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

[iceman1]

maybe its not the right place to ask but someone make a video preview of 2009????

BBC F1 Preview Clips : http://f1zone.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4104

Some cool High-Res shots of the Toyota:



Williams:


Amateur footage of Alonso's Crash :

Spoiler:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desJHgFIBWU[/youtube]

[phil1993]

not a bad crash, looked more like a 'in the gravel' moment

[alex1369]

renault has new nose cone, so its not so ugly as before,
and i heard that bmw sauber was testing the shark fin in barcelona, so can anyone please post a picture of it

[Nbuulb]

What is McLaren testing?!

Spoiler:

[alex1369]

i dont care what it is but it helps alot, cuz lewis got a time under 1 20 and that is the good thing, mclaren is back...

[Lemans3]

what laptimes are the rest being now?
do you think Mclaren improved already a bit? that would be good

i dont care what it is but it helps alot, cuz lewis got a time under 1 20 and that is the good thing, mclaren is back...

[Zack]

What is McLaren testing?!

Looks like sensors ...

...debuging diffusers i.e. seems like they got Wind Tunnel probs!

I have gut feeling BMW will beat Mclaren this year

[iceman1]

Fastest Drivers :

1 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP BGP001 1′18.926 (221 laps)
2 Jenson Button Brawn GP BGP001 1′19.’127 (212)
3 Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 1′19.774 (209)
4 Timo Glock Toyota TF109 1′20.091 (260)
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari F60 1′20.168 (201)
6 Robert Kubica BMW F1.09 1′20.217 (248)
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari F60 1′20.314 (136)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW F1.09 1′20.338 (223)
9 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB5 1′20.576 (185)
10 Fernando Alonso Renault R29 1′20.664 (272)
11 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 1′20.869 (156)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams FW31 1′20.907 (177)
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota TF109 1′20.937 (242)
14 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso STR4 1′21.013 (213)
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India VJM02 1′21.045 (238)
16 Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 1′21.347 (183)
17 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso STR4 1′21.629 (127)
18 Nelson Piquet Jnr Renault R29 1′21.662 (126)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 1′21.834 (211)
20 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren MP4-24 1′21.991 (178)

[e10rice]

Thats exactly what they are Zack. Its a sensor that measures airflow.

[alex1369]

mclaren has new difusor as far as i see, and they are 1 sec better than the last test in barcelona, they are now up with renault, but i dont know if lewis drove that time with heavier fuel lode, he drove a 1 19 513, witch is 0.179 slower than the renault, last week they were 1sec slower than the force india..., mclaren is back, but the brawn gp cars drove 1 18 398 by rubens and jenson drove 1 18 892 -- they still too far ahead...

[alex1369]

they also have a new front wing -- at least for those who can see the difference
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... catID=4170

[megasyxx]

they're still at the bottom....nothing new in my view. they may have gained some, but so have the others.

[megasyxx]

Circuito Permanente de Jerez - Spain 16 March 2009
Pos. Driver Team Tyres Time Laps
1 F. Alonso Renault Bridgestone 01:18.343 99
2 R. Barrichello Brawn GP Bridgestone 01:18.398 62
3 J. Button Brawn GP Bridgestone 01:18.892 12
4 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:19.513 85
5 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:19.783 123

[JoostLamers]

McLaren has brilliant ways to find their problems, the green paint, old rear wing, that thing at the diffuser and who knows what will come more... I think the gap is reducing, but there is still a big gap ( )

[alex1369]

yes it is getting smaller, but we really have to wait till melbourne in Q2