2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by Lemans3 » 22 Jan 2009, 09:38

Guys, I can't get used to these STUPID new rear wings :pout:
It's just looks like if a 3 year old kids throw a coin in it and can drive in these funny cars.


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megasyxx wrote:times for 1-21-09 (algarve)
S. Buemi - Toro Rosso 01:27.987, 128 laps
N. Rosberg - Williams 01:29.729, 143 laps
L. Hamilton - McLaren 01:30.242, 81 laps
T. Glock - Toyota 01:30.878, 63 laps
F. Alonso - Renault 01:31.743, 84 laps

impressive mileage from the williams car....
That is the track record for this circuit.

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Felipe's first tests on Mugello circuit

Circuit: Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello - 5.245 km
Driver: Felipe Massa
Car: Ferrari F60
Weather: air temperature 8/11 °C, track temperature 7/14 °C. Overcast with occasional rain in the morning, permanently damp track.

Third day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, working again today at the Mugello International Circuit. Today, it was Felipe Massa's turn to take to the track, continuing with development work on the new Ferrari F60, begun by Kimi Raikkonen over the past couple of days.

The weather was slightly better than on previous days, but the track remained damp throughout, preventing the use of slick tyres. In total, Felipe completed 104 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.33.353.

Testing continues here tomorrow, again with Felipe Massa on track.
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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by alex1369 » 22 Jan 2009, 11:03

i have a question, i would love to see Bourdais again in F1 2009, but why is he not testing, is his f1 carrer over?

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by iceman1 » 22 Jan 2009, 16:30

alex1369 wrote:i have a question, i would love to see Bourdais again in F1 2009, but why is he not testing, is his f1 carrer over?
According to a swiss newspaper, Toro Rosso has offered a contract to Sebastien Bourdais!
http://www.sportauto.fr/Toro-Rosso-offre-un-contrat-a

2009 Top Testing Times Per Driver Per Circuit

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1.  S. Buemi          Toro Rosso    2008 Spec Car       21/01/09     01:27.987
2.  P. de la Rosa     McLaren       2009 Spec Car       17/01/09     01:28.719
3.  N. Rosberg        Williams      2009 Spec Car       21/01/09     01:29.729
4.  L. Hamilton       McLaren       2009 Spec Car       21/01/09     01:30.242
5.  T. Glock          Toyota        2009 Spec Car       21/01/09     01:30.878
6.  F. Alonso         Renault       2009 Spec Car       21/01/09     01:31.743
7.  J. Trulli         Toyota        2009 Spec Car       20/01/09     01:42.399
8.  N. Piquet jr.     Renault       2009 Spec Car       19/01/09     01:45.860
9.  N. Hulkenberg     Williams      2009 Spec Car       19/01/09     01:46.335
10. K. Kobayashi      Toyota        2009 Spec Car       19/01/09     01:50.989
   

Mugello
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1.  F. Massa         Ferrari        2009 Spec Car       20/01/09     01:33.353
2.  K. Räikkönen     Ferrari        2009 Spec Car       20/01/09     01:33.920
Toyota may not race KERS at all in 2009
It is possible that Toyota will not use KERS at any time during the coming season.

It is already known that the Cologne-based team will contest the season opening Australian Grand Prix without the energy re-use technology, despite the TF109 being fitted with a functioning KERS at times during this week's Portimao test.

However, although team President John Howett said the KERS has been developed at extreme cost, team boss Tadashi Yamashina on Tuesday suggested Toyota may proceed without the technology.

It is believed that two separate monocoques for the TF109 have been in production at the team's German factory; one for KERS, and one that does not accommodate the heavy technology.

Quoted by Auto Motor und Sport, Yamashina said: "The KERS for Formula One has nothing to do with the hybrid cars on the street. So I think we would be forgiven for not using it."

He added that KERS will only be fitted to the TF109 in race conditions if it is 'safe and reliable'.
Rain showers halt test session in Portimao
22 January 2009

The Formula 1 teams testing at the Algarve Motor Park were extremely unlucky with the bad weather on Monday and Tuesday already. On Wednesday the track was dry in the afternoon but on Thursday morning the weather was even worse. Due to the weather conditions the session stopped around 10.00am local time.


The session was stopped as the medical helicopter is unable to take off with the terrible weather conditions. For pre-cautious reason there is always a medical helicopter present during a Formula 1 test session. In case anything urgent would happen a driver can quickly be taken to a nearby hospital. If the helicopter is unable to take off though the Formula One teams are not allowed to continue testing.

Williams, McLaren, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toyota and Renault are present in Portugal for a four day test session.

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by KevC » 22 Jan 2009, 18:35

Must have been very wet indeed.
Check out the last line of this timing screen :D

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by megasyxx » 22 Jan 2009, 18:41

yeah....it's says "bad weather" :laugh1:
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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by raczku » 22 Jan 2009, 18:53

Rain stops play in Portugal :(

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by KevC » 22 Jan 2009, 22:28

megasyxx wrote:yeah....it's says "bad weather" :laugh1:
Try one more line down ;)

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by iceman1 » 23 Jan 2009, 18:35

Video from yesturday

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by phil1993 » 23 Jan 2009, 19:15

thats the kind of rain i walked to school in this morning

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by megasyxx » 23 Jan 2009, 19:36

Kevin Clark wrote:Try one more line down ;)
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well it's kinda ok rather than "submarine deployed" :laugh1:
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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by metalhead188 » 23 Jan 2009, 20:12

the most laps completed was 4... 3 of them were in a road car

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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by blizzard » 24 Jan 2009, 10:37

Very nice gesture from Alonso and Renault, to let some "civilians" into their garage and within touching distance to their brand new car. Fernando also explaining a bit to them it seems. Impressive.

Look at McLaren, they have this huge black plastic wall in front of their garage, Heiki can barely look over it. Ferrari aren´t better. The way Renault do it in this video should be the way all F1 teams treat the public.


Another thing is: Why on earth are Toro Rosso wasting their limited testing time in the old car. Its clear now that the old cars and the new ones don´t have much in common apart from the engine. So why using the old car over and over again?

Red Bull and Toro Rosso might get serious reliability problems with their lack of testing in the 2009 spec cars.
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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by iceman1 » 24 Jan 2009, 13:04

Heidfeld gets first taste of the F1.09 - source ; AFCA
Valencia - BMW Sauber - Test day 4

With gusty winds reaching 50 km/h, BMW Sauber's scheduled test programme had to be changed and the main focus of the morning’s work switched from set-up to reliability.

Nick Heidfeld completed several long runs to put more mileage on the new F1.09. After the weather improved slightly in the afternoon, the German was at last able to work on the mechanical set-up.

"Finally I could drive the F1.09 for the very first time," Heidfeld said after completing 92 laps. "We still have a lot of work to do, but we are making progress with each kilometre and the reliability is already there. Overall the F1.09 handles quite differently to last year’s car.

"Fortunately I managed to work on the set-up in the afternoon. The most important result after my first day of testing is that the car reacts as intended to set-up changes."

Tomorrow will conclude the BMW Sauber's test session in Valencia.
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Re: 2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

Post by Redneck70 » 25 Jan 2009, 07:00

I cant wait for this season to start, F1 with slicks less aero on the car, I really feel like this year is going to be all about the driver and how they manage the car when it is on track, which puts real pressure on pre testing before the season.
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