The sun finally shone at Jerez on Friday, and the 11 teams in action at this week’s test took full advantage of the calmer conditions at the Spanish circuit to rack up mileage in their 2010 cars. Mark Webber ended the day as the fastest runner for Red Bull, clocking a best time of 1m [...]
Michael Schumacher has moved to give some indication of what the 2010 form is today by saying that he believes the established top four of Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull and his Mercedes team are out in front.
The German said there was a clear performance discrepancy visible on higher fuel loads between the four and [...]
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Michael Schmacher says the weather and varying fuel loads mean it is too soon to say where anyone stands.
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Rain, of course. With all the caveats about testing results — we don’t know fuel loads, we can’t be sure what strategies teams are running (aka are they actually going for the fastest time or something else), we don’t know if different parts are on the car for whatever…
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First off, the caveat: You can’t truly judge anything from Formula 1 testing. Teams might not be using all their planned parts (or those parts may get tweaked as a result of findings from testing). We don’t know the fuel loads, a big deal this year when the fuel loads will be bigger due…
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Finishing Monday’s opening test at Valencia as the field’s slowest runner was almost certainly not how Robert Kubica had envisaged starting his Renault F1 career.
However, with teams running such varying fuel loads, Kubica believes that a car’s true pace will be hard to distinguish during the four pre-season sessions. And the Polish driver is [...]
While we all have to keep from jumping to conclusions given the huge variable that fuel loads create this year, it appears we can safely say that Felipe Massa hasn’t turned into Luca Badoer.
Felipe led the morning testing at Valencia, according to the unofficial times via the official Formula…
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The FIA has revealed the fuel loads with which all 20 cars will start the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. We analyse the data here.
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The FIA has revealed the fuel loads with which all 20 cars will start the Brazilian Grand Prix. We analyse the data here.
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One of the changes to the regulations for the 2010 season will eliminate refueling during a race. The benefits are safer pit stops and more emphasis on a grid of vehicles racing on similar fuel loads. And the negatives are cars on similar fuel loads (KERS will be more of an annoyance) and pit…
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