Spanish GP 2014 Friday and Saturday practice thread

[Ste]

@f1fanaticlive: Raikkonen: "I cannot hear you when you talk. You have to use more... more louder." #F1

[speedmaster]

From Autosport -

09:02 Here's what EDD STRAW has made of the Red Bull and Ferrari performance through Turn 3 on more recent runs:

"Unsurprisingly, the Red Bull looks superb through here. The car rolls off the left lock out of T2 and turns into T3 in one move and carries good speed. The RB10 looks like it could take just about any line the drivers want.

"Alonso is struggling a bit more as the tyres go away. He's had a big wobble through Turn 2 and the car is moving around a bit in Turn 3. Controllable, but not the quickest."

[Laferrari]

We have a lot of fuel in the car...fernando on a 12 lap without pits(still on).we test some things in the car...i am pretty sure we are faster than mclaren+redbull....close to mercedes.it s very positive!

[Hornet]

Luca DM is in town today


The car looks very unstable under acceleration

[fratelliferrari]

Luca DM is in town today


The car looks very unstable under acceleration

That's what I noticed too. Hopefully we will find a solution

[Sanomas]

So far we going good, I have much hope for this weekend.

[paneristi]

the cars slid like crazy. The cars look fast if we can manage this issue

[sachin]

What, 3 weeks and this,our car is trolling it seems.
So so unstable.

[LivingHitokiri]

Mercedes are making fun of the rest......

[Ste]

Mercedes are VERY strong here. Untouchable. Easily a second ahead of the next runners.

Not sure if the speed trap has changed now but we were 20kph slower than Force India earlier.

[Hornet]

Not a good way to start off the weekend, but hopefully we'll be closer

[sachin]

Mercedes are VERY strong here. Untouchable. Easily a second ahead of the next runners.

Not sure if the speed trap has changed now but we were 20kph slower than Force India earlier.

20?
Could you post link for the speed trap

[sachin]

Not a good way to start off the weekend, but hopefully we'll be closer

Hope,hope and keep hoping...

[Rishu]

More from BEN ANDERSON on what he saw at Turn 3 during those first runs: "Alonso is hustling the Ferrari through here. The Ferrari looks solid but is requiring a few small corrections in the later phase of the corner.

"Unsurprisingly the Red Bull looks smothered in grip. We reckon the ranking in terms of Turn 3 performance is Red Bull, Mercedes, then Ferrari. Lotus also looks decent.

[Ste]

20?
Could you post link for the speed trap

Slightly less of a gap now...

From an hour ago:

MAS 331
HAM 329
HUL 329
PER 328
NAS 327
ROS 326
ALO 318

[Hornet]

More from BEN ANDERSON on what he saw at Turn 3 during those first runs: "Alonso is hustling the Ferrari through here. The Ferrari looks solid but is requiring a few small corrections in the later phase of the corner.

"Unsurprisingly the Red Bull looks smothered in grip. We reckon the ranking in terms of Turn 3 performance is Red Bull, Mercedes, then Ferrari. Lotus also looks decent.

Does sounds like traction problem under acceleration out of corners, which is usually related to the engine, or PU for this year.

[stefa]

Just saw results from FR1. I know it is JUST FP1, but still.....

[Hermann]

Does sounds like traction problem under acceleration out of corners, which is usually related to the engine, or PU for this year.

Thought the Ferrari has had that problem since years...

[Ste]

Speed Trap

1	19	Felipe Massa	10:22:50	331.8
2	36	Giedo van der Garde	10:25:30	331.3
3	27	Nico Hulkenberg	10:25:41	331.3
4	20	Kevin Magnussen	10:20:46	330.1
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	10:24:01	329.0
6	11	Sergio Perez	10:19:19	328.8
7	40	Felipe Nasr	10:23:37	328.0
8	10	Kamui Kobayashi	10:24:31	327.8
9	6	Nico Rosberg	10:22:45	327.6
10	99	Adrian Sutil	11:27:50	324.7
11	22	Jenson Button	10:50:45	324.2
12	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	11:24:31	324.0
13	17	Jules Bianchi	11:26:01	323.7
14	9	Marcus Ericsson	11:22:18	323.2
15	4	Max Chilton	10:24:26	323.0
16	7	Kimi Räikkönen	10:25:17	322.8
17	14	Fernando Alonso	10:53:54	322.4
18	26	Daniil Kvyat	10:55:57	322.1
19	3	Daniel Ricciardo	10:22:24	316.3
20	8	Romain Grosjean	11:29:47	315.9
21	1	Sebastian Vettel	10:22:47	315.3
22	13	Pastor Maldonado	11:20:07	312.8

[Ed Harley]

FP1 appears to be an encouraging start. Hope they do well the whole weekend.

[Ste]

Vettel out of FP2. Problems with the wiring loom.

[PadGeT]

Wasn't that the problem with the old chassis ?

[Hornet]

Thought the Ferrari has had that problem since years...

It looked more stable in China though, hence I thought we may have managed to improve the PU.

Somehow in FP1 the car looks like it's back to Bahrain characteristic

[Rosso Corsa]

I think we're looking good. Great to see Fernando moving the car around so confidently. He seemed to be throwing and controlling the car as opposed to losing it and catching it. That's a good sign. Will be interesting to see what update configs both cars run this afternoon.

[medeni73]

It seems to me that good news is that we got rid of Force India, Williams and McLaren but bad news is that on this track RB seems 2nd best team...

[blaney1977]

What causes the poor traction and why have we had poor traction for at least the last 2 years?

[Ste]

What causes the poor traction and why have we had poor traction for at least the last 2 years?

Lack of downforce.

[fronaldo]

Looks like we still 3rd fastest car

[Rishu]

Ferrari handful as per Brundle

[Nero Horse]

What causes the poor traction and why have we had poor traction for at least the last 2 years?

Bad engine power delivery to the rear wheels can be one factor.