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Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:19 pm
by Blake
j man wrote:
sandman1347 wrote:Ferrari look like they will be the team to beat. Their car looks like a real pleasure to drive. Very planted, very smooth. The Merc, by comparison, looks a bit of a handful. Mercedes are running heavier without question and it's far too early to feel 100% confident in any conclusion but Ferrari just look like they have it this year.

Red Bull are the darkhorse for the titles though. The engine reliability is VERY impressive from Honda so far and the car looks twitchy and responsive as always. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if Mercedes are third best to start the year.
I think you're reading far too much into what we have seen so far. The first test is all about data collecting. Does the aero performance correlate to the wind tunnel and CFD? How balanced is the car? How does it respond to setup changes? How does it work the tyres? These are all questions that need answering before seeing how fast it goes over a single lap. To say that Ferrari are out in front based on the first two days of testing feels very premature.
Of course it is pre-mature, very much so. Not a surprise though.
;)

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:19 pm
by sandman1347
j man wrote:
sandman1347 wrote:Ferrari look like they will be the team to beat. Their car looks like a real pleasure to drive. Very planted, very smooth. The Merc, by comparison, looks a bit of a handful. Mercedes are running heavier without question and it's far too early to feel 100% confident in any conclusion but Ferrari just look like they have it this year.

Red Bull are the darkhorse for the titles though. The engine reliability is VERY impressive from Honda so far and the car looks twitchy and responsive as always. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if Mercedes are third best to start the year.
I think you're reading far too much into what we have seen so far. The first test is all about data collecting. Does the aero performance correlate to the wind tunnel and CFD? How balanced is the car? How does it respond to setup changes? How does it work the tyres? These are all questions that need answering before seeing how fast it goes over a single lap. To say that Ferrari are out in front based on the first two days of testing feels very premature.
I'm not going by the times. I'm going by how the car looks as it goes through the corners, what the drivers have to say about it, which teams get the most mileage, how do they look on long runs, etc. And of course it's too soon to know for sure (I said as much in my own post) but you can have an idea of who sits where based on testing.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:17 am
by UnlikeUday
The link to follow today's testing:

https://www.gptoday.net/en/live/f1/2452 ... st-in-2019

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:24 am
by Uffman

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:40 am
by Uffman
Valltery with large sensors on his car
Image

@MercedesAMGF1

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:02 am
by Uffman
Williams finally brought their car to Barcelona. But it is expected no ruining until afternoon session.

@SkyF1
Williams car arrives in Barcelona
After the team sat out the opening two days of testing, which equates to a quarter of all the available on-track time before the season start, the 2019 Williams car finally arrived at the circuit this morning at around 4am.

Since then, the team have been working flat-out to get the car ready for action.

'There is still a lot of work to do as expected so unlikely to run before lunch,' report the team. 'But everyone is doing as much as they can'.

Fingers crossed.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:09 am
by Uffman
Live F1 testing times by formula1.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV9TMBlAdm0

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:39 am
by Jezza13
Just watching Mark Priestley's review of testing & he's saying that news from the paddock suggest Honda are still suffering from the vibration issues with their PU that was reported a month or so ago & that's stopping RB & TR from throttling it up.

For some reason I couldn't do the You Tube link thing but here's the URL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPt9J8bOSg&t=441s

Also interesting news just after it.

Looks like standardised gearboxes in 2021

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:56 am
by Uffman
@Autosport
We have a Ferrari on top again. Vettel puts in a 1m19.591s on the white-marked C2 tyres.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:29 am
by Uffman
Uffman wrote:@Autosport
We have a Ferrari on top again. Vettel puts in a 1m19.591s on the white-marked C2 tyres.
ANd goes even faster, still on C2 tires
@Autosport Vettel gets Ferrari back into its customary 1m18s and instantly backs off, with a 1m18.614s to his name. Another morning, another set of quick laps from Ferrari.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:49 am
by Fiki
Uffman wrote:Williams finally brought their car to Barcelona. But it is expected no ruining until afternoon session.
Let's just hope there won't be any ruining afternoon either!

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:15 am
by Siao7
Some super consistent driving from Vettel in his last stint:

1:19.0, 1:20.4, 1:19.9, 1:20.0, 1:20.0, 1:20.1, 1:20.3, 1:20.3

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:15 am
by Siao7
Kimi second fastest so far today, nice to see

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:51 am
by UnlikeUday
Russell will drive the Williams car post lunch!

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:51 am
by Zoue
Jezza13 wrote:Just watching Mark Priestley's review of testing & he's saying that news from the paddock suggest Honda are still suffering from the vibration issues with their PU that was reported a month or so ago & that's stopping RB & TR from throttling it up.

For some reason I couldn't do the You Tube link thing but here's the URL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPt9J8bOSg&t=441s

Also interesting news just after it.

