Pre-Season Testing - 2006

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:14 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:A V8 faster than a V10

Not sure what you mean here Julian ? Sauber are in Valencia and their best time on Tuesday was over 4 seconds slower than the best time in 05 in a V10.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:42 pm

What has he done now

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:48 pm

Ed wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:A V8 faster than a V10
Not sure what you mean here Julian ? Sauber are in Valencia and their best time on Tuesday was over 4 seconds slower than the best time in 05 in a V10.

The 1st report I saw had the Toyota faster than the McK V10 at Jerez. PDLR has now gone faster.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:10 pm

JayVee wrote:What has he done now

Sadly, its what he hasn't done

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:46 pm

You are quick to jump to conclusions on Villeneuve. The new car has just come out so give it some time before you make a judgement

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:57 pm

While I think Nick is a very, very, good pilot, if Jacques it to keep his seat he has to best Nick at EVERY outing. He has to grind his face in it every time they are on the same track. JV, I like Jacques' personality, I find him a refreshing character, and I think he is a quick driver by F1 standards. I would not however have put him in my top 5 in any season, and I think most would agree that unless he flogs Nick (no easy chore for anyone) he will have difficulty retaining his seat. There is just so much talent sitting just outside the door.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:47 am

I know Villeneuve is up against a German driver in a German team so it will be hard but Heidfeld will not beat him. And if Villeneuve beats Heidfeld then it will just show how good he is

rah · Post by **rah** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:30 am

JayVee wrote:You are quick to jump to conclusions on Villeneuve. The new car has just come out so give it some time before you make a judgement

lol, you have been quick to jump to conclusions with everyone else.

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:34 pm

7th day of testing at Jerez and 2nd day of testing at Valencia.

Testing continued at Jerez on Wednesday with 4 teams present.

Jenson Button in the interim Honda V8 sets the fastest time of the day ahead of Jarno Trulli and Anthony Davidson.

Button's best time was a 1:18.398.
Davidson covered the most number of laps with 133.

Both Toyotas had problems today and Gary Paffett (McLaren) spun off.

Weather conditions were cold but sunny. Air temperature reached 16 degrees while track temperatures reached 23 degrees.

3 teams continue testing at Jerez as McLaren have concluded testing at Jerez.

At Valencia, Nick Heidfeld driving the new BMW Sauber F1.06 set the fastest time with a 1:12.440. Jacques Villeneuve driving the interim Sauber C24B V8 set a 1:13.422

For reference, the best lap time set at Valencia in 2005 was a 1:09.005 set in February by Kimi Raikkonen in the MP4-20

BMW Sauber continue testing privately tomorrow with Villeneuve taking over the driving of the new car.

Full Report and lap times

Best Lap Times and lap records at Testing Tracks

Honda Test Notes - Toyota Test Notes - McLaren Test Notes - BMW Sauber Test Notes

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:12 pm

Nick will gain more points than JV this season

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:24 pm

Lets hope that JV was running a non competitive car, as Nick was almost a second faster. Similarly Nico had best close the gap to Wurtz pretty quickly or they might find their roles are reversed before the season starts

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:47 am

Jv got to within .2 of a second of Nick when they swapped cars, despite doing 40 laps less.

Ed · Post by Ed » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:49 am

8th day of testing at Jerez and 3rd and final day of testing at Valencia.

Testing continued at Jerez on Thursday with 3 teams present.

Jenson Button in the interim Honda V8 again was the fastest driver on the track ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher.

Button's best time was a 1:18.795. He also covered the most number of laps with 92.

There were fewer problems for Toyota. Ralf Schumacher had a fuel system problems.

Weather conditions were cold but sunny. Air temperature reached 16 degrees while track temperatures reached 23 degrees.

Toyota concluded testing this week. Williams and Honda continue testing on Friday.

At Valencia, Nick Heidfeld driving the interim Sauber C24B set the fastest time with a 1:12.293. Jacques Villeneuve driving the new BMW Sauber F1.06 set a 1:12.472

For reference, the best lap time set at Valencia in 2005 was a 1:09.005 set in February by Kimi Raikkonen in the MP4-20

BMW Sauber conclude testing this week.

Next major test at Barcelona from the 23rd of January.

Full Report and lap times

Best Lap Times and lap records at Testing Tracks

Honda Test Notes - Toyota Test Notes - Williams Test Notes - BMW Sauber Test Notes

Ed · Post by Ed » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:06 am

Julian Mayo wrote:Jv got to within .2 of a second of Nick when they swapped cars, despite doing 40 laps less.

If you actually compare the times both set in the 06 car, the 2 were very very close (just 0.032 seconds between the two). However the times were set on different days and we don't really know if they had similar fuel loads and so we don't know!.

When they run 2 06 cars, the comparison would be slightly more accurate.

Villeneuve was happy with the new car. He said:

The BMW Sauber F1.06 felt really good. After the first day in a new car you can tell if it will be competitive or not; this one felt fast and I think there is more potential in it than in the C24 last year. That?s very positive.
Overall, I think these three days went well. Normally with a new car you expect quite a few problems, but this test went pretty well, so I?m happy

JayVee will be pleased now

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:34 am

And if JV is pleased we are happy