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that was my initial thought - then merc have decided to persue ddrs on the front wing despite it making the car heavier so i thought i'll ask

besides... from the right angle the redbull frontwing is a very flappy matter too...

Apparently in the next few weeks Mercedes are to bring some surprises to the car!!!

According to this site:
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/cars/sauber-c32/

Sauber did a one lap run with this sensor mounted on the roll hoop, it has not been run on the car since.

Horner on the significance of Massa's time: "It depends what fuel load they're running. If they have 150kg then we're in trouble, if not then who knows..."

I think I saw that on day two!

http://www.planetf1.com/photo-gallery/8 ... s#photo=17

Interesting sensor though!

If they have 150kg of fuel on board it will be a two horse fight between Alonso and Massa (presuming the car is to Massa's liking) but I think that would be good to see actually

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If they do have 150kg of fuel, lol everyone else is gonna get owned.


Highly highly doubt it.

Ferrari are using a 6 element front wing. Most of the other teams have a 4 or 5 element front wing. Nothing out of the ordinary from mercedes.

Pretty good pace too.

The fastest time by a 2012 car at this test last year was a 1'18.419 by Grosjean. Massa's beaten that with a 1'17.879 today

actually Grosjean did an 18.2

Was Massa's 1.17.8 done on super softs?

Found this:
James Rossiter hits a mechanic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HIx08HWJmqc

hahaha

Guys, look who's name is on this pit board. From today.

Apparently Raikkonen set the same lap twice... twice! In a 7 lap stint!

This looks very different to last year. Teams seem to understand the tyres better as the times are going down over a stint. I'm not sure all these stories of 5-stop races are going to happen you know, looks like 2-stop from here.

This is mainly basing it on the Merc. Maybe they have a very good car...

Yes, according to Autosprot
10:42 Massa - on soft tyres - then puts in a slow lap (1m31s).

I really couldn't give a crap what happens to Marussia.

I mean if the whole team died I'd be sad. But other than that, no.

Softs and super softs are different compounds.

Has actually anyone tried the super softs yet? Although at Jerez they're probably going to be finished in half a lap.

still down to a couple of facts unknown:

how do the tyres cope with the force applied during a quick quali-lap?
how do the tyres cope with a car carrying 150kg fuel?
what tyres are brought to the specific event?

if pirelli wanted to, they could make lots of races 4-5 stoppers by just going softer - but that won't be their aim i guess...

Remember last year the teams thought and it looked like they had a handle on the tyres.

Come race weekends it turned into a different matter.

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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'm mainly looking at the difference between the first lap and the last lap. Last year it was negative, this year it is about the same but positive.

89 laps now and a 1:18.766 for rosberg. Its getting better. Bulletproof!

Umm scratch this. I was reading the times BACKWARDS

For some reason the site I was using starts at the bottom and goes to the top now... it used to start at the top and go to the bottom...

Nico set a 1:18.6. Every lap he stays out now is good news for Mercedes fans.

hallelujah 100+ laps for Nico & Merc

All going well so far for Merc.

"@MercedesAMGF1: "@nico_rosberg is back out for the afternoon programme. The times suggest lunch was worth three tenths ”"

Anyone know why Macca haven't put many laps in today?

Red Flag for JEV.

My timing now shows he would have done just that. It showed he would have done so earlier today, but it was changed. That bit of info is 20 minutes old. I'm sure it just showed he would have posted two laps in 0.01 from each other though, so I wouldn't rely too heavily on the timing.

That's last year's pit board. The numbers for this year are 22/23. They probably haven't got the new ones yet is all.

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As for Merc I still wouldn't call them bulletproof. They managed over 100 laps once, if they do it again and again before Melbourne then fair enough. None of the teams are bulletproof thus far.

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quite a few brits in the field this year. 5 i make it.

Excuse my ignorance but where has James Rossiter come from. What series etc?

Not sure where he's come from, but he won't be their race driver. He's their sim and test driver...hence his lack of practice at pit stops earlier.

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nice.

Rosberg is really putting the miles in.

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Kimi only 40 laps?

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isn't that two tunnels ?

probably got bored of it and told them go test ur car in the sim

force india says the exhaust is broken , but didn't they run for 200 laps in the last two days ?