Looks like standardised gearboxes in 2021
yes I'm really surprised about the standardized gearboxes. I Thought that was a red line for Ferrari and that they wouldn't tolerate external parts on their car

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:53 am
by Herb
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14164 ... el-concept

Ferrari (and McLaren) have brought wheels similar to the Mercedes ones from last year.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:16 am
by UnlikeUday
An interesting analysis of all teams front wings by Gary Anderson:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/video/how ... re/440438/

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:24 am
by Siao7
Zoue wrote:
Jezza13 wrote:Just watching Mark Priestley's review of testing & he's saying that news from the paddock suggest Honda are still suffering from the vibration issues with their PU that was reported a month or so ago & that's stopping RB & TR from throttling it up.

For some reason I couldn't do the You Tube link thing but here's the URL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPt9J8bOSg&t=441s

Also interesting news just after it.

Looks like standardised gearboxes in 2021
yes I'm really surprised about the standardized gearboxes. I Thought that was a red line for Ferrari and that they wouldn't tolerate external parts on their car
Great, another step towards a spec series...

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:29 am
by Uffman
from @Autosport
12:29 BOOM! Raikkonen uses the C4 tyres to set a brilliant 1m17.762s.

Vettel also improved, but could only manage a 1m18.350s on the C3 tyre.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:00 pm
by Sutton
Cars looking super reliable so far.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:15 pm
by Uffman
Uffman wrote:from @Autosport
12:29 BOOM! Raikkonen uses the C4 tyres to set a brilliant 1m17.762s.

Vettel also improved, but could only manage a 1m18.350s on the C3 tyre.
Correction from @Autosport
A key correction from this morning: Raikkonen set his fastest time on the softest C5 tyres, not the C4s, which are also red.
Funnily enough, once the tyre is turning it's pretty hard to tell the difference between ones that have red writing and red lines on them, and the ones that just have red writing on them.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:29 pm
by UnlikeUday
Image
Source - www.imgur.com

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:39 pm
by UnlikeUday
FW42 on track finally:

Image
Source - www.imgur.com

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:45 pm
by Option or Prime
Tyre type C4, C5 etc along with the colours are an absolute joke! Impossible to follow.

I thought this set up was only for launch and a better system was going to be implemented. :x

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:17 pm
by Sutton
Option or Prime wrote:Tyre type C4, C5 etc along with the colours are an absolute joke! Impossible to follow.

I thought this set up was only for launch and a better system was going to be implemented. :x
Its an absolute embarrassment.
How can they get this so wrong constantly?

C1? Red (c2) Yellow

WHAT the heck??

3 compounds - Hard, Medium, Soft
Thats it. I dont care how hard how soft or how medium
The end.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:26 pm
by kleefton
Sutton wrote:
Option or Prime wrote:Tyre type C4, C5 etc along with the colours are an absolute joke! Impossible to follow.

I thought this set up was only for launch and a better system was going to be implemented. :x
Its an absolute embarrassment.
How can they get this so wrong constantly?

C1? Red (c2) Yellow

WHAT the heck??

3 compounds - Hard, Medium, Soft
Thats it. I dont care how hard how soft or how medium
The end.

It is pretty ridiculous, and now we don’t even have colors to distinguish them. I am in the minority but I was fine with last years model. They have managed to make it even more complicated after all the complaints. Unreal.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:28 pm
by sandman1347
Mercedes and Renault are both playing their cards very close to the vest it seems.

Great little video on the wings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gep3YYpt_RM

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:04 pm
by Mercedes-Benz
Jezza13 wrote:Just watching Mark Priestley's review of testing & he's saying that news from the paddock suggest Honda are still suffering from the vibration issues with their PU that was reported a month or so ago & that's stopping RB & TR from throttling it up.

For some reason I couldn't do the You Tube link thing but here's the URL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPt9J8bOSg&t=441s

Also interesting news just after it.

Looks like standardised gearboxes in 2021
RBR has not done many laps today. STR has done 100 instead. Looks like RBR will have slow start again to the season

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:34 pm
by Black_Flag_11
kleefton wrote:
Sutton wrote:
Option or Prime wrote:Tyre type C4, C5 etc along with the colours are an absolute joke! Impossible to follow.

I thought this set up was only for launch and a better system was going to be implemented. :x
Its an absolute embarrassment.
How can they get this so wrong constantly?

C1? Red (c2) Yellow

WHAT the heck??

3 compounds - Hard, Medium, Soft
Thats it. I dont care how hard how soft or how medium
The end.

It is pretty ridiculous, and now we don’t even have colors to distinguish them. I am in the minority but I was fine with last years model. They have managed to make it even more complicated after all the complaints. Unreal.
This is just for testing.

In the races it will just be hard, medium soft (white, yellow, red) but because the teams have access to all tyres for the test they can't use just 3 names.

