Bahrain testing 27 Feb-2 Mar

[wacc]

Hi, can someone explain to me why some parts of the car is painted yellow? Thank you.

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/flow_viz_paint.html

[tifosi1993]

[Hornet]

Hi, can someone explain to me why some parts of the car is painted yellow? Thank you.

Those are paints used to show how the air is flowing over the car.

What happens is as the car move, air flows over it and this air will then push the paint along it's path as the paint dries up. So once the paint is dry, it has taken the shape of the airflow path. This means it is showing how the air is flowing over the car parts, which direction it is going, and the engineers can tell if the air is going where they want it to go.

[Forzi]

Bottas went on ss tyres about 15 mi s ago. What times did he do? Clearly not better than his earlier 34.7. If in 35s on ss it's no different to Raikkonen yesterday so shows no matter the tyres and times each run a team makes has a different agenda. Still only Merc and Williams have gone for a time.

He's doing long runs on the ss. Amus saying he might be starting a race sim with the ss.

[stefa]

Williams on their way back to old glory days?

No, but on right way to the place near the top teams.

But that placement could be behind Mercedes but in front of Ferrari...?

[shamim179]

If you look at everything together, Williams has build a very good car I think. No red flags, a lot of laps, good times..

Totally agree. They are a team who are rediscovering themselves. The question remains as to whether they will be successful at developing their car over the course of the season but they seem to have started off on the right foot.

Massa must be loving this! Maldonado must be hating this!

[brembo man]

Massa fastest ! In a Williams. What did we do ???

[stefa]

Massa fastest ! In a Williams. What did we do ???

Nothing! It is up to the car!

[mark p]

He's doing long runs on the ss. Amus saying he might be starting a race sim with the ss.

Raikkonen did a number of laps yesterday on ss tyres fastest lap on the last?

[wacc]

But that placement could be behind Mercedes but in front of Ferrari...?

They can in short term for sure. In long term it is very unlikely.

[stefa]

They can in short term for sure. In long term it is very unlikely.

Agree and disagree at the same time. Remember last year? Ferrari was introducing almost every race new parts, but newer to race them... And race after race, after race valuable points are gone with less races to catch up...

[Forzi]

Raikkonen did a number of laps yesterday on ss tyres fastest lap on the last?

One thing that i wasn't really sure yesterday. I've seen many saying that he pitted at the end and went out quickly again to get the lap in. Others saying that he did a rather slowish 8 lap run and done the fastest one on the 8th.

A bit odd isn't it? I mean, 8 laps of fuel ain't THAT much, so it should have been the first lap clearly fastest.

[Kristof_F40]

Bottas did a high 1:34 on softs, now on SS he hasn't improved. Kimi yesterday did a mid 1:35 on SS and it was all drama..

[shamim179]

Massa fastest ! In a Williams. What did we do ???

This might be his year to win at least a race or two. We know how incredibly fast he is if you give him a car that is easy to drive. And when he's confident he just gets better and better.

[Forzi]

They can in short term for sure. In long term it is very unlikely.

We're not talking about Sauber, FI or Caterham here. Williams has the people, the tools and money to keep it going through the season. Dear say they were one of the most out of place on the grid teams in the past few years.

[emirBoz]

[Forzi]

Fairly busy on-track at the moment. Hulkenberg, Vergne, Hamilton, Gutierrez, Kobayashi, Chilton and... wait! Vettel! The Red Bull has been fixed and the world champion has just completed a couple of flying laps in the 1m44s.

[anakin]

they mention ferrari very rarely in today's test. I wonder why

[tifosi1993]

[zike]

where is ALO?

[Rosso Corsa]

Just seen Vettels spin from earlier today. Wow. Whatever the problem was, that must have been scary. I don't like seeing them like this.

[Hornet]

Any news on what Ferrari is up to?

Surely we need to be doing as many laps in this last few hours before the season starts

[SinanOzerS]

Alonso is still on track.He's completed 46 laps.

[bonzo]

Any news on what Ferrari is up to?

Surely we need to be doing as many laps in this last few hours before the season starts

Still lunch break for the Italians,"slow food".

[PadGeT]

Its a completely new rear wing.They are using the odd flap tried friday with a gurney flap glued to it,you can see the slit though the whole flap,and the upper part of the endplate has been smoothed out to cure separaton,and of course the new engine cover,so all new parts.

My answer was in response to trepidation dat we keep reverting back to old parts, which isn't the case Wen did we last see the team so dedicated to der own programme, we haven't. JA made them aero map da whole car, put weird sensors everywhere , infra-reds on FW, ride hide mapping, making sure no stone is left unturned. This is positive enough for me.

[Forzi]

Wondering if we'll see a 1:32:xxx today. Believe these cars have it in them

[Hornet]

Alonso is still on track.He's completed 46 laps.

Thanks, Good to know. Sky and Autosport barely mention anything about Ferrari

[bonzo]

14:29 Response to Thanos Mpekas: Hello, Thanos. Alonso has recently ventured back out after a lengthy spell in the Ferrari garage. The team is giving little away, but it has suffered a range of setbacks this week

[RedPassion]

My answer was in response to trepidation dat we keep reverting back to old parts, which isn't the case Wen did we last see the team so dedicated to der own programme, we haven't. JA made them aero map da whole car, put weird sensors everywhere , infra-reds on FW, ride hide mapping, making sure no stone is left unturned. This is positive enough for me.

Couldnt agree more you see already JA Hand there.A completely new method,better to test everything till it works than make Long runs.

[anakin]

Thanks, Good to know. Sky and Autosport barely mention anything about Ferrari

I'd say they only mention ferrari if it is in bad shape.

this is my favorite

*Williams leads the way for the second consecutive day
*Vettel suffers long delay after Red Bull breaks again
*Hamilton starts late with gearbox woes but goes second fastest
*The Lotus catches fire again
*Button's McLaren breaks down just after lunch