F1 2022 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[PURE PASSION]

Finally redbull shows what they have got.

surely not the full of it !!! As all of them

[subfire91]

So Max 0.442 faster on C5 !! Faster but not not unbeatable

whats the difference in laptime regarding C2->C3->C4->C5 ?

did pirelli published the expected differences ?

[JacKy]

surely not the full of it !!! As all of them

I dont think Q3 times will going to be much faster than this.

It is whole New car , teams would like to see what they’ve got.

At least it was the case back in 2014.

[PURE PASSION]

whats the difference in laptime regarding C2->C3->C4->C5 ?

did pirelli published the expected differences ?

Dont know. But dont really pay attention on Pirellis time delta. They were lot of times they wereway off the real thing. And also depends on each car !!

[JacKy]

whats the difference in laptime regarding C2->C3->C4->C5 ?

did pirelli published the expected differences ?

If you look into verstappen’s time. C3>C5 is about 0.7 sec

Edit : it is about 1 second now

[PURE PASSION]

I dont think Q3 times will going to be much faster than this.

It is whole New car , teams would like to see what they’ve got.

At least it was the case back in 2014.

Add another 0.270s

[Kyss4k]

I don't know... the RB is the only team that figured out the porpoising and thanks to that they are now the fastest team. We still have no way of getting rid of the bouncing. I will hate myself for saying this, but it just shows to me, how much harder or smarter they work in Redbull. They brought upgrades and solved this. We didn't. Why? I want us to be the best so bad...

[PURE PASSION]

I don't know... the RB is the only team that figured out the porpoising and thanks to that they are now the fastest team. We still have no way of getting rid of the bouncing. I will hate myself for saying this, but it just shows to me, how much harder or smarter they work in Redbull. They brought upgrades and solved this. We didn't. Why? I want us to be the best so bad...

Ιm not worried to much. Dont say we are the fastest but it looks we are just behind RedBull . And as you said they have their upgrades ,we dont. If it ends up exactly that i will take it.

[tifosi1993]

Charles's stint after the red flag, on a 7 laps older medium tyres when he started his stint.

1:37.738
1:38.061
1:37.844
1:38.155
1:38.012
1:38.390
1:38.365
1:38.419
1:38.761
1:38.755
1:38.751
1:38.859
1:39.004
pits

Very respectable. Considering the C3 will be the softest compound during the race weekend.

[Aziz]

I don't know... the RB is the only team that figured out the porpoising and thanks to that they are now the fastest team. We still have no way of getting rid of the bouncing. I will hate myself for saying this, but it just shows to me, how much harder or smarter they work in Redbull. They brought upgrades and solved this. We didn't. Why? I want us to be the best so bad...

We need to understand the car first...... Since 2009

[Aziz]

Ιm not worried to much. Dont say we are the fastest but it looks we are just behind RedBull . And as you said they have their upgrades ,we dont. If it ends up exactly that i will take it.

What is wrong with you all, we spent 2 years on developing this car, while RB was fighting for the championship and developed that's year car.... And you are all fine with us being behind them

[tifosi1993]

Verstappen (C5): 29.116 - 39.513 - 23.054 - 1:31.720 - 313

Leclerc (C4): 29.509 - 39.618 - 23.229 - 1:32.415 - 308

Russell (C5): 29.554 - 39.816 - 23.381 - 1:32.759 - 308

[JacKy]

Verstappen got 0.393 of 0.695 gap at sector 1

[Silent Bob]

I don't think Ferrari look particularly worried and they said the porpoising problem has been taken care of for the most part. Many people at the track are saying the Ferrari looks pretty stable at any height, so don't think the porpoising will be an issue. Still would have been nice to see them wind up the engine a bit. So still some anticipation till next week. That longer run by Leclerc looked pretty good.

[Silent Bob]

What is wrong with you all, we spent 2 years on developing this car, while RB was fighting for the championship and developed that's year car.... And you are all fine with us being behind them

Everyone spent 2 years developing these cars. No one stopped developing. We just didn't keep developing last years car.

[Kyss4k]

Ιm not worried to much. Dont say we are the fastest but it looks we are just behind RedBull . And as you said they have their upgrades ,we dont. If it ends up exactly that i will take it.

