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Melanie · Red Bull Racing driver Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 2334

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:18.339 77
2. Wurz Honda (B) 1:21.059 75
3. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.566 113
4. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:21.679 105
5. Piquet Renault (B) 1:22.125 69
6. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:22.197 59
7. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.431 72
8. Glock Toyota (B) 1:22.590 92
9. Liuzzi Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:22.846 91

Only 59 laps Sad

Melanie · Red Bull Racing driver Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 2334

sassyshiraz · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

Hmm, not many laps compared to the others. Wonder why that was?

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Chris · Midland F1 driver Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 259

It does seem a bit suspicious, but there is no record of him having caused any red flags so at least if he had a problem it couldn't have been too bad.

Times are kind of hard to compare as some were running slicks, some 2009 aero packages.

Melanie · Red Bull Racing driver Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 2334

Today

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:18.928 77
2. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:19.721 79
3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:20.283 113
4. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:20.392 87
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:20.452 96
6. Alonso Renault (B) 1:20.616 118
7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:20.800 115
8. Glock Toyota (B) 1:20.870 112
9. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:20.981 97

Melanie · Red Bull Racing driver Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 2334

crazycaz · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:48 am Post subject:

looking good
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crazycaz · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:37 am Post subject:

Alonso outpaces old rival Schu
Wednesday, 16 April 2008 19:17

Renault’s Fernando Alonso outpaced old rival Michael Schumacher in the battle of the slick tyre runners on day three of the Barcelona test.

The world champions led the field as teams once again split their track time between preparations for next weekend’s Spanish GP and further simulations of 2009-spec conditions.

Alonso has shown encouraging pace in his two days in the heavily upgraded R28 and after focusing on set-up work in the morning, set the day’s benchmark effort of 1m18.483s on his very first run on slicks just before lunch.

“The day has been good and I was happy with the developments to the car,” he said.

“But we still need to keep improving because it seems that our competitors have also improved and so it is still difficult to say how we really compare with them.

“We have to wait until next week to get a full picture of where we stand.”

And on his view of driving on slicks, he added: “It was fun to try the slick tyres, which gave very good grip."

Meanwhile Schumacher’s latest return saw the retired legend drive a slick-shod F2008, modified to run with projected levels of aerodynamic downforce for next year.

The 39-year-old completed 83 laps and ended the day over 0.8s behind Alonso.

Fellow German Adrian Sutil followed up his Force India team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella’s day two exploits to slot in just behind Schumacher in third.

And as was the case with his stable-mate on Tuesday, Sutil set his best lap on slick tyres while his VJM01 car was running in its current aerodynamic configuration.

BMW’s Robert Kubica completed the most laps of anyone during the session (112) – but his day ended an hour early after he went off a turn five due to a technical problem with his F1.08.

The team says the small impact with a barrier caused some damage to the car’s front suspension and front wing and it will analyse the reason for the crash overnight.

Fifth fastest was Nico Rosberg who also encountered a mechanical glitch on his Williams, although he still managed to complete the team’s planned programme on grooved rubber.

Day two pacesetter Rubens Barrichello completed another solid day for Honda in sixth, ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren as both stayed on the grooves.

Toro Rosso gave its new STR3 its first track outing on Wednesday, but the team will complete no more running in it this week after Sebastien Bourdais crashed heavily in it at turn nine.

The Frenchman walked away unscathed and the team has announced that such was the damage caused to the car it has been forced to cancel its Thursday running.

Red Bull's Mark Webber and Toyota's Jarno Trulli were ninth and tenth respectively after both focusing on Spanish GP set-up work.

All teams, except Force India and STR, will continue on at Barcelona into a fourth day, although rain is forecast to hamper Thursday's running.

Testing times from Barcelona (April 16)

1. ALONSO Renault 1m18.483s
2. SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m19.323s
3. SUTIL Force India 1m19.424s
4. KUBICA BMW 1m19.785s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m19.841s
6. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m19.920s
7. HAMILTON McLaren 1m20.591s
8. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m20.715s
9. WEBBER Red Bull 1m20.849s
10. TRULLI Toyota 1m20.867s
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louise · Williams Driver Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1453

Better today although helped by the weather!
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Barcelona day four - Webber heads rain-hit sessionFollowing Force India's and Toro Rosso’s departure, there were just eight teams in action during the final day of this week’s test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday. Few drivers, however, managed significant mileage due to the forecast rain interrupting the session.

With the circuit wet most of the time, intermediate tyres meant lap times were significantly slower than over the previous three days. Red Bull’s Mark Webber topped the order with a best of 1m 21.953s - set during one of the drier periods - which put him over 1.5 seconds clear of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen.

Full report to follow.

Unofficial Thursday times from Barcelona:
1. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:21.953
2. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 1:23.589
3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:23.619
4. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:24.715
5. Jenson Button, Honda, 1:24.873
6. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 1:24.927
7. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 1:26.100
8. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 1:32.150
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