Jerez Testing (finally)

**voiko** · 28th January 2014, 10:01

Originally Posted by Haroski

Might be a stupid question, but what is that Machete attached on top of the F14T?

Sensors mate. We se them in every test.. I think they also help check the calibration to the wind tunnel

**Rishu** · 28th January 2014, 10:02

Force India out on track with Perez

Edit: He stopped, Red Flags

**bluesilhouettes** · 28th January 2014, 10:04

Red flag:

Ferrari 1
Renault 0
Mercedes 1

**medeni73** · 28th January 2014, 10:04

so its a tie at the moment: Merc stopped once on a way out of garage, we stoppen on track and now Renault too :)
my bad its 2 for Mercs 0 for Renault :)

**Hornet** · 28th January 2014, 10:04

Originally Posted by Haroski

Might be a stupid question, but what is that Machete attached on top of the F14T?

If I'm not mistaken, it's a pitot tube to measure air speed. It's placed high up to avoid the turbulent wake generated by the car

**Senna4Ever** · 28th January 2014, 10:05

Originally Posted by voiko

also help check the calibration to the wind tunnel

that's why the car got stopped ... after only a short distance it was clear: 100% correlation issue again between wind tunnel and reality ...

**Ed Harley** · 28th January 2014, 10:11

Hopefully F14-T will complete a lap today.

**karvyin12** · 28th January 2014, 10:11

No Pessimism Please

**Rishu** · 28th January 2014, 10:13

Gary Anderson says it's normal for the first day with new regulations, Engines, Systems, Wires, Fluids takes time to understand & get them working simultaneously

**Hornet** · 28th January 2014, 10:15

Originally Posted by Rishu

Gary Anderson says it's normal for the first day with new regulations, Engines, Systems, Wires, Fluids takes time to understand & get them working simultaneously

Always better to break now than in the race

**medeni73** · 28th January 2014, 10:16

not a word from RB or McLaren, I have a feeling some of them might be in problems...

**FerrariFanBoii** · 28th January 2014, 10:16

They car looks and sounds great on the track :)

**S1000RR** · 28th January 2014, 10:18

Saw some speculations that RB10 will not drive today.. :)

**Haroski** · 28th January 2014, 10:21

Originally Posted by voiko

Sensors mate. We se them in every test.. I think they also help check the calibration to the wind tunnel

Originally Posted by Hornet

If I'm not mistaken, it's a pitot tube to measure air speed. It's placed high up to avoid the turbulent wake generated by the car

Thank you both, first time watching pre-season testing (or testing at all) and that tube looked ridiculously big to be a sensor :D But you made it quite clear.
I'm sure Ferrari will get everything working this week, but sad if Kimi's testing days are mainly used eating ice-cream.

**Ste** · 28th January 2014, 10:21

Adrian Newey: "We discovered a silly setup problem over night."

**Forzi** · 28th January 2014, 10:21

Originally Posted by medeni73

not a word from RB or McLaren, I have a feeling some of them might be in problems...

RBR "silly setup problem", and McLaren just arrived here.

**Rishu** · 28th January 2014, 10:22

10:20 Hamilton's first flyer - and the first of the day - is a 1m33.305s

**jgdswaran** · 28th January 2014, 10:31

10:29 Take two for Raikkonen and Ferrari - the Finn is back out in the F14 T, almost two hours after his first, failed attempt.

**Hornet** · 28th January 2014, 10:33

Good to see we're running again

**Ste** · 28th January 2014, 10:33

Kimi has now done two Installation laps - Out/In.

**jgdswaran** · 28th January 2014, 10:34

10:32 As a comparison to Hamilton's time, the fastest lap on day one of this test last year was a 1m18.861s. The first flyer of the first day, meanwhile, was a 1m35.607s, set by Felipe Massa for Ferrari.

**jgdswaran** · 28th January 2014, 10:36

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**jgdswaran** · 28th January 2014, 10:38

10:37 After our first two and a half hours of running, the order is:

1 Hamilton, Mercedes: 1m33.305s, 7 laps
2 Vergne, Toro Rosso: no time, 3 laps
3 Raikkonen, Ferrari: no time, 2 laps
4 Perez, Force India: no time, 1 lap
5 Gutierrez, Sauber: no time, 1 lap