2010 Formula 1 Pre-season testing

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:12 am

Order after 6 hours and the rain has returned!

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:22.639
Massa - Ferrari - 1:23.204
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:23.322
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:24.367
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:24.532
di Resta - Force India - 1:25.088
Petrov - Renault - 1:26.321
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:27.825
Barrichello - Williams - 1:28.256
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:31.848
Glock - Virgin - 1:34.453

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:19 am

The track dried towards the end of the day but not enough to improve the times significantly. Adrian Sutil took over from Paul di Resta at Force India.
There was another red flag which was caused by Barrichello.

Final times for the day

Driver - Team - Best Lap time - Laps
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:22.593 - 103
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:23.017 - 72
Massa - Ferrari - 1:23.204 - 72
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:23.322 - 79
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:23.367 - 77
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:23.803 - 111
Sutil - Force India - 1:24.272 - 28
di Resta - Force India - 1:25.088 - 76
Petrov - Renault - 1:26.237 - 59
Barrichello - Williams - 1:27.320 - 109
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:31.848 - 76
Glock - Virgin - 1:34.453 - 10

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:57 am

On those times Scheuy better hang up his helmet !! rotfl.

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:53 pm

The second day of testing at Jerez this week is about to start. Reports from the track is that it is raining!

The lineup for today is the same as yesterday except for:

Rosberg takes over from Schumacher in the Mercedes
Kovalianen takes over from Fauzy in the Lotus

vm2010 · Post by **vm2010** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:01 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:On those times Scheuy better hang up his helmet !! rotfl.

those lap times don't say much, furthermore everyone are running tests, not fighting to see who can go fastest!

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:24 pm

Not much action at Jerez!

Drivers have completed installation laps.

The track is wet and it is raining!

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:33 pm

Pedro de la Rosa sets a 1:29.691 followed by Glock

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:43 pm

Now Massa goes fastest with a 1:28.879.

The session has been stopped as a result of Glock going off!

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:51 pm

Prior to Glock going off, he had completed 15 laps already. That is more than what he did all day yesterday!!

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:59 pm

The session restarts and a number of drivers are back on the track. It remains wet!

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:06 pm

Fastest laptimes after the first hour:

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Massa - Ferrari - 1:28.879
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:29.330
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:29.691
Barrichello - Williams - 1:31.489
di Resta - Force India - 1:32.904
Glock - Virgin - 1:33.234
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:34.358
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:34.706
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:37.279

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:27 pm

The rain is getting worse!

Ferrari have just reported a problem with their car "the stop will not be short... Nothing serious but it will take time to sort it out"

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:59 pm

Glock goes back out following his off. He completes an installation lap and returns to the pits.

Currently the track is so wet, the lap times are in near the 1:40!

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:03 pm

2 hours into the session and their isn't much change to the fastest laptimes from the first hour!:

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Massa - Ferrari - 1:28.879
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:29.330
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:29.691
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:30.203
di Resta - Force India - 1:30.344
Barrichello - Williams - 1:31.489
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:32.934
Glock - Virgin - 1:33.234
Buemi - Toro Rosso - 1:33.752

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:15 pm

The session has stopped due to standing water on the track!