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And #F1Testing is a go. A few installation laps to check setup and grip around @Circuitcat_eng . @svandoorne looking good behind the wheel ��️
All teams have now completed their installation laps within the first ten minutes of the green flag.
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And #F1Testing is a go. A few installation laps to check setup and grip around @Circuitcat_eng . @svandoorne looking good behind the wheel ��️
All teams have now completed their installation laps within the first ten minutes of the green flag.
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The first pre-season test offered a hint of what the season has to offer, but the second is the one where a clearer picture will emerge.
It still won’t be easy to draw definitive conclusions but the realities of what the teams have to achieve over these next four days help those of us trying to work out what’s going on. Race simulations. Qualifying runs. New bodywork - in some cases Melbourne-spec. All help remove some of the variables of the first test, which is focused largely on reliability and learning the cars.
It still won’t be easy to draw definitive conclusions but the realities of what the teams have to achieve over these next four days help those of us trying to work out what’s going on. Race simulations. Qualifying runs. New bodywork - in some cases Melbourne-spec. All help remove some of the variables of the first test, which is focused largely on reliability and learning the cars.
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FERRARI GO FASTEST
Vettel sets the new fastest lap of the session, a 1:25.231.
He goes quicker again! A 1.23.298 for the German.
McLaren set their first lap o f the day, and it's a 1:24.346, which puts Vandoorne second.
Vettel also goes quicker again, with a lap time of 1:22.422.
Vettel sets the new fastest lap of the session, a 1:25.231.
He goes quicker again! A 1.23.298 for the German.
McLaren set their first lap o f the day, and it's a 1:24.346, which puts Vandoorne second.
Vettel also goes quicker again, with a lap time of 1:22.422.
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No stroll in the park for Stroll
Lance Stroll will be eager to put behind him a less-than-ideal first test after a couple of crashes in his Williams last week.
F1 journalist Dan Knutson in Barcelona: "Lance Stroll garnered plenty of media attention at the first test, and not all of it for the best of reasons as he twice damaged the car and limited the amount of running the Williams team could do. There is a TV crew from Canada for this test, so he will be in the spotlight back home as well.
"Veteran drivers Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa have both said the 18-year-old Stroll will need time to settle in. 'I feel for him in the sense that it's the toughest year to come into Formula 1, being in the fastest cars and the most physical cars,' Hamilton said. 'You can't just jump in and drive from no experience at all to being consistent and not spin. That's to be expected. It's actually good for him to go through this now, rather than at the first race.'"
He's got the day off today, with Felipe Massa behind the wheel.
Lance Stroll will be eager to put behind him a less-than-ideal first test after a couple of crashes in his Williams last week.
F1 journalist Dan Knutson in Barcelona: "Lance Stroll garnered plenty of media attention at the first test, and not all of it for the best of reasons as he twice damaged the car and limited the amount of running the Williams team could do. There is a TV crew from Canada for this test, so he will be in the spotlight back home as well.
"Veteran drivers Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa have both said the 18-year-old Stroll will need time to settle in. 'I feel for him in the sense that it's the toughest year to come into Formula 1, being in the fastest cars and the most physical cars,' Hamilton said. 'You can't just jump in and drive from no experience at all to being consistent and not spin. That's to be expected. It's actually good for him to go through this now, rather than at the first race.'"
He's got the day off today, with Felipe Massa behind the wheel.
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An encouraging start for McLaren in the opening 40 minutes: the MCL32 is already up to 10 laps with Vandoorne - it took them rather longer to hit that mark last week!
For no-one is this test more critical than McLaren and, in particular, their engine supplier Honda.
The first test, frankly, dismal for them, with reliability problems compromising running and raising the spectre of a fundamental problem with the redesigned Honda 2016 engine.
Honda’s F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa admitted to being “worried” by the engine failure. Honda did not know what caused it at the time, and have only said since that investigations are ongoing.
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier was not much more encouraging. “Can we get back on track with what we’ve expected? I don’t know. We have to investigate what is wrong.”
For no-one is this test more critical than McLaren and, in particular, their engine supplier Honda.
The first test, frankly, dismal for them, with reliability problems compromising running and raising the spectre of a fundamental problem with the redesigned Honda 2016 engine.
Honda’s F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa admitted to being “worried” by the engine failure. Honda did not know what caused it at the time, and have only said since that investigations are ongoing.
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier was not much more encouraging. “Can we get back on track with what we’ve expected? I don’t know. We have to investigate what is wrong.”
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Massa's soft tyre run is going well, as the Brazilian sets a 1:23.044.
Massa falls a couple of tenths short of his best next time through, but this is a good little run for the Brazilian.
Out come Ocon and Kvyat. Track's getting busy*!
*Maybe we're just a bit keen. There are three cars out there.
Still Massa pounds round in the low/mid-1m23s. Ricciardo gets a little slide on as he emerges from the Red Bull garage.
Ocon uses soft tyres to post a 1m24.949s and get on the board in the Force India.
Massa falls a couple of tenths short of his best next time through, but this is a good little run for the Brazilian.
Out come Ocon and Kvyat. Track's getting busy*!
*Maybe we're just a bit keen. There are three cars out there.
Still Massa pounds round in the low/mid-1m23s. Ricciardo gets a little slide on as he emerges from the Red Bull garage.
Ocon uses soft tyres to post a 1m24.949s and get on the board in the Force India.
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Honda engine expert leaves team
French engine expert Gilles Simon has left his role as a consultant to Honda's struggling Formula 1 programme.
Simon, who previously worked for Renault, Ferrari and governing body the FIA, had been with Honda since they announced their return to F1 in 2013.
Simon is on gardening leave from his position and a Honda spokesman confirmed the 58-year-old's contract would end "some time this year".
He refused to comment on reports Simon left as his ideas were being ignored.
French engine expert Gilles Simon has left his role as a consultant to Honda's struggling Formula 1 programme.
Simon, who previously worked for Renault, Ferrari and governing body the FIA, had been with Honda since they announced their return to F1 in 2013.
Simon is on gardening leave from his position and a Honda spokesman confirmed the 58-year-old's contract would end "some time this year".
He refused to comment on reports Simon left as his ideas were being ignored.