Arguably they should have used supersoft/superhard and different colours but that would cause a different type of confusion since the 'supersoft' of the test would become the 'soft' in Melbourne.

The test will be a little confusing but tbf I don't really see what else they could have done, other than make the C4/C5 and C1/C2 easier to differentiate from trackside.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:10 pm
by Rockie
So New season same Toto, saying Ferrari is 0.4/0.5 secs ahead.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:12 pm
by kleefton
Black_Flag_11 wrote:
kleefton wrote:
Sutton wrote:
Option or Prime wrote:Tyre type C4, C5 etc along with the colours are an absolute joke! Impossible to follow.

I thought this set up was only for launch and a better system was going to be implemented. :x
Its an absolute embarrassment.
How can they get this so wrong constantly?

C1? Red (c2) Yellow

WHAT the heck??

3 compounds - Hard, Medium, Soft
Thats it. I dont care how hard how soft or how medium
The end.

It is pretty ridiculous, and now we don’t even have colors to distinguish them. I am in the minority but I was fine with last years model. They have managed to make it even more complicated after all the complaints. Unreal.
This is just for testing.

In the races it will just be hard, medium soft (white, yellow, red) but because the teams have access to all tyres for the test they can't use just 3 names.

Arguably they should have used supersoft/superhard and different colours but that would cause a different type of confusion since the 'supersoft' of the test would become the 'soft' in Melbourne.

The test will be a little confusing but tbf I don't really see what else they could have done, other than make the C4/C5 and C1/C2 easier to differentiate from trackside.
Gotcha

Thanks :thumbup:

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:20 pm
by Zoue
"Christian Horner over de RB15 bij AMuS: "De Honda-motor is een raket. Gasly vertelde ons dat de nieuwe krachtbron veel beter dooraccelereert dan de motor van vorig jaar. En Max voelt overduidelijk meer vermogen. Bovendien reageert de motor zeer zacht en stottert hij niet zoals de Renault. Op dit moment denken we dat Mercedes achter ons staat."

https://www.gpupdate.net/nl/testuitslag ... uari-2019/

Roughly translated, CH says the Honda PU is a rocket, accelarates better than last year's and Max can clearly feel the extra power. He thinks they are ahead of Mercedes...

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:21 pm
by Zoue
So Autosport says Kimi has done 138 laps and Seb 134, whereas Sky says the reverse...

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:23 pm
by Siao7
Zoue wrote:So Autosport says Kimi has done 138 laps and Seb 134, whereas Sky says the reverse...
GPT says the first vesion too. I think Sky has got it wrong

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:29 pm
by Zoue
Siao7 wrote:
Zoue wrote:So Autosport says Kimi has done 138 laps and Seb 134, whereas Sky says the reverse...
GPT says the first vesion too. I think Sky has got it wrong
I think you are right!

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:05 pm
by Herb
182 laps by Mercedes today!

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:22 pm
by Black_Flag_11
Johnny Herbert just said that he spoke to someone from Red Bull but wouldn't name them. Apparently the belief at Red Bull is that the order is:

1. Ferrari
2. Red Bull
3. Mercedes

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:23 pm
by sandman1347
Mercedes are going to have their hands full trying to win the titles this year. That much is clear. Ferrari are clearly strong and Red Bull are maybe the most scary team out there with the unknown of the Honda PU. It seems that there are some teething issues with the Honda unit after all and they have not been able to turn it all the way up but this year we might see Honda shock some people IMO.

Mercedes are either being very coy or they are genuinely in trouble. Either one is as likely as the other.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:08 pm
by JN23
Zoue wrote:"Christian Horner over de RB15 bij AMuS: "De Honda-motor is een raket. Gasly vertelde ons dat de nieuwe krachtbron veel beter dooraccelereert dan de motor van vorig jaar. En Max voelt overduidelijk meer vermogen. Bovendien reageert de motor zeer zacht en stottert hij niet zoals de Renault. Op dit moment denken we dat Mercedes achter ons staat."

https://www.gpupdate.net/nl/testuitslag ... uari-2019/

Roughly translated, CH says the Honda PU is a rocket, accelarates better than last year's and Max can clearly feel the extra power. He thinks they are ahead of Mercedes...
I don't quite understand why Horner or unnamed RB that Johnny Herbert has spoken to would come out and say that. They probably know stuff that we don't but seems a bit premature to me.

Counter point: he may very well be right.

Re: 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread (Updated with Test 1 Line

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:13 pm
by BMWSauber84
Toto reckons the Ferrari is half a second quicker than Merc and Red Bull and they are debating whether to switch to Ferrari's front wing concept. That is similar to what Fransz Tost of Red Bull said, although they see more potential in their own front wing philosophy.

But Helmut Marko thinks Red Bull are only slightly begind Ferrari.