over his car and massa not??? I think massa was on a different programme to alonso and FP2 and 3 will give us a better indication where we are. i don't think we are the fastest!!!

**anialonso** · 11th May 2012, 12:43

when did ferrari say their updates are not working????

**Hornet** · 11th May 2012, 12:46

I don't expect us to be the fastest either. Red Bull looks to be the strongest here. Red Bull have been improving, and now they seems to have found their pace.

But if we can be right up there with Red Bull and McLaren, that would be an improvement. Remember that we are like the 5th or 6th fastest team in the first 4 races.

**Jose-Lorca Fan** · 11th May 2012, 12:52

Originally Posted by Kyss4k

And isn't that a good thing? That's what the upgrades are for and if the traction was improved, it's great! Why the smiley?

Well I used the smiley to express confusion. Ferrari were thought to be really bad in traction areas and now they are the best. Of course I'm happy but maybe i didn't use the right smiley lol

**FER** · 11th May 2012, 12:53

Originally Posted by dmkevin

If massa had all the upgrades and alonso running conventional system. how come alonso has flow viz all over his car and massa not??? I think massa was on a different programme to alonso and FP2 and 3 will give us a better indication where we are. i don't think we are the fastest!!!

Massa had different front wing, front suspension and exhaust, for sure.

**Jose-Lorca Fan** · 11th May 2012, 12:54

Originally Posted by stisum

Guys, I have a good feeling. 3rd sector (hi speed corners) is what we were bad at, and now we are the best there. No smileys, just confidence.

No, sector 3 has slow speed corners where traction is important. On the other hand, Sector 1 has has speed corners.

**FER** · 11th May 2012, 12:55

Originally Posted by Jose-Lorca Fan

Well I used the smiley to express confusion. Ferrari were thought to be really bad in traction areas and now they are the best. Of course I'm happy but maybe i didn't use the right smiley lol

lol, right, this one is mostly used for expressing frustration