10:24 Vettel sparks his way down the main straight and crosses the line in 1m22.031s. A personal best middle sector on the medium tyres, but slightly slower overall.
short stint on the medium tyre: 1:22.0, 1:21.7, 1:21.9, 1:22.6, 1:22.9 and 1:23.4
Guys, does anyone have a clue what happened to Ferrari's new parts that were brought last night. Is there some new parts on the car this morning?
Yep, same goes for Ham on the medium: 1:28.1, 1:21.8, 1:29.0, 1:26.6, 1:22.9, 1:22.6, 1:23.7, 1:25.7 and 1:22.1.
If you mean this one Attachment 7022
Its there since launch!!
FERRARI FOR EVER !!!!!!!
Scrolled through some pictures of today and also can't spot any difference.
Vettel Ferrari SF70-H 1:19.341 on softsmatching Bottas time but it wasn't on softs
Vettel top
Does anyone know the fastest time set on soft tyres during test 1 or 2?
No, much smaller.
Found the source: http://www.f1technical.net/gallery/2017/bcn-march8
Last edited by Frank Dhont; 9th March 2017 at 09:42.
Bottas did 1.19:3 on SS and Massa did 1.19:4 on US while Seb doing 1.19:3 on Softs. That's encouraging.
Disappointing; 2009 to 2016...
Slightly digressing, McLaren cancelled a planned press co ference between bouilier and honda engine boss, seems like the relationship is at breaking point.
Boom take that 1:19.341
After a cool-down lap, Vettel clocks another rapid time: 1:19.434
I love how we can do low 1.19 with ease while McLaren struggling in 1.22's![]()
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That's seriously quick from Seb. Even if that's our maximum, that's a quick lap. This is more like Formula 1 again.
It is for sure we are fast, what my biggest concern is, will the car work in the race with different cars/hot air around them etc.? Like Mercs had last year. They also use a lot of flaps and have a very complex car.
There is still much more room for improvement; Ferrari for the first time in many years went back to bases 'we are Le Ferrari' so I still see further improvement. All I hope for is a good engine reliability this year and Luck on our side, but i guess if we are in the top two all the time we won't have people crashing into our car.
If only we could see what we can do on a long stint with soft tyres... Mercs have done little running on Mediums and I am wondering if they are trying to get milage on the softs, because they expect that to be their main race tyre. There is still clearly a lot of performance in the Merc, but we are looking really good so far.
Forza Ferrari Sempre![]()
Vettel goes purple in sectors one and two, but does not improve on his overall time
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