2010 Formula 1 Pre-season testing

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:31 pm

The session gets underway with 11 teams. Lotus are making their official track debut with Fairuz Fawzy. The other driver/team combination present are:

Hamilton/McLaren
Schumacher/ Mercedes
Vettel/Red Bull
Massa/Ferrari
de la Rosa/Sauber
Barrichello/Williams
Petrov/Renault
di Rest/Force India
Buemi/Toro Rosso
di Grassi/Virgin

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:37 pm

The track is damp from overnight rain however it isn't rain at the moment

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:48 pm

First red flag of the session 45 minutes into the session and it is Hamilton. Fastest so far is Michael Schumacher with a 1:30.549

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:05 pm

Just 4 minutes after the session was started it is stopped again. This time it is Paul di Resta in the Force India

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:28 pm

The session gets underway again. The track remains wet and now there is light rain

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:06 pm

2 hours into the session and the track remains damp with rain continuing to fall.

The current fastest times are:

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Massa - Ferrari - 1:30.327
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:30.549
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:30.763
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:31.789
Barrichello - Williams - 1:32.741
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:32.761
di Resta - Force India - 1:33.459
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:35.777
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:39.121
Petrov - Renault - No time

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:15 pm

Vettel goes fastest with a 1:29.053

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:57 pm

Now de la Rosa goes fastest with a 1:28.751. Hamilton has returned to the track after his problems early in the day.

Track remains damp!

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:22 pm

The rain has stopped for the moment and a dry line is starting to appear on the track

de la Rosa is fastest at this stage with a 1:27.825

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:26 pm

Massa now fastest with a 1:27.665

Red flag and this time it is Barrichello in the Williams!

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:43 pm

The session resumes.

The cars will go out quickly to run in drying conditions before the rain returns!

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:06 pm

4 hours into the session and the fastest laptimes are:

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:25.742
Massa - Ferrari - 1:26.867
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:27.825
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:27.871
Barrichello - Williams - 1:28.256
di Resta - Force India - 1:30.080
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:30.273
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:31.555
Petrov - Renault - 1:32.752
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:34.396
Glock - Virgin - 1:34.453

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:12 pm

Hamilton improves wih a 1:24.762

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:21 pm

Now Massa goes fastest with a 1:23.619

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:06 pm

Order after 5 hours

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Massa - Ferrari - 1:23.204
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:23.551
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:24.367
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:24.810
di Resta - Force India - 1:25.088
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:27.825
Petrov - Renault - 1:27.966
Barrichello - Williams - 1:28.256
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:30.273
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:34.396
Glock - Virgin - 1:34.453