Pre-Season Testing 2013

[iceman1]

Best times of the week.

I am happy to see that Hamilton has returned to Mclaren

[Vlad-SRB]

Ahhh, those silly mistakes... X)

Alonso, the Brazilian.

[kals]

Those mistakes are funny and silly but won't come close to this utter clanger from BBC in early 2011

Uhhmmmmmm...... :wow:

[Vlad-SRB]

Hahaha, omg, this is BRUTAL!

[phil1993]

Visit our site and you'll never find mistakes like that*

*Probably.

[KevC]

Those mistakes are funny and silly but won't come close to this utter clanger from BBC in early 2011

Uhhmmmmmm...... :wow:

The BBC for several years has had multiple rolling images on stories. Are you sure that RBR one isn't just one of a montage of 5 or 6 and it's been snapshotted just at the appropriate moment.

[kals]

Who knows Kevin, it was over two years ago.

[tderias]

That's what I've thought as well. It's not the first time the picture doesn't match the text at first glance, usually because its a gallery which you can surf through, or the fact that the story is not specifically about Lewis, but about the testing in general, and they're just using Lewis's car reveal for the headline.

[phil1993]

Unofficial test kilometres completed (Drivers):
1. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber - 2,768
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - 2,640
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 2,584
4. Sergio Perez, McLaren - 2,538
= Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber - 2,538
6. Max Chilton, Marussia - 2,536
7. Paul di Resta, Force India - 2,520
8. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso - 2,455
9. Charles Pic, Marussia - 2,364
10. Valtteri Bottas, Williams - 2,352
11. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari - 2,351
12. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull - 2,343
13. Felipe Massa, Ferrari - 2,336
14. Romain Grosjean, Lotus - 2,270
15. Mark Webber, Red Bull - 2,265
16. Pastor Maldonado, Williams - 2,218
17. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham - 2,149
18. Jenson Button, McLaren - 2,091
19. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso - 2,051
20. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus - 1,182
21. Jules Bianchi, Force India/Marussia - 1,165
22. Adrian Sutil, Force India - 1,159
23. Luiz Razia, Marussia - 500
24. James Rossiter, Force India - 270
25. Pedro de la Rosa, Ferrari - 226
26. Davide Valsecchi, Lotus - 74

Unofficial test kilometres completed (Teams):
1. Sauber - 5,307
2. Mercedes - 5,224
3. Ferrari - 4,913
4. McLaren - 4,629
5. Red Bull - 4,608
6. Williams - 4,570
7. Caterham - 4,513
8. Toro Rosso - 4,506
9. Force India - 4,481
10. Marussia - 3,669
11. Lotus - 3,527

The longest runs on each compound at Barcelona were:
Supersoft - 16 laps
Soft - 31 laps
Medium - 36 laps
Hard - 24 laps
Intermediate - 47 laps
Wet - 48 laps

[kals]

Wow, thanks for the analysis. So despite their troublesome start Mercedes really did clock up the miles.

[phil1993]

They did. The figures are from F1.com, but what really surprised me was Kimi/Lotus's lack of running. I know he missed one day, but he only has slightly more mileage than Sutil and Bianchi.

[kals]

Lotus lost a lot of track time due to some data collection glitches didn't they?

[phil1993]

Lotus lost a lot of track time due to some data collection glitches didn't they?

Seemed to be a couple of gearbox failures for Kimi.

[Vlad-SRB]

Seems like the usual strategy from Red Bull.

[Ether]

Here are some lap times chart analysis of final day test in Barcelona: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/03/a ... a-f1-test/