2014 Winter Testing

[Ferrariman60]

Red Bull r b-ten

[phil1993]

Red Bull r b-ten

Indeed. A few journos spotted that at Jerez

Pictures are up on our Facebook page.

[Artur Craft]

I read on autosport live that Magnussen's time was done on a short stint and with SUPER soft tyres

I read that too but Pirelli didn't bring super soft tyres, so I thought it was a mistake?

RBR packing up today would be major.

No, teams can elect some free sets of tyres to the compound they want, AFAIK.

On AMUS, it was said Hulk's time on day 2 was also done on SS

[iceman1]

@tgruener: #F1 Red Bull again hit by a problem with the power unit. Ricciardo: "Will take an hour. Maybe more."

[phil1993]

Raikkonen binned the car on the exit of T4. Rosberg fastest.
http://www.f1zone.net/news/rosberg-sets ... nds/27285/

[iceman1]

[iceman1]

Not bad!

[mikhailv]

Some confusing reports. Autosport is saying kimi say he didn't cause the crash but made a mistake, Amus says he made a mistake, another place (lost the link) says that kimi admits he made a mistake but fault lies with worn tyres.

[KevC]

Fastest laps of Bahrain Test One
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:33.283, New Soft tyres, Day Four.
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:34.263, New soft tyres, Day Three.
3. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1:34.910, New supersoft tyres, Day Two.
4. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:34.957, New soft tyres, Day Four.
5. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:36.445, New soft tyres, Day Two.
6. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:36.516, Used soft tyres, Day Two.
7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:36.718, New soft tyres, Day Four.
8. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:37.066, New soft tyres, Day Three.
9. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:37.180, Unknown tyre compound, Day Three
10. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:37.328, Unknown tyre compound, Day Two.

Most laps completed by a driver
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 174 laps; 2. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 171.

Total number of tyre sets used:
199 (5 sets of the supersofts; 37 of the softs; 89 of the mediums; 51 of the hards; 17 of the winters).

Longest runs completed:
16 laps on the supersofts; 16 laps on the softs; 22 laps on the mediums; 22 laps on the hards; 9 laps on the winters).

Total laps by each team during pre-season
Mercedes - 624
McLaren - 541
Ferrari - 538
Williams - 498
Sauber - 403
Force India - 359
Caterham - 329
Toro Rosso - 193
Red Bull - 137
Lotus - 111
Marussia - 59

Total laps by each engine manufacturer during pre-season
Mercedes - 2002
Ferrari - 1000
Renault - 770

Approximate kilometres by each team during pre-season
Mercedes - 2935 km
McLaren - 2564 km
Ferrari - 2544 km
Williams - 2403 km
Sauber - 1926 km
Force India - 1715 km
Caterham - 1621 km
Toro Rosso - 943km
Red Bull - 684 km
Lotus - 568
Marussia - 277.

Approximate kilometres by each engine manufacturer during pre-season
Mercedes - 9618 km
Ferrari - 4747 km
Renault - 3816 km.

[phil1993]

Test round-up
http://www.f1zone.net/news/bahrain-test-round-up/27299/

BBC/Sky have it from a rival team boss that Red Bull is planning an RB10b for the Spanish GP.

[kals]

That should come as no surprise

[iceman1]

Good thing Newey has a lot of experience in making B-spec of his cars I guess, we can say Kimi did the right move by going to Ferrari.

It seems Lotus are quite confident that they have a very fast car.

[KevC]

Every year someone suggests a team will have a B-spec car out by Spain and it never happens.

Judging by the number of laps Caterham have managed, I suspect they're going to have to compromise and increase the space around the components a bit more.

[phil1993]

A preview to the last test
http://www.f1zone.net/news/bahrain-test ... nce/27346/

[Ether]

Really can't wait for the first race in Australia. This season probably will be races among mercedes cars... and judging by laptimes until this 2nd test, it's quite clear that the top two probably will be Mercedes vs Mclaren or Ferrari. But judging by the more reliable engine of Mercedes, Ferrari might only strike on some times, when others make mistake or not finished.

Reliability will be the key! But judging by the speed, it's between Mercedes vs Mclaren.

In this case, I assume Mclaren get a customer engine which is different to manufacturer engine of Mercedes team? No?
If yes, then Mercedes has a very good chance of winning 2014 title. So it will be a battling between Rosberg vs Hamilton.