Bahrain testing 27 Feb-2 Mar

[arcabe]

Alonso would be driving like hell...

[Kingdom Hearts]

Glad it was a minor issue, we need to make the most of this last hour!.

[Black Adder]

Will we see 1:33 from Bottas or Hamilton today? Will Alonso improve his 1:35.394, which is in line with what Kimi did yesterday?

[arcabe]

Soft tires and I'm sure some extra fuel in the tank for Alonsos lap yet people still say we're slow. Were in the top 3 which is good enough. Especially when points are given on Sundays.

That's one thing we don't know yet, how much fuel is on that ferrari.

[Forzi]

25 minutes of more running because of the many red flags we had today.

[FerrariF60]

Alonso would be driving like hell...

no, his saying is ...."i push like hell"....lol which i'm sure he will

[vcs316]

The timing screens are saying the session will be extended by 25 minutes, presumably because of the litany of red flag delays.

[shamim179]

Thank God! We're out soon after. A lucky escape for us. Good to see us trying hard with whatever time is remaining.

[Hornet]

Will we see 1:33 from Bottas or Hamilton today? Will Alonso improve his 1:35.394, which is in line with what Kimi did yesterday?

I believe Kimi did this time on super soft yesterday, but that Alonso time was on soft (someone pls correct me if I'm wrong.)

So I'd say we are already showing some more performance today.

[shamim179]

Excellent news. Good decision!

[f1tomi8]

13:42 The timing screens are saying the session will be extended by 25 minutes, presumably because of the litany of red flag delays.

[NickEice]

Those track experts are never right. We've been saying it look at 2011 testing when we thought we had the best car. Look at last years test, red bull 13th overall.

There are a lot of more important things that get "timed and measured" during testing. We have seen alonso and Kimi slow down in S3 numerous times while on a fast lap.

What about Mercedes the last few days. They have mainly been looking up at us on the time sheets. Where is the doom and gloom there? Why isn't anyone saying Mercedes is slow. Mercedes has broken their gearbox a few times in the past few days. Everyone of our red flags seems to beatified in short order. Relax guy. We have a good car. Development during the year is going to be far more important this season than the quality of the cars we see here.

[Kyss4k]

Hmm is Alonso still on track after that lap? Those "live timing" things are somehow stuck at the moment for me and still shows 48-49 laps and on track for last 10 minutes.

[vcs316]

13:46 ... Make that fastest of all in all three sectors! Bottas into the 1m33s now as the pace heats up.

13:45 Alonso shaves another couple of hundredths from his best time, but still can't break through the 1m35s barrier. Meanwhile, Bottas has just gone fastest of all in the first sector...

[SinanOzerS]

1:33.987 on Bottas with soft tyres.

[NickEice]

Alonso is on used softs and has been out for 5-6 laps now after his fast time. Cut it out people.

[Kyss4k]

1:33.987 on Bottas with soft tyres.

They have a monster

[Forzi]

1:33.987 on the softs. Might see a 1:32:x on the ss.

[NickEice]

They have a monster

Or maybe the martini deal isn't signed and they are doing glory runs

[fronaldo]

Bottas 1.33.987

[Kyss4k]

Or maybe the martini deal isn't signed and they are doing glory runs

Even so, you can go only as fast, as your car allows you to. And they seem to be bloody fast.

[Hornet]

Or maybe the martini deal isn't signed and they are doing glory runs

There is no such thing as glory runs in F1. What do you think they do in qualifying? Low fuel high performance run of course.

[FerrariF60]

They have a monster

everyone thought we had a monster in 2011 testing, and look where that took us...the red fools (which they never showed their true pace in ANY of the testing and always 2-3 seconds slower) WIPED teh floor with ALL THE TEAMS when it came to show their hand and delivered beautifully in australia


so relax guys, we're in good position...we just don't want to show our hands and want to see JAWS drop come Melbourne QUALI

[FerrariF60]

Or maybe the martini deal isn't signed and they are doing glory runs

yeah, that too....never tought of that...

[NickEice]

A glory run is low fuel. Fresh tires. Max settings. We are Ferrari. We rarely do that.

Coincidence the only team without its true livery and lack of sponsors is on top of the time sheets?

[varun]

Goddamn that williams is fast!

[vcs316]

Teams have got the message that the session is going to be extended too, so it looks like we have 65 more minutes of pre-season running (red flags permitting).

[shamim179]

I wonder if we're going to a run on SS towards the end? My prediction is in the 1:34's to high 1:33's on the SS which is still some way off with what Williams and Mercedes can do.

[Kyss4k]

everyone thought we had a monster in 2011 testing, and look where that took us...the red fools (which they never showed their true pace in ANY of the testing and always 2-3 seconds slower) WIPED teh floor with ALL THE TEAMS when it came to show their hand and delivered beautifully in australia


so relax guys, we're in good position...we just don't want to show our hands and want to see JAWS drop come Melbourne QUALI

You are wrong with Red Bull. They were saying after the first test I believe, that they would lap everyone. They were really confident, that they are the best.

[vcs316]

A glory run is low fuel. Fresh tires. Max settings. We are Ferrari. We rarely do that.

You just summed up Q3.