Formula 1 Testing (26 - 29 April)

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:09 pm

F1 teams are testing this week at 4 different tracks.

At Mugello, Ferrari started testing on Tuesday with Luca Badoer and Marc Gene testing

At Silverstone, Williams started testing on Tuesday with Mark Webber and Antonio Pizzonia

At Fiornao, Sauber started testing on Tuesday with Felipe Massa

Testing at Jerez commences on Thursday

Mugello Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Luca Badoer Ferrari 1:22.416 93 (F2005)
Marc Gene' Ferrari 1:33.653 46 (F2005)

Silverstone Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Mark Webber Williams 1:23.901 69 (FW27)
Antonio Pizzonia Williams 1:24.903 42 (FW27)

Fiorano Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Felipe Massa Sauber 0:57.870 125 (C24)

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Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:16 pm

F1 teams continued testing on Wednesday at 3 different tracks.

UPDATE: At Mugello, Ferrari, BAR and Minardi were present. The Minardi not only had a number of mechanical problems in the morning but in the afternoon their two cars collided. The damage to the cars wasn't big but they were sidelined for the rest of the day!

CORRECTION: At Silverstone, Williams and Jordan were present. Nico Rosberg drove the FW27 for the first time. Nicky Pastorelli drove the following day contrary to what was reported earlier.

At Fiorano, Sauber continued testing on with Felipe Massa

Testing at Jerez commences on Thursday. Renault, McLaren, Toyota and Red Bull are expected to take part.

Test times:

Mugello Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Anthony Davidson BAR 1:20.652 144 (BAR007)
Takuma Sato BAR 1:20.654 92 (BAR007)
Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:20.764 111 (F2005)
Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.899 127 (F2005)
Patrick Friesacher Minardi 1:25.623 38 (PS05)
Christijan Albers Minardi 1:27.417 15 (PS05)
Chanoch Nissany Minardi 1:39.519 26 (PS04B)

Silverstone Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Mark Webber Williams 1:20.121 101 (FW27)
Nico Rosberg Williams 1:21.843 57 (FW27)
Tiago Monteiro Jordan 1:23.61 (EJ15)

Fiorano Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Felipe Massa Sauber 0:58.566 116 (C24)

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Ed · Post by Ed » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:43 am

F1 teams continued testing on Thursday at 4 different tracks.

At Mugello, Ferrari, BAR and Minardi were present. Jenson Button set the fastest time of the day. Testing at Mugello concluded today.

At Silverstone, Williams and Jordan were present. Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of the day. Testing at Silverstone concluded today.

At Fiorano, Jacques Villeneuve took over from Felipe Massa on the final day of testing.

At Jerez, 4 teams were present. Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the day. Testing continues tomorrow.

Test times:

Mugello Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Jenson Button BAR 1:20.250 123 (BAR007)
Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.566 84 (F2005)
Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.406 81 (F2005)
Enrique Bernoldi BAR 1:21.510 151 (BAR007)
Christijan Albers Minardi 1:24.380 66 (PS05)
Patrick Friesacher Minardi 1:25.721 47 (PS05)
Chanoch Nissany Minardi 1:39.510 16 (PS04B)

Silverstone Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Nico Rosberg Williams 1:22.168 90 (FW27)
Narain Kathikeyan Jordan 1:22.75 54 (EJ15)
Antonion Pizzonia Williams 1:22.976 71 (FW27)
Tiago Monteiro Jordan 1:23.39 22 (EJ15)
Nicky Pastorelli Jordan 1:27.27 30 (EJ15)

Fiorano Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Jacques Villeneuve Sauber 0:58.647 163 (C24)

Jerez Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Kimi Raikkonen McLaren 1:16.923 53 (MP4/20)
Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.502 73 (TF105)
Pedro de la Rosa McLaren 1:17.514 140 (MP4/20)
Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.740 117 (R25)
Franck Montagny Renault 1:17.824 128 (R25)
Olivier Panis Toyota 1:18.568 51 (TF105)
Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull 1:19.891 41 (RB1)
David Coulthard Red Bull 1:20.116 46 (RB1)

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JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:04 pm

Wow! Chanoch improved by 0.009
Massive improvement. Now he is just I mean still 19 seconds off the pace

julian, reckon your mod'd ute would do a lap of Mugello faster

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:39 pm

JayVee wrote:Wow! Chanoch improved by 0.009
Massive improvement. Now he is just I mean still 19 seconds off the pace

julian, reckon your mod'd ute would do a lap of Mugello faster

Yup especially if I was up against Pizzy too

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:36 pm

Formula 1 Testing ended at Jerez on Friday with Pedro de la Rosa breaking the unofficial lap record set by Michael Schumacher last year. Pedro de la Rosa set a time of 1:15.561

Test times:

Jerez Test Times

Jerez Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Pedro de la Rosa McLaren 1:15.561 129 (MP4/20)
Kimi Raikkonen McLaren 1:16.473 69 (MP4/20)
Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.492 97 (R25)
David Coulthard Red Bull 1:17.026 138 (RB1)
Olivier Panis Toyota 1:17.332 65 (TF105)
Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:17.405 61 (TF105)
Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull 1:17.566 92 (RB1)
Franck Montagny Renault 1:18.430 61 (R25

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Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:07 pm

Montoya might be swapping jobs with PdLR (hi JV

) if he can fit back into the car

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:57 pm

Impressive

Now Graham will be

But seriously, give Wurz and de la Rosa a chance to race for a few races.

Neither Kimi nor Montoya are scoring

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:59 pm

JayVee wrote:Impressive

Now Graham will be

But seriously, give Wurz and de la Rosa a chance to race for a few races.

Neither Kimi nor Montoya are scoring

Ssiiigggghhhh, nor am I

Bundy · Post by **Bundy** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:34 am

neither am i!!

but i'm married so thats expected anyway

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:01 pm

bundy wrote:neither am i!!

but i'm married so thats expected anyway

That's cos your always hiding UNDER the bed

Bundy · Post by **Bundy** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:05 pm

she has a bad temper and an axe....hey, what the?

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:25 pm

bundy wrote:an axe....

An AXE

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:28 pm

JayVee wrote:
bundy wrote:an axe....
An AXE

we have not heard from him since he wrote..." hey what the"

Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:36 pm

[quote="Ed"]Silverstone Test Times

Driver Team Best Lap Number of Laps
Nico Rosberg Williams 1:22.168 90 (FW27)
Narain Kathikeyan Jordan 1:22.75 54 (EJ15)Antonion Pizzonia Williams 1:22.976 71 (FW27)
Tiago Monteiro Jordan 1:23.39 22 (EJ15)
Nicky Pastorelli Jordan 1:27.27 30 (EJ15)

NK in wets,and its just testing