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2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:31 am
by cmlean
Test day 1 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 01:20.2 105
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:20.3 58
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:20.5 80
4 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 01:20.5 73
5 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:21.3 51
6 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 01:22.2 26
7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:22.3 25
8 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 01:22.4 93
9 Lance Stroll Williams 01:22.5 46
10 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 01:22.6 55
11 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:23.4 63
12 Nikita Mazepin Force India 01:25.6 22
13 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 01:44.1 28
So much for sunny Barcelona.
The first week of testing has been cold and wet so reliability has been the key.
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:36 am
by cmlean
Test day 2 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:19.7 98
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:20.0 94
3 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 01:20.3 37
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull 01:20.3 67
5 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 01:21.2 65
6 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 01:21.3 82
7 Robert Kubica Williams 01:21.5 48
8 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 01:21.8 52
9 Esteban Ocon Force India 01:21.8 79
10 Charles Leclerc Sauber 01:22.7 81
11 Kevin Magnusen Haas F1 01:22.7 36
Conditions again cold, wet and even snow.
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:42 am
by cmlean
Test day 3 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Fernando Alonso McLaren 02:18.5 11
Conditions cold and wet. Most teams ventured out for sighting laps but only Alonso registered a lap time.
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:48 am
by cmlean
Test day 4 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:19.3 69
2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 01:19.9 110
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:20.2 120
4 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 01:20.3 96
5 Fernando Alosno McLaren 01:20.9 51
6 Carlos Sainz Renault 01:20.9 60
7 Lance Stroll Williams 01:21.1 54
8 Sergio Perez Force India 01:22.0 65
9 Max Verstappen Red Bull 01:22.1 35
10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 01:22.1 147
11 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 01:22.5 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:22.8 60
13 Charles Leclerc Sauber 01:22.8 59
14 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:23.8 79
15 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 01:32.0 47
Conditions were again cold, wet and foggy however the rain and fog cleared in the early afternoon.
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:00 am
by cmlean
Test day 5 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:20.4 86
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:20.6 86
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 01:20.6 85
4 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 01:21.0 53
5 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 01:21.3 46
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 01:21.4 48
7 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 01:21.6 42
8 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:21.9 56
9 Sergio Perez Force India 01:21.9 37
10 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 01:24.8 7
It is still cold in sunny Barcelona but the teams are getting some serious mileage.
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:08 am
by cmlean
Test day 6 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 01:18.0 165
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:18.4 90
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:18.6 85
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:19.5 66
5 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 01:19.8 119
6 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:19.9 57
7 Carlos Sainz Renault 01:20.0 88
8 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 01:20.2 78
9 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:20.2 49
10 Lance Stroll Williams 01:20.3 63
11 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 01:20.8 102
12 Esteban Ocon Force India 01:20.8 130
13 Charles Leclerc Sauber 01:20.9 160
14 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 01:22.3 80
Conditions are just cold.
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:11 am
by cmlean
Test day 7 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:17.2 188
2 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 01:18.4 153
3 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 01:18.4 169
4 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 01:18.7 79
5 Carlos Sainz jr Renault 01:18.7 69
6 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 01:18.9 151
7 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:19.2 148
8 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:19.3 84
9 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:19.5 97
10 Robert Kubica Williams 01:19.6 73
11 Sergio Perez Force India 01:19.6 159
12 Max Verstappen Red Bull 01:19.8 187
13 Lance Stroll Williams 01:20.3 67
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:13 am
by cmlean
Test day 8 Results
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:17.2 157
2 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:17.8 93
3 Carlos Sainz Renault 01:18.1 45
4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 01:18.3 92
5 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 01:18.4 181
6 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:18.8 104
7 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 01:18.9 156
8 Esteban Ocon Force India 01:19.0 163
9 Charles Leclerc Sauber 01:19.1 75
10 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 01:19.2 105
11 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:19.5 97
12 Lance Stroll Williams 01:20.0 27
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:20 am
by cmlean
So, what have we learned in these preseason tests?
1. Reliability, at this time, is not an issue. All teams recorded many laps with only a few small problems.
2. Ferrari and Mercedes are at the top of the tree.
3. Red Bull, Renault and McLaren are probably the next best closely followed by Force India, Toro Rosso and Haas
4. Sauber is probably next to last with Williams
I really hope that Williams isn't as bad as they appear.....
Re: 2018 Testing
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:30 pm
by Tim
Sadly it seems that Williams is becoming a pay driver team. When Kubica does better times than the regular drivers, it tells what the team's priorities are!