F1 2022 Pre-Season Testing Thread

**Grimlock** · 23rd February 2022, 10:17

Sigh, Alfa and Haas not doing too many laps ... so Ferrari are on their own collecting PU data once again.
Thankfully Charles is out there and racking up laps.

**stefa** · 23rd February 2022, 10:18

Common to all new cars is VERY ugly rims

**dfunk257** · 23rd February 2022, 10:19

Originally Posted by stefa

Common to all new cars is VERY ugly rims

yes Stefa 100%, i have been thinking this the whole time. I thought they were going to have nice looking wheels, i really hope they get better before the season starts, but right now they are very ugly

**Grimlock** · 23rd February 2022, 10:20

Originally Posted by stefa

Common to all new cars is VERY ugly rims

Yeah, I think there a spec part? Correct me if I am wrong.

**speedmaster** · 23rd February 2022, 10:24

Originally Posted by PURE PASSION

Attachment 7956

Thank you

**PURE PASSION** · 23rd February 2022, 10:29

Originally Posted by speedmaster

Thank you

Much better
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**burak karaküdük** · 23rd February 2022, 10:38

"I think the cars look good in the high-speed, the Mercedes and Ferrari cars are going flat through Turn 9 already, which is impressive considering they are carrying an extra 50 kilos this year. It shows the ground effect is working in the high speed, it looks like those are the two teams that have done more structured performance run plans - your typical slow-fast-slow type runs for lap time.
"That also justifies why they are the top of the timing sheets."

Palmer comments so far

**gump1480** · 23rd February 2022, 10:51

Apparently there is scope to change the underbody design of the sidepod as Ferrari has not completely packed their sidepods.

https://the-race.com/formula-1/ferra...ntional-f1-75/

**dfunk257** · 23rd February 2022, 11:10

80 laps allready. Wow! Thats a good start

**Grimlock** · 23rd February 2022, 11:13

https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/statu...2Flive%2Ff1%2F

Ugh, why are Ferrari customer teams so incompetent ...

**JacKy** · 23rd February 2022, 11:18

Sector times looks interesting guys;

Lec - 22.632 - 30.092 - 27.386
Nor - 22.564 - 30.212 - 27.698
Rus - 22.600 - 30.269 - 27.704

As we all know , sector 3 of Barcelona is a real reference point.

Eventhough these are not flat out flying laps, it is always good to be fast at sector 3.

**subfire91** · 23rd February 2022, 11:19

Originally Posted by JacKy

Sector times looks interesting guys;

Lec - 22.632 - 30.092 - 27.386
Nor - 22.564 - 30.212 - 27.698
Rus - 22.600 - 30.269 - 27.704

As we all know , sector 3 of Barcelona is a real reference point.

Eventhough these are not flat out flying laps, it is always good to be fast at sector 3.

what are each sector's characteristics ?

**JacKy** · 23rd February 2022, 11:32

Originally Posted by subfire91

what are each sector's characteristics ?

Sector 1 - Long straight , medium-high speed corners
Sector 2 - Medium-High speed corners
Sector 3 - Low speed corners.

Ferrari is usually a slow car at Sector 3 ( Last year , we were 3rd fastest team at sector 3 in qualy. We lost that pace in the race tho)

High Downforce circuit in general. Engine power not that important.

**burak karaküdük** · 23rd February 2022, 11:33

Originally Posted by subfire91

what are each sector's characteristics ?

first sector fast corners + main straight , middle sector high speed and medium speed and final sector is slow corners

**burak karaküdük** · 23rd February 2022, 11:37

Mark Hughes from trackside:

I'm at Turn 7/8 at bottom of the hill with the fast approach into the medium speed uphill corner and Charles Leclerc is super-aggressive and confident, pushing harder than anyone else here.

**subfire91** · 23rd February 2022, 11:47

Fastest in the main speed trap, located approaching Turn 1, during the morning was Williams driver Nicholas Latifi at 320.7km/h (199.2mph).

Tsunoda was second fastest for AlphaTauri at 319.0km/h (198.2mph) and Leclerc third for Ferrari at 318.8km/h (198.1mph). Slowest was Alonso's Alpine at 294.3km/h (182.9mph).

