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I cant believe even though its just testing i've got the same buzz as for an F1 week



wonder how the tyres are feeling across the board?

kimi-esque level of concentration ?

Interesting statistics of where the live timing viewers come from:
http://s08.flagcounter.com/countries/rwF

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Räikkönen - Vettel - Rosberg - Bottas

are they the soft compound tyres?

Lewis watching this in the garage is probably starting to feel the heat...

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but the McLaren reportedly stopped out on track with a fuel pickup issue, and could be sidelined for some time.

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I don't follow F1 so I don't know what I'm talking about

I thought they were doin a fuel load test (ie running out on purpose) but they havent been out for a while so maybe your right

Yeah I saw on twitter earlier that the Mclaren had a fuel pickup issue. Looks like reliability already a concern for them. Hopefully they sort it during testing.

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Drivers I like:
Raikkonen
Grosjean
Perez
Vettel

Teams I like:
Lotus
Merc
RBR
Marussia

Maybe the same problem as Abu and Monza.

Both fuel pick up issues and both caused by Merc supplied parts

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Disclaimer: The above post maybe tongue in cheek.

"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

I now know why its crap to go out the first day, if you got problems your time is cut short - by the next day though the other driver has a higher probability of having a full session

Hard compound, which has an orange stripe this year instead of silver.

glad to see pastor hasn't changed his mind... missed the pit entrance on the first day of testing:

fuel pumps are for mclaren what alternators are for RBR

Whats happening with mercedes? what can the do to fix the problem they have to get back out? Want to see what that merc can do as it started promising with the time ROS set.

amus said they are already having their lunch-break....

Thanks

I might do the same....it is 12 o clock! Perhaps i should do some work when i come back instead of reading all the forums and timing updates!

i did actually open up a new spreadsheet today

Di Resta jumps to the top with a 1m20.3s lap.

Thats one spreadsheet more than me!

....aaaaand heres my P45 on my desk

Paul Di Resta 2013 WDC, you heard it hear first.

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Kimi Raikkonen
Romain Grosjean
Nico Hulkenburg

Highest lap count of the morning belongs to Maldonado, with 52 laps for Williams. Di Resta, Ricciardo, Massa, Hulkenberg and Webber have all done 30-37 laps.

Only 11 from Rosberg, 15 from Grosjean and three from Button.

Ha Ha Ha, now that would be a story!!

I'm a little concerned for the Macs and Mercs - Mac have done 3 laps Merc only 11 come on guys fix your problems and get back on track

Hamilton pops in Mclaren motor home to ask for job back

More like hes gone to say - you can expect a 50% fuel pump failure this year - enjoy

Shame about the Mercedes, Rosberg's pace looked really promising.

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Räikkönen - Vettel - Rosberg - Bottas

Grosjean fastest. Dipped into the 1:19's Awesome stuff from Lotus!

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Drivers I like:
Raikkonen
Grosjean
Perez
Vettel

Teams I like:
Lotus
Merc
RBR
Marussia

RoGro fastest 1m19.796s

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second lap round was a 1.20.8

Lotus was also fastest last year on day 1

it was on the hard tyres for rogro, last year kimis time which is 0.3 seconds quicker was on the medium compound

but now as all the compounds are different who know how comparable last years medium is to this years hard

Still 0.126 slower than last year 1st day fastest. Initially i thought cars with modesty panel is faster early the session but then RoGro set the fastest time.

having the fastest time on testing day 1 will bring the picture of your car to almost every f1-related website = good for your sponsors... that is from a marketing perspective... in this case it might also be justifying signing rogro for another year...

You guys read way too much into the first practice session of the first test session.

Kimi has a mute button on his steering wheel lol

Apparently the Merc issue was an electrical issue - god knows when they'll be back out

First day of testing is impossible to draw conclusions from. Merc's technical difficulties are nothing to worry about. Better to get those problems sorted now than in the races. PEACE.

C'mon its been a long cold off season....We need to read into every little detail!

It's been a couple of hours, but apparently Button is driving again.

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