Bahrain testing 19-22 Feb

[SinanOzerS]

"Third red flag of the day, waiting to get back on track... #F14T @alo_oficial"

[f1tomi8]

"Third red flag of the day, waiting to get back on track... #F14T @alo_oficial"

out!

[Stormsearcher]

You've got to consider though, that while teams like Redbull are having issue, they have to spend time fixing them rather then working on performance.

Come the 1st race they might then be reliable but they will be a few weeks behind on performance upgrades.

True. But once they get around their problems, we all know the pace of their in-season development.
We need to take as many points away from them before they get their head round the issues they are facing currently.

[Senna4Ever]

I'm personally not enjoying seeing our main competitors stop on track with technical problems.
Let's win with everybody on board, otherwise it will be obvious that the sole cause of us winning a world championship (if we ever do) will be this rule change, and other teams' misfortunes.

I wouldn't enjoy a little bit if it wouldn't hit Marko and Vettel ...

Afterall your theory would say also last 4 championships of Vettel aren't worth because:
- Ferrari or any other team wasn't able to develop over the whole season
- Ferrari or any other team wasn't able to understand blown diffuser and all the little tricky areo parts.
- Ferrari or any other team wasn't able to really challenge RBulls ...

how often we blamed our guys at home not to deliver a proper fast car ...

Every of the big teams where used to began at 0: areo + engine - while the other 4 years the rules were the same and mainly aero driven ...

And for now it looks like somehow some did better than other ... as it needed a wholistic approach to design the car ...

[tifosi1993]

[anialonso]

10:02 Alonso's Ferrari joins the Caterham on-track. NOW will we see that race run we've been expecting?

[RedPassion]

True. But once they get around their problems, we all know the pace of their in-season development.
We need to take as many points away from them before they get their head round the issues they are facing currently.

But we dont know our development pace trough the year now that our wind tunnel is working,the technical structure has been furterly ajusted and that we have James Allison on board leading the development department.And yeah,as Pat Fry as already said,in F1 you make your own luck concerning reliability,if you worked good through the winter than probably you wont have any"bad luck" through the season

[fronaldo]

Fernando Alonso is lapping in the 1:43s, suggesting the Ferrari could be embarking on a longer run.

[piglett]

Are there any vids available?

[anialonso]

Are there any vids available?

sadly no..

[f1tomi8]

only Alonso on the circuit... Push Push! :)

[tifosi1993]

Fernando doing longer run, which means we are confident with our reliability.

[F2002]

well it was the rule changes that helped RB and MC start winning again

Two wrongs don't make a right mate.

You've got to consider though, that while teams like Redbull are having issue, they have to spend time fixing them rather then working on performance.

Come the 1st race they might then be reliable but they will be a few weeks behind on performance upgrades.

Agreed. I'm only saying that it would be nice to beat them when they are at their best.

I wouldn't enjoy a little bit if it wouldn't hit Marko and Vettel ...

Afterall your theory would say also last 4 championships of Vettel aren't worth because:
- Ferrari or any other team wasn't able to develop over the whole season
- Ferrari or any other team wasn't able to understand blown diffuser and all the little tricky areo parts.
- Ferrari or any other team wasn't able to really challenge RBulls ...

how often we blamed our guys at home not to deliver a proper fast car ...

Every of the big teams where used to began at 0: areo + engine - while the other 4 years the rules were the same and mainly aero driven ...

And for now it looks like somehow some did better than other ... as it needed a wholistic approach to design the car ...

I believe that many of us have misunderstood the new rule changes to mean that aerodynamics are not important any more. In reality, aerodynamics continue to play a very important role, as will the tyres, and whoever had the edge in this domain previously, will continue enjoying an advantage.

RBR won the championships not because Ferrari had an unreliable engine that was breaking every other race, but because they simply did a better job overall.

[anialonso]

Fernando doing longer run, which means we are confident with our reliability.

only when he completes his longer run without any issue will allow the team to gain confidence in reliability

[Majki2111]

10:29 Alonso has lodged a couple of very slow laps. A 2m11.413s and a 2m03.277s. Presumably nothing wrong as he's stayed out, but part of the programme.
10:33 Gutierrez pits in as Alonso continues to circulate at well over two minutes a lap.
By SkyNews:A sequence of very slow laps for Alonso in recent minutes - over two minutes apiece - according to the timing screens, suggesting Ferrari are assessing/testing something very specific on the F14 T.

[Jose Lorca]

10:29 Alonso has lodged a couple of very slow laps. A 2m11.413s and a 2m03.277s. Presumably nothing wrong as he's stayed out, but part of the programme.

Safety car simulation most likely.

Really impressive pace from Alonso - only a second slower than 2013 race pace.

[Kyss4k]

RBR won the championships not because Ferrari had an unreliable engine that was breaking every other race, but because they simply did a better job overall.

Bad engine or bad aero... both mean, that someone has not done a good job. It doesn't matter which part of the car is bad. As you say, what counts is the whole package.

I am not sorry for them at all. They were not sorry for us either.

[tifosi1993]

OT, Bernie Ecclestone has won his court case!

[Rishu]

OT, Bernie Ecclestone has won his court case!

Damn

[F2002]

Bad engine or bad aero... both mean, that someone has not done a good job. It doesn't matter which part of the car is bad. As you say, what counts is the whole package.

I am not sorry for them at all. They were not sorry for us either.

I only said that I'm "not enjoying" seeing them break, but I certainly don't feel sorry for them either

[RedPassion]

Bad engine or bad aero... both mean, that someone has not done a good job. It doesn't matter which part of the car is bad. As you say, what counts is the whole package.

I am not sorry for them at all. They were not sorry for us either.

Agree,the whole package will do,but in all honesty we must say that unless we rise to the level of aerodynamics of RBR when the end of the season comes we will loose the WCC and WDC anyway.Aerodynamics is still the most important feature in the cars performance as Allison said,and when the teams will have sorted the most reliability concerns(by half of the season i imagine),the it will come most to aero again,so unless we raise our performance we are doomed anyway,we cannot hide behind the better powertrain package,this is something that we have done in the past and in the end we paid for it.

[NasI]

Where is Ferrari installed their engine on that tiny back black part of the car? Man, their work is unbelievable. Keep up the good work guys!!!

[PURE PASSION]

Any news??
Because on 2 live timings that i follow, it shows that Alo has 49 laps for the last 20 min!!

[f1tomi8]

Any news??
Because on 2 live timings that i follow, it shows that Alo has 49 laps for the last 20 min!!

Yes! Alo has 49 laps! Lunch break

[Majki2111]

Any news??
Because on 2 live timings that i follow, it shows that Alo has 49 laps for the last 20 min!!

Probably lunch...

[hrc5555]

It looks like Renault solved their problems.
Even Vettel has decent number of laps...

[PURE PASSION]

Thanks!!!
Then its time to go my too!!!

[Senna4Ever]

I believe that many of us have misunderstood the new rule changes to mean that aerodynamics are not important any more. In reality, aerodynamics continue to play a very important role, as will the tyres, and whoever had the edge in this domain previously, will continue enjoying an advantage.

RBR won the championships not because Ferrari had an unreliable engine that was breaking every other race, but because they simply did a better job overall.

and if our engine is more reliable and our aero is so efficient that gives much downforce without forgetting the cooling of the engine ... who did a better job overall?

[mirafiori]

Alonso back out on track.

[anialonso]

When Ros brought the red flag,he was on a race simulation so Mercedes seem to have the confidence of trying one..
Common Ferrari show them that we can do it without any issue