**JacKy** · 23rd February 2022, 11:48

Originally Posted by burak karaküdük

Mark Hughes from trackside:

I'm at Turn 7/8 at bottom of the hill with the fast approach into the medium speed uphill corner and Charles Leclerc is super-aggressive and confident, pushing harder than anyone else here.

This is gotta be ultimate test for our concept. I mean all the rumors/analysis saying it is tend to generate more downforce than other concepts.

**burak karaküdük** · 23rd February 2022, 11:49

https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%...0&cuid=4058812

**burak karaküdük** · 23rd February 2022, 11:56

Originally Posted by JacKy

This is gotta be ultimate test for our concept. I mean all the rumors/analysis saying it is tend to generate more downforce than other concepts.

i hope so my firend :)

**burak karaküdük** · 23rd February 2022, 11:58

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0kwbW...ature=youtu.be

**JacKy** · 23rd February 2022, 12:09

This is so stupid guys…

From what i’ve seen , cameras all around , journalist free to take as much as photos they want.. live timing works at the track aswell

So why the f*ck this is not being broadcasting ?

**Grimlock** · 23rd February 2022, 12:12

Originally Posted by JacKy

This is so stupid guys…

From what i’ve seen , cameras all around , journalist free to take as much as photos they want.. live timing works at the track aswell

So why the f*ck this is not being broadcasting ?

Yep very annoying, F1 TV dropped the ball hard here.

**dfunk257** · 23rd February 2022, 12:25

Originally Posted by JacKy

This is so stupid guys…

From what i’ve seen , cameras all around , journalist free to take as much as photos they want.. live timing works at the track aswell

So why the f*ck this is not being broadcasting ?

100% agree. 1st test of the new season?? stupid move F1

**Kyss4k** · 23rd February 2022, 12:33

Originally Posted by JacKy

This is so stupid guys…

From what i’ve seen , cameras all around , journalist free to take as much as photos they want.. live timing works at the track aswell

So why the f*ck this is not being broadcasting ?

Because Bahrain payed for it to be the first venue to show the new cars... probably.

**jgonzalesm6** · 23rd February 2022, 12:42

Originally Posted by JacKy

This is so stupid guys…

From what i’ve seen , cameras all around , journalist free to take as much as photos they want.. live timing works at the track aswell

So why the f*ck this is not being broadcasting ?

Originally Posted by Grimlock

Yep very annoying, F1 TV dropped the ball hard here.

Originally Posted by dfunk257

100% agree. 1st test of the new season?? stupid move F1

Originally Posted by Kyss4k

Because Bahrain payed for it to be the first venue to show the new cars... probably.

Because F1 considered Barcelona a shakedown test. Bahrain will be televised.

I'm with all of you on this matter. It's all BS to me really as to why the Barcelona tests are not being televised.

**tifosi1993** · 23rd February 2022, 13:00

**tifosi1993** · 23rd February 2022, 13:05

Few Titbits from the testing so far:

Ferrari and Mercedes looked to be only cars to take turn-9 flat out.

Charles was throwing the car around aggressively, aka he already has the confidence in the car. And Ferrari isn't even looking for quick times.

With 80 laps onboard, my overall feeling is quite positive. And as always, I'm going to ignore the lap times, even if we are ahead by 4-seconds!

**scudieros** · 23rd February 2022, 13:34

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

https://i.imgur.com/mnaJbPM.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bf6YbwT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lf8MlyX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yepocF7.jpg

Just Wow

also she is reliable.

**WS6TransAm01** · 23rd February 2022, 13:41

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

Few Titbits from the testing so far:

Ferrari and Mercedes looked to be only cars to take turn-9 flat out.

Charles was throwing the car around aggressively, aka he already has the confidence in the car. And Ferrari isn't even looking for quick times.

With 80 laps onboard, my overall feeling is quite positive. And as always, I'm going to ignore the lap times, even if we are ahead by 4-seconds!

I dunno man... There have been so many tests where it all looks rosie only to show up to Q3 in P7