2011 Valencia Testing.

[Rob]

well as 1 hasnt been started. Thought id crack on with it.

Everything set for the F150’s track debut 1.31.2011

Cheste, 31 January – In just a few hours time, the lights will go green to officially get the 2011 season underway. 10 o’clock tomorrow morning sees the start of the first of four test sessions, this one at the “Ricardo Tormo” circuit, at Cheste, on the outskirts of Valencia, prior to the opening round of the Formula 1 World Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix.

All the teams are here in Cheste, however not all of them have their new car ready. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro was first to lift the veil on its latest creation, running the F150, which has already tasted track action with a few dozen kilometres at Fiorano, in a session aimed at acquiring film footage for promotional use. The car which will be entrusted to Fernando Alonso tomorrow and Wednesday will be in the same configuration seen last Friday in Maranello at the launch presentation.

The work schedule for this first session will focus mainly on the overall reliability of the F150 and on increasing understanding of the new Pirelli tyres. There was some rain today, but the weather is due to improve over the next few days.

http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formu...ack_debut.aspx

[Tommy_F]

Flashback: first day of testing 2010: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/02/0...-february-1st/

Links to check out tomorrow for live timing, pics etc :

http://www.f1-direct.com/include/liv...emp/essais.php
http://www.comunitatvalenciana.com/w...heste-cheste-0
http://www.f1today.nl/testsessies.html
http://www.motor21.com/
Live timing probably here:http://www.msfree.gr/

F1Fanatic Twitter app: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/twitter/ - choose the teams, journos you want to follow.
http://twitter.jamesallenonf1.com/

[Tifoso]

Thanks, amico mio!

[Hornet]

Thanks for the links

Hopefully there won't be any rain so we can push the car to its limit. Hope to see our reliability continue to improves

[vcs316]

What time do the tests start? India time pls

[Tommy_F]

What time do the tests start? India time pls

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...nce.html?p1=44

Testing starts at 10am (according to the 1st post), so in India that would be 14:30 (I may be wrong)

[justjesper]

Thanks for the links, does anyone know if there will be any tv coverage ?

[vcs316]

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...nce.html?p1=44

Testing starts at 10am (according to the 1st post), so in India that would be 14:30 (I may be wrong)

Thanks Tommy It is 14.30 India time.

[voiko]

TIME TO START THOSE ENGINES!!!!!! I wish there was coverage!!!!

[vcs316]

Green flag! The day of testing begins.


Air temperature 13 °, track temperature 16 degrees.

[vcs316]

Autosport Live commentary is now paid??

http://live.autosport.com/

[vcs316]

10:08 h Alonso back to the pits, one in track at the moment.

10:07 h Alguersuari Sale on track, returning to the pits Kobayashi and Vettel.

10:05 h Kamui Kobayashi and defending champion Sebastian Vettel on track.

10:04 h Return to the pits and Hulkenberg Paffett, followed by D'Ambrosio. Fernando Alonso comes with the F150

[TheProdigalSon]

Autosport Live commentary is now paid??

http://live.autosport.com/

they can shove the commentary into their autosport bums if they think I'm paying for a couple of sentences.

[Ste]

f1today.nl is great for timings and images. It's foreign though, so live text won't be particularly useful.

[Ferrari312]

was hoping to found some live timing on ferrari official website but came out empty handed

[Ste]

was hoping to found some live timing on ferrari official website but came out empty handed

I think they've probably got more important things on their minds than updating people with a live feed of testing

The best place in all honesty is twitter (if you don't find an English text feed). If you're following the right people, the news is pretty constant.

Then just use F1Today for timing, laps etc and you're sorted.

[Ferrari312]

I think they've probably got more important things on their minds than updating people with a live feed of testing

The best place in all honesty is twitter (if you don't find an English text feed). If you're following the right people, the news is pretty constant.

Then just use F1Today for timing, laps etc and you're sorted.

yeah, @insideferrari put some good updates too. but what im looking for is more like per minute update of what's going on the track

this bbc website do have some live timing, but i dunno, not working on my computer. http://www.BBC.co.uk/f1

[Ste]

yeah, @insideferrari put some good updates too. but what im looking for is more like per minute update of what's going on the track

this bbc website do have some live timing, but i dunno, not working on my computer. http://www.BBC.co.uk/f1

Nobody will be offering live live timing. Twitter is the closest we get I'm afraid.

[brava]

Alonso 1.18:436 P1

[Ferrari312]

Nobody will be offering live live timing. Twitter is the closest we get I'm afraid.

yeap. autosport's is the closest we can get last year and theyre making us pay for that right now.

Alonso 1.18:436 P1

niiice

[Ferrari312]

-double post-

Renault F1 on Twitter: "R31 takes its first bow. The best sounding car in the pit lane thanks to our innovative exhaust system!"

i wonder how's that sound

[vcs316]

10:30 am Paffett to the pits, one on the track in Cheste

10:28 h Alonso into the pits. Paffett improvement, 1:26.212. Vettel pits.

10:26 pm First time: Alonso, 1:18.436; Paffett, 1:30.471. Go back to the pits Hulkenberg and Rosberg, Vettel goes.

10:25 h Hulkenberg on track.

10:23 h Alonso and Paffett on track. Also out for the first time, the W02 with Nico Rosberg at the wheel.

10:22 h Without the first half of the 2011 season yet ... Kobayashi back to the pits.

[Ste]

Alonso 1.18:436 P1

Wouldn't get excited!

Only him and Paffett in a semi-old McLaren have posted times with both doing 4 laps each.

I doubt we will know who is where until the last couple of days of the final test.

p.s. Why are McLaren not running Jenson or Lewis?

[vcs316]

Nobody will be offering live live timing. Twitter is the closest we get I'm afraid.

follow the james allen twitter feed. Its connected to almost every team

http://twitter.jamesallenonf1.com/

[vcs316]

Wouldn't get excited!

Only him and Paffett in a semi-old McLaren have posted times with both doing 4 laps each.

I doubt we will know who is where until the last couple of days of the final test.

p.s. Why are McLaren not running Jenson or Lewis?

My guess is they want to see how the Pirellis evolve during the first tests & optimise the setup on the new car thus saving time for Jenson & Lewis, same reason they didn't let Jenson & Lewis do the Pirelli test at the end of Nov2010 after the Abu dhabi GP

[vcs316]

P Pilotes Equipes Temps Ecarts Trs
1 F.Alonso Ferrari 1.18.438 --- 4
2 J.D'Ambrosio Virgin 1.25.312 +-.--- --
3 G.Paffett McLaren 1.26.212 +-.--- 4

[Grinsomx]

first problems with our new car, Alonso had problems shifting up and returned to the pits (roughly translated from F1today.nl)

[Ste]

Looking at car launch images I can safely say that the new Mercedes is easily the most adapted from last year.

Wings, 'barge boards', sidepods, nose and loads more totally changed. It looks mean.

Let's hope we can destroy it!

[vcs316]

F1Lite The track is currently quiet with most installation laps having been completed. Lotus won't be running at all today.

[Aldai]