Jerez Testing (finally)

**tifosi1993** · 29th January 2014, 14:05

Originally Posted by Ed Harley

Not Ilmor but Mercedes.

All Mercedes amg F1 engines are made in Britain, by a company formerly known as ILMOR . Mercedes brought the company and renamed it "Mercedes Benz High Performance Engines"

But i am sure you know all this.

**diesel08** · 29th January 2014, 14:06

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112341

**Super M** · 29th January 2014, 14:07

14:02 Here's the full story of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull and Renault's problems as the world champion curtails his running and flies home:

Red Bull forced to stop running on Wednesday

**Ed Harley** · 29th January 2014, 14:10

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

All Mercedes amg F1 engines are made in Britain, by a company formerly known as ILMOR . Mercedes brought the company and renamed it "Mercedes Benz High Performance Engines"

But i am sure you know all this.

Well, it was named then as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains.

The point was that Ilmor is long gone as Paul Morgan is dead and Mario Illien works with other things these days.

**Senna4Ever** · 29th January 2014, 14:14

Originally Posted by ManFromMilan

Shame, so now his girlfriend is going to have two crying babies to contend with

.

But one will clearly stop when getting some to drink ...

From Autosport

Red Bull's troubled start to pre-season Formula 1 testing continued on Wednesday when Sebastian Vettel's running was cut short by a battery problem.
The reigning champion team had only managed to complete three laps on the opening day on Tuesday because of delays caused by a part being fitted incorrectly ahead of its first run.
Its hopes of getting valuable mileage under its belt on Wednesday were then dealt a blow when Vettel was confined to the pits by what is understood to be a Renault energy store issue early in the afternoon.
The team elected to abandon its running for the day so Renault could be given more time to look into the problem and sort a solution for Thursday.

Vettel has cancelled his media commitments for Wednesday evening and flown home.
His new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo will take over for day three as scheduled.

Vettel's issue comes amid a difficult start to the week for Renault, whose mileage has lagged behind its rival engine manufacturers.

With just over than two hours to run on Wednesday,

Mercedes had completed 115 laps with its teams, Ferrari has managed 56 while Renault had done just 11.

Renault's engine chief Rob White admitted after the opening day of testing, where various teams were beset by troubles, that the situation needed to improve dramatically.
"I honestly expected there to be more laps on the board right now, but without real up close knowledge of what has been going on in the garage I don't know what has been happening," he said.
"It is kind of a no brainer, but the pace has to ramp up substantially over the coming days and week."

Originally Posted by Ed Harley

I can clearly see how this new technology cuts the costs down considerably.

It's really obvious.
Since a single team run nearly the same amount of laps like this year all teams together in the first day it means
- less fuel
- less rubber and used old tires
- less pollution
- less smoke
;)

Originally Posted by diesel08

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112341

not a bad approach ...
will be interesting if it really works like it should be according to Mr. "Matrix" Anderson ...

**tifosi1993** · 29th January 2014, 14:16

Originally Posted by Ed Harley

Well, it was named then as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains.

The point was that Ilmor is long gone as Paul Morgan is dead and Mario Illien works with other things these days.

Ok, point taken.

**Kyss4k** · 29th January 2014, 14:18

Kimi 1m26.585s / 1m26.421s

**Ed Harley** · 29th January 2014, 14:20

Not bad sign. :)

**Sempre_Ferrari** · 29th January 2014, 14:21

1m26.421s.

**Hornet** · 29th January 2014, 14:21

What I hope to see is more number of laps for Ferrari. Let's rival Merc's reliability

**Kyss4k** · 29th January 2014, 14:23

1m26.322s ... Bottas

**anuragiyer8989** · 29th January 2014, 14:25

Originally Posted by Kyss4k

1m26.322s ... Bottas

That is Bottas' time

**Sempre_Ferrari** · 29th January 2014, 14:27

Important thing is that we putting in the laps now, and no issues reported....may it continue this way

**Jas** · 29th January 2014, 14:27

Originally Posted by diesel08

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112341

article on mclarens suspension rear...how the hell that reduces drag I will never know...very clever though! Also how are our boys at sauber running?!?!?!

**anuragiyer8989** · 29th January 2014, 14:28

Are Merc engines really more reliable and long lasting as compared to Ferrari? Looking at the no. of laps completed and the top times also.....hopefully we can get in some long runs today and for the next 2 days.

**Nova** · 29th January 2014, 14:29

So whats up with the innovative Mac rear susp? Anderson writes that they r called blockers
and appear to be the newest idea to show up. Improves downforce at high and low speeds. Interesting.

**Sempre_Ferrari** · 29th January 2014, 14:29

Sauber's done 41 laps so far, second most laps for today so far so looks pretty good

**Hornet** · 29th January 2014, 14:31

Originally Posted by Jas

article on mclarens suspension rear...how the hell that reduces drag I will never know...very clever though! Also how are our boys at sauber running?!?!?!

I think what it means by reduce drag is when we compare to the car at slower speed. At low speed, the suspension move in such a way that it close the gap, blocking air and creating a low pressure area above the diffuser.

At high speed, the suspension will cause the thing to separate, opening a gap which allow air to escape which is lesser drag than when it was closed.

**Mister eX** · 29th January 2014, 14:34

Originally Posted by anuragiyer8989

That is Bottas' time

I don't mean to be rude, but what the hell are you crying for? :D

**F1NAC** · 29th January 2014, 14:35

What is going on with Ferrari, are we driving or sitting in pit?

**Jas** · 29th January 2014, 14:37

If only we had another team who bought Ferrari engines and were competent enough unlike marussia!!!

**Domo-kun** · 29th January 2014, 14:41

Didn't see this coming;
14:39 Ericsson sets a PB of 1m37.975s, putting Caterham above Red Bull!
:D

**anuragiyer8989** · 29th January 2014, 14:43

Originally Posted by Mister eX

I don't mean to be rude, but what the hell are you crying for? :D

Oops! Didn't find the correct emoticon! But Williams do look strong.....

**Mister eX** · 29th January 2014, 14:50

Originally Posted by anuragiyer8989

Oops! Didn't find the correct emoticon! But Williams do look strong.....

I think it's too early to draw that conclusion. In fact, it's too early to draw almost any kind of conclusion...

**anuragiyer8989** · 29th January 2014, 14:55

Originally Posted by Mister eX

I think it's too early to draw that conclusion. In fact, it's too early to draw almost any kind of conclusion...

Well I too think the same but these past few years of Ferrari haven't gone down really well. So being a little pessimistic here. Hopefully this new era in F1 will bring out a new Ferrari team for us.....fingers crossed!

**zike** · 29th January 2014, 14:56

Originally Posted by Mister eX

I think it's too early to draw that conclusion. In fact, it's too early to draw almost any kind of conclusion...

I think that we can probably conclude that Merc has a good engine

**Mister eX** · 29th January 2014, 14:59

Originally Posted by anuragiyer8989

Well I too think the same but these past few years of Ferrari haven't gone down really well. So being a little pessimistic here. Hopefully this new era in F1 will bring out a new Ferrari team for us.....fingers crossed!

Oh yeah, I'm also pessimistic, that's why I'm not jumping with joy even when Kimi is on top of the timesheets. It's good to see though, so I'm hoping he posts a really quick time in this last hour.