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F1 teams returned to the track today in Barcelona for 3 days of testing; although rain ended the test session an hour ahead of schedule, teams got in over 600 laps ontrack today.............

1} Luca Badoer, Scuderia Ferrari, 1:22.043 sec[82]
2} Robert Kubica, BMW-Sauber, 1:22.683 sec[69]
3} David Coulthard, Red Bull/Renault, 1:22.724 sec[21]
4} Sebastien Buemi, Red Bull/Renault, 1:22.764 sec[79]
5} Gary Paffett, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:22.938 sec[36]
6} Anthony Davidson, Honda, 1:23.208 sec[81]
7} Nico Hulkenberg, Williams-Toyota, 1:23.619 sec[112]
8} Romain Grosjean, Renault, 1:23.899 sec[60]
9} Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 1:24.442 sec[82]

(fr. FR 13 June 2008).....Ferrari tops 2nd day of Barcelona test

1} Luca Badoer, Scuderia Ferrari, 1:21.035 sec[95]
2} Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:21.374 sec[111]
3} Timo Glock, Toyota, 1:21.573 sec[97]
4} Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota, 1:21.614 sec[86]
5} David Coulthard, Red Bull/Renault, 1:21.669 sec[86]
6} Robert Kubica, BMW-Sauber, 1:21.761 sec[114]
7} Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 1:21.950 sec[122]
8} Nelson Piquet, Jr., Renault, 1:22.037 sec[129]
9] Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso/Ferrari, 1:22.395 sec[101]

While the Scuderia lead days 1 and 2 of the 3-day test at Barcelona, Renault led the timesheets on the third day.................

1} Nelson Piquet, Jr., Renault, 1:20.076 sec[112]
2} Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:20.402 sec[82]
3} Luca Badoer, Scuderia Ferrari, 1:20.680 sec[63]
4} Mark Webber, Red Bull/Renault, 1:21.037 sec[92]
5} Timo Glock, Toyota, 1:21.158 sec[86]
6} Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber, 1:21.295 sec[88]
7} Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 1:21.672 sec[83]
8} Nico Hulkenberg, Williams-Toyota, 1:21.674 sec[60]
9} Sebastien Vettel, Toro Rosso/Ferrari, 1:21.880 sec[72]

Day 1 of 3-Day Sliverstone Test; Ferrari setting the pace...........all 10 F1 teams took to the track Tuesday for the first of a three-day test prior to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone; Felipe Massa set the fastest time of the session, closely followed by McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.


1} Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, 1:20.188 sec
2} Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:20.477 sec
3} Robert Kubica, BMW-Sauber, 1:20.995 sec
4} Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 1:21.335 sec
5} Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota, 1:21.410 sec
6} Mark Webber, Red Bull/Renault, 1:21.565 sec
7} Nelson Piquet, Jr., Renault, 1:21.797 sec
8} Jenson Button, Honda, 1:22.081 sec
9} Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India, 1:22.250 sec
10} Sebastien Vettel, Toro Rosso/Ferrari, 1:23.853 sec

mlittle wrote:Day 1 of 3-Day Sliverstone Test; Ferrari setting the pace...........all 10 F1 teams took to the track Tuesday for the first of a three-day test prior to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone; Felipe Massa set the fastest time of the session, closely followed by McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.

Please can you give an indication of the testing schedule today at Silverstone i.e when did it start/stop/finish etc?
many thanks

nexstarneil wrote:

mlittle wrote:Day 1 of 3-Day Sliverstone Test; Ferrari setting the pace...........all 10 F1 teams took to the track Tuesday for the first of a three-day test prior to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone; Felipe Massa set the fastest time of the session, closely followed by McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.

Please can you give an indication of the testing schedule today at Silverstone i.e when did it start/stop/finish etc?
many thanks

From what I've read of today's test(read reports of today's session on ar1.com, speedtv.com, motorsport.com, etc.), here's a brief overview of what happened..........
~~Scuderia Ferrari: worked on aero and mechanical setups for this weekend's British GP; something prevented them from completing their work for the day(unfortunately, I couldn't find out what it was specifically..... )
~~McLaren-Mercedes: similar to Ferrari[worked on the usual suspects of aero/mech. items]
~~BMW-Sauber: same as the first two teams
note.....both McLaren and BMW were able to complete their scheduled activities for the day
~~no problems were reported from Red Bull and Williams; in fact, according to the motorsport.com article(link will be listed at the bottom of the post), Red Bull completed their scheduled activities in time to allow Webber to run more laps than originally planned for
~~Honda worked on what Ross Brawn called a "new aero package" in today's session[.....note to Mr. Brawn's; your team's car's still a pig to drive at the moment; just start working on a 2009 car ASAP...... ]
~~Force India worked on what the team's chief technical officer, Mike Gascoyne, called a "major aero update" which included front wing, diffuser and bodywork items. The team also worked on new fule systems and various race setups.
~~Toro Rosso didn't even it through the morning as their STR3, quoting the motorsport.com article, "conked" out(mechanical problems by all accounts).......
~~I didn't see anything written on what Toyota was doing; my assumption, nexstar, is that they were working on various race setups and whatnot prior to the British GP

As for the drivers............if the teams do what they normally do during a typical 3-day test mid-season, expect both drivers for each team to run at least one day.......here's the motorsport.com link

Hope this helps......

mlittle wrote: As for the drivers............if the teams do what they normally do during a typical 3-day test mid-season, expect both drivers for each team to run at least one day.......here's the motorsport.com link

Hope this helps......

Yes it did, many thanks.

(from WE, 25 June 2008)
High winds during the second day of testing at Silverstone played havoc w/several drivers ontrack, most notably Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella, who had a heavy shunt at Becketts; he was taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks but was uninjured.

Most teams, by all accounts, continued working on their 2008 cars and on various race setups for the upcoming British GP..................


1} Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:20.015 sec
2} Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 1:20.391 sec
3} Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota, 1:20.624 sec
4} Nelson Piquet, Jr., Renault, 1:20.787 sec
5} Sebastien Vettel, Toro Rosso/Ferrari, 1:20.795 sec
6} Robert Kubica, BMW-Sauber, 1:20.982 sec
7} Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, 1:21.069 sec
8} Mark Webber, Red Bull/Renault, 1:21.170 sec
9} Jenson Button, Honda, 1:21.445 sec
10} Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 1:21.583 sec

Most every team today continued on testing at Silverstone today for the third and final day; fastest on the timing charts was McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, whos' time was well over a 1/2-second faster than that of Toyota's Timo Glock.................


1} Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:19.170 sec
2} Timo Glock, Toyota, 1:19.815 sec
3} Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, 1:20.321 sec
4} Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1:20.862 sec
5} Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber, 1:21.011 sec
6} Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota, 1:21.059 sec
7} Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:21.331 sec
8} Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 1:21.344 sec
9} Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso/Ferrari, 1:21.432 sec
10} David Coulthard, Red Bull/Renault, 1:22.232 sec