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2019 Testing
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:38 pm
by cmlean
Day 1 of testing for 2019 commenced at Catalunya.
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Driver Team Time Tyres
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:18.161 Soft
Carlos Sainz McLaren 1:18.558 Supersoft
Romain Grosjean Haas 1:19.159 Soft
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:19.426 Soft
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1:19.462 Soft
Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:19.635 Supersoft
Sergio Perez Racing Point 1:19.944 Soft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:20.127 Medium
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:20.135 Medium
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:20.980 Medium
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:20.983 Medium
Reliability seemed to be in evidence for all teams.
A couple of spins into the gravel traps and a fuel pressure failure for Romain Grosjean in his Haas.
Williams will not have their 2019 contender ready until at least Wednesday and are already behind the 8 ball.
I have taken a liberty in naming the tyre compounds
C1: Hard
C2: Medium
C3: Soft
C4: Supersoft
C5: Ultrasoft
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:38 am
by cmlean
Day 2 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyres
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:18.247 Soft
Lando Norris McLaren 1:18.553 Supersoft
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:19.206 Soft
Alexander Albon Toro Rosso 1:19.301 Supersoft
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:19.312 Supersoft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:19.535 Soft
Pierre Gasly Red Bull 1:19.814 Soft
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:19.837 Soft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:19.886 Soft
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:19.928 Soft
Lance Stroll Racing Point 1:20.433 Soft
Pietro Fittapaldi Hass 1:21.849 Soft
Again, a couple of spins into the gravel traps by a couple of drivers.
Daniel Ricciardo had a rear wing failure on the main straight. He also finished in the gravel trap but with no additional damage.
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:01 pm
by cmlean
Day 3 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyres
Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:17.704 Ultrasoft
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1:17.762 Ultrasoft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:18.164 Supersoft
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:18.350 Soft
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:18.787 Soft
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:18.800 Supersoft
Romain Grosjean Haas 1:18.189 Soft
Pietro Fittipaldi Haas 1:19.249 Soft
Carlos Sainz McLaren 1:19.354 Soft
Sergio Perez Racing Point 1:20.102 Soft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:20.693 Soft
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:20.818 Soft
George Russell Williams 1:25.625 Soft
The red flags came out 3 times in the day. Funny enough that they were all for Haas.
All teams, other than Williams who finally made an appearance, did many laps across the sessions.
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:16 pm
by cmlean
Day 4 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyre
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:17.393 Ultrasoft
Alex Albon Toro Rosso 1:17.637 Ultrasoft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:17.783 Ultrasoft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:17.857 Supersoft
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:17.977 Supersoft
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:18.046 Soft
Lando Norris McLaren 1:18.431 Supersoft
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:18.511 Soft
Romain Grosjean Haas 1:18.563 Soft
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:18.720 Soft
Pierre Gasly Red Bull 1:18.780 Soft
Lance Stroll Racing Point 1:19.664 Supersoft
George Russell Williams 1:20.997 Soft
Robert Kubica Williams 1:21.706 Medium
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:42 pm
by cmlean
So, what have we learnt after the first 4 days of testing.
1. Ferrari look like they have the car for 2019
2. Williams are behind the 8 ball having given up 2days of testing to all teams
3. Mercedes seem to be playing their cards close to their chest. Maybe a bit of understeer to be dialed out.
4. Toro Rosso, Renault, Alfa Romeo and Haas are in the ballpark.
5. Red Bull...... I'm not sure.....Lots of laps but they are holding some back.
6. Racing Point never show their full potential in testing. Perez though is the only one on the pace.
7. McLaren are improving but are not quite there.
Next week, we are back at Catalunya for the next installment of pre-season testing where the times will tumble and new bits will appear on cars for assessment.
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:19 pm
by cmlean
Day 5 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyre
Lando Norris McLaren 1:17.709 Supersoft
Pierre Gasly Red Bull 1:17.715 Soft
Lance Stroll Racing Point 1:17.824 Supersoft
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:17.925 Soft
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:18.589 Supersoft
Alexander Albon Toro Rosso 1:18.649 Supersoft
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:18.651 Soft
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:18.769 Supersoft
George Russell Williams 1:19.662 Ultrasoft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:20.107 Medium
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:20.167 Medium
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:20.332 Medium
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:20.348 Soft
The Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas had an oil pressure problem.
The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc had an overheating problem.
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:07 pm
by cmlean
Day 6 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyre
Carlos Sainz McLaren 1:17.144 Supersoft
Sergio Perez Racing Point 1:17.842 Supersoft
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:18.195 Soft
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1:18.209 Supersoft
Romain Grosjean Haas 1:18.330 Ultrasoft
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:18.395 Soft
Daniil Kvyat Torro Rosso 1:18.682 Soft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:18.941 Soft
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.943 Soft
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:19.056 Soft
Robert Kubica Williams 1:19.367 Supersoft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:22.597 Medium
In the morning session, Sebastian Vettel stuffed his Ferrari into the turn 3 wall. Driver is ok, the car was a little sad.
Again, reliability seemed the order of the day. A couple of other red flags in the morning session mainly by cars failing at the end of pit lane.
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:35 am
by cmlean
Day 7 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyres
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.231 Ultrasoft
Alexander Albon Toro Rosso 1:16.882 Ultrasoft
Lando Norris McLaren 1:17.084 Ultrasoft
Pierre Gasly Red Bull 1:17.091 Ultrasoft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:17.204 Ultrasoft
Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:17.496 Ultrasoft
Lance Stroll Racing Point 1:17.556 Ultrasoft
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:17.639 Ultrasoft
Romain Grosjean Haas 1:17.854 Supersoft
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.097 Medium
George Russell Williams 1:18.130 Ultrasoft
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:18.199 Soft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:18.862 Soft
Pierre Gasly stuffed his Red Bull into the wall at turn 9 and ended testing for the team for the day.
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:43 am
by cmlean
Day 8 of testing at Catalunya
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Driver Team Time Tyres
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:16.221 Supersoft
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:16.224 Supersoft
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:16.561 Supersoft
Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:16.843 Supersoft
Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:16.898 Supersoft
Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren 1:16.913 Supersoft
Romain Grosjean Haas 1:17.076 Supersoft
Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:17.114 Supersoft
Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:17.239 Supersoft
Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:17.565 Supersoft
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.709 Soft
Sergio Pérez Racing Point 1:17.791 Supersoft
Robert Kubica Williams 1:18.993 Supersoft
Re: 2019 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:50 am
by cmlean
So, what have we learned over 8 days of testing?
1. Ferrari have a really nice car and will probably set the pace.
2. Mercedes seemed to be also now on the pace with their revised aero.
3. Red Bull, Renault, Toro Rosso and probably McLaren are all bunched together.
4. Haas, Racing Point and maybe Alfa Romeo as their own group.
5 Williams are at the tail. Take this with a grain of salt as they did miss a significant amount of testing and are an improvement on 2018.
Roll on Melbourne.....