2010-11 Winter Testing

[F1Fan88]

Mclaren Testing Line-up

Valencia (tyre test using MP4-25 chassis)
February 1 - Gary Paffett
February 2 - Lewis Hamilton
February 3 - Jenson Button

Jerez (first scheduled run for MP4-26)
February 10 - Lewis Hamilton
February 11 - Jenson Button
February 12 - Lewis Hamilton
February 13 - Jenson Button

Barcelona
February 18-19 - Jenson Button
February 20-21 - Lewis Hamilton

Bahrain
March 3 - Jenson Button
March 4 - Lewis Hamilton
March 5 - Jenson Button
March 6 - Lewis Hamilton

[phil1993]

Lotus will not be present on Day 1 of testing. They will launch the car online on Mon 31st Jan at 5am. They will test Wed & Thu before hiring the track for filming Friday

New Lotus will be called 'TL11'

[saif]

Lotus will not be present on Day 1 of testing. They will launch the car online on Mon 31st Jan at 5am. They will test Wed & Thu before hiring the track for filming Friday

New Lotus will be called 'TL11'

arr.. which Lotus?

[F1Fan88]

Lotus will not be present on Day 1 of testing. They will launch the car online on Mon 31st Jan at 5am. They will test Wed & Thu before hiring the track for filming Friday

New Lotus will be called 'TL11'

arr.. which Lotus?

Lotus powered by Renault engines

[TomTom]

TL = Team Lotus = Lotus 2010
LRGP = Lotus Renault Grand Prix = Renault 2010 ;)

[phil1993]

Lotus will not be present on Day 1 of testing. They will launch the car online on Mon 31st Jan at 5am. They will test Wed & Thu before hiring the track for filming Friday

New Lotus will be called 'TL11'

arr.. which Lotus?

ffs. Lotus are Team Lotus
Lotus Renault are Renault.

Lotus Renault GP is like Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. Lotus is NOT the constructor - Renault is!

Also, Valencia gets 300 days of sun a year. Next Tues + Wed = 4in of rain

[phil1993]

Monday:

* Renault and Sauber will launch their 2011 challengers and conduct some PR shots.

Tuesday:

* Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel
* McLaren - Gary Paffett
* Ferrari - Fernando Alonso
* Mercedes - Nico Rosberg
* Renault - Vitaly Petrov
* Williams - Rubens Barrichello
* Force India - Nico Hulkenberg (am), Paul di Resta (pm)
* Sauber - Kamui Kobayashi
* Toro Rosso - Jaime Alguersuari
* Virgin - TBA
* HRT - TBA

Wednesday

* Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel (am), Mark Webber (pm)
* McLaren - Lewis Hamilton
* Ferrari - Fernando Alonso
* Mercedes - Michael Schumacher
* Renault - Robert Kubica
* Williams - Rubens Barrichello (am), Pastor Maldonado (pm)
* Force India - Paul di Resta
* Sauber - Sergio Perez
* STR - Jaime Alguersuari (am), Sebastien Buemi (pm)
* Lotus - Heikki Kovalainen
* Virgin - TBA
* HRT - TBA

Thursday

* Red Bull - Mark Webber
* McLaren - Jenson Button
* Ferrari - Felipe Massa
* Mercedes - TBC
* Renault - Robert Kubica
* Williams - Pastor Maldonado
* Force India - Adrian Sutil
* Sauber - Sergio Perez
* STR - Sebastien Buemi
* Lotus - Jarno Trulli
* Virgin - TBA
* HRT - TBA

Friday

* Lotus has hired the track and will test both drivers

Autosports coverage of this test will be in the PLUS section, which costs £2 or £3

[lealjaime]

maybe im dreaming but any chance of streaming for test?

[harrisv48]

Live timing from Valencia
http://www.f1today.nl/live-update/2011/ ... ciana.html

[cformula1]

Another live timing source:
http://www.f1-direct.fr/live-essais-prives.php

[iceman1]

Another French website : http://www.stand-f1.com/f1-live/essais-hivernaux.php

[Denorth]

I don't know if this is available outside of UK, but here is test texting from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 383263.stm

[Denorth]

a quote from Rosberg:

And here's more from Rosberg on the adjustable rear wing, which can be activated by the driver when he is within a second of the car in front. He did manage to try it in his brief spell on the track and says it will take getting used to. "You push the button and it lowers at the back, so you feel the car gets lighter, and then you release the button again before braking," he said. "But you think 'Jeez, what if it hasn't gone back to its original position,' because if it doesn't you are off in a big way. It's going to take some adjusting. Because it moves we don't know how quick it resets itself once you release the button again. It could be too late and it's not properly attached, so it's still a bit of a concern."

[iceman1]

I don't know if this is available outside of UK, but here is test texting from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 383263.stm

Yes it's working, but Autosport is way better

[phil1993]

Code: Select all

Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps
 1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault*     1m13.769s            93
 2.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m13.938s  + 0.169s  71
 3.  Gary Paffett        McLaren-Mercedes      1m14.292s  + 0.523s  91
 4.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m14.461s  + 0.692s  28
 5.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari*              1m14.553s  + 0.784s  97
 6.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari*       1m15.621s  + 1.852s  68
 7.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m16.003s  + 2.234s  71
 8.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault*              1m16.351s  + 2.582s  28
 9.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes*             1m16.450s  + 2.681s  15
10.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari*   1m17.214s  + 3.445s  19
11.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth*    1m17.335s  + 3.566s  77
12.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m18.020s  + 4.251s  45
13.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes*             1m19.930s  + 6.161s  9

* 2011 car