2010-11 Winter Testing

[phil1993]

There's some new kerbs at Campsa (temporary ones) to try and discourage drivers from running wide

[JoostLamers]

Teams have asked Barcelona to test there next week instead of Bahrain

[iceman1]

Any reason why Vettel only did 37 laps?

[sdutt]

Any reason why Vettel only did 37 laps?

i think they didnt drive much in wet conditions, so only did proper running a fter lunch

[phil1993]

[Ali]

Any reason why Vettel only did 37 laps?

They suspected a problem and wanted to check the car, which lasted more than they expected. So, they had to wait checks to be finished.

[phil1993]

Today:
Red Bull - Vettel
Ferrari - Alonso
McLaren - Button
Mercedes - Rosberg
Williams - Barrichello
Force India - di Resta
Toro Rosso - Alguersuari
Lotus - Teixeira (AM), Kovalainen (Pm)
HRT - Liuzzi

Not sure about Virgin & Sauber

[iceman1]

@InsideFerrari explains what went wrong for Alonso: "Not a good start of the second day of the session. Fernando stopped on track due to an electric problem. Anyway, the issue has been solved.

[iceman1]

Ricardo Teixeira will also be driving the Lotus this afternoon:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89562

[Ali]

sarahholtf1: Fernando Alonso has just spoken to the media while the mechanics work on solving mechanical issues that have halted his session. Alonso says: "We expect Red Bull to be very competitive. But there is a lot to come from Ferrari as well so we'll see."

[mikhailv]

Phils second video just show why we need those camera angles in tv coverage.

[iceman1]

Day 2

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m23.315s 104
2. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.519s + 0.204 97
3. Alonso Ferrari 1m23.978s + 0.663 90
4. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m24.008s + 0.693 118
5. Heidfeld Renault 1m24.242s + 0.927 41
6. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.243s + 0.928 125
7. Rosberg Mercedes 1m24.730s + 1.415 131
8. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.923s + 1.608 54
9. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m25.194s + 1.879 80
10. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m26.421s + 3.106 58
11. Petrov Renault 1m26.884s + 3.569 61
12. Liuzzi HRT-Coswrorth 1m27.044s + 3.729 70
13. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m27.242s + 3.927 66
14. Teixeira Lotus-Renault 1m31.584s + 8.269 26

Here are some run times from today :

Alonso
24.4, 25.2, 25.8, 26.2, 28.2, 27.6, 27.0, 27.4, 27.6, 27.9, 28.4, 28.8

Button
29.4, 28.8, 28.8, 29.4, 29.8, 29.7, 29.8, 30.1, 30.8, 31.0, 31.7, 31.7

Barrichello
29.6, 29.4, 30.5, 31.0, 30.1, 30.7, 30.9, 31.3, 31.5, 32.2, 32.0, 32.5

[cformula1]

Today's drivers are:
Ferrari- Massa
Red Bull- Webber
Toro Rosso- Ricciardo/Buemi
Williams- Maldonado
Lotus Renault- Petrov
McLaren- Hamilton
Mercedes- Rosberg
Sauber- Perez
Force India- Sutil
Hispania- Karthikeyan/Mondini
Team Lotus- Trulli
Virgin- Glock

Maldonado caused a red flag earlier when he went off into the gravel at Turn 5.

(updated- Thanks to Phil for the info)

[phil1993]

Buemi is taking over from Ricciardo after lunch. Same at HRT, Mondini for Karthikeyan.

[cformula1]

Buemi is taking over from Ricciardo after lunch. Same at HRT, Mondini for Karthikeyan.

Thanks- post updated accordingly.

Second red flag- Perez in the gravel at Turn 4.