How did they manage to come up with the updates and we didn't though? It's like we are not pushing as hard as them. That's surely not a good thing. I will not take being second behind them. No way. We threw everything into this years car, they fought into the last race for the championships, yet they still emerge as the fastest ones after this huge rulechange? Ehm what? Do we remember how we did when we fought for the WDC in 2008 and then the rulechanges in 2009 came? That's what I was expecting, yet here we are, RB developing, Merc developing and we are standing still. Hope we are hiding our pace more than RB is.

[chinmay]

the RB is the only team that figured out the porpoising

Aston Martin:

Stevenson: "We went for a completely different course than usual this year. The main thing for us was to understand the car. And I think we understood it well. We know how to have the porpoising and how to turn it off. This should allow us to find the best compromise in the setup to get rid of it and not lose too much speed."

[Kyss4k]

I don't think Ferrari look particularly worried and they said the porpoising problem has been taken care of for the most part. Many people at the track are saying the Ferrari looks pretty stable at any height, so don't think the porpoising will be an issue. Still would have been nice to see them wind up the engine a bit. So still some anticipation till next week. That longer run by Leclerc looked pretty good.

Watching the testing live stream we are still bouncing quite a bit. Red Bull is smooth as... I don't have a right comparison

[PURE PASSION]

What is wrong with you all, we spent 2 years on developing this car, while RB was fighting for the championship and developed that's year car.... And you are all fine with us being behind them

Of course i want to be in front ,and more i want us to dominate. But i wont start biching about it all the time, Whats the point of it ??? I wil just "give " them 1 last chance if we will end up just 1or 2 tenths behind and wait to see how the will react with the upgrades. IF 1st we end up 3d best 0.5s+ behind ,or we start falling back race by race and cant react with upgrades ,then i just will stop watching any more. As simple as that. I dont want to annoy people nagging ,as l dont like listen others doing it !!

[Silent Bob]

Verstappen got 0.393 of 0.695 gap at sector 1

What am I missing? It says he was faster in the mid sector by +1sec. Those sector times can't be for the same lap?

[tifosi1993]

Verstappen got 0.393 of 0.695 gap at sector 1

Because he was running higher engine mode.

But what's making me happy is our sector 2 time here, and sector 3 time in Barcelona. It seems the F1-75 is very handy in the technical sections, especially on Charles's hand.

[tifosi1993]

What am I missing? It says he was faster in the mid sector by +1sec. Those sector times can't be for the same lap?

It was a typo. His best sector 2 time is: 39.513, only a tenth ahead of Charles.

[Silent Bob]

Ya so not the show of force everyone is scared of. Time was set in cooler temps, softer tires,.... so 7/10ths is really not much. I think Ferrari could match that pretty easily.

[gump1480]

Can anyone confirm if Binotto actually said this to Sky Italia:

Mattia Binotto to Carlo Vanzini (Sky Italia): "You always tell me 'just give Charles a car' - well, now let's see what he will do."

[faloupas]

We re probably some tenths behind... Lets face it. The problem it s not that we are behind...The problem is that "We put our heart and soul into the car" as Binotto said...

[paolo lalli]

Its ferrari that are foxing there is more to come.,no upgrades pretty good I say.

[Aziz]

We re probably some tenths behind... Lets face it. The problem it s not that we are behind...The problem is that "We put our heart and soul into the car" as Binotto said...

Exactly my point

[elnano14]

Lol just one glory run on C5 by Redbull and some "FERRARI" fans here are already losing their mind and hope. Do all of you really believe the RBR is actually 0.4s faster and 10-15 kph quicker than our car in SECTOR 1 ALONE ???

[killer]

The fastest Ferrari averaged P1/P2, very good number of laps, no major issues reported, no car stopped on track, no notable incidents, generally positive feedback from both drivers. This was through 3 days and into the unknown with these new regulations. Not sure why some maybe think unless Ferrari crush the field by 2 seconds then these sessions were a waste of time.

[elnano14]

The fastest Ferrari averaged P1/P2, very good number of laps, no major issues reported, no car stopped on track, no notable incidents, generally positive feedback from both drivers. This was through 3 days and into the unknown with these new regulations. Not sure why some maybe think unless Ferrari crush the field by 2 seconds that these sessions don’t show us at least heading in the right direction.

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