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[ivand911]

Michael's fastest lap was canceled...probably cut the chicane.

Which one 1:21.2?

[Spa95]

Schumacher 1:21.268 fastest

Hopefully he didn't cut the chicane this time.

[Spa95]

Which one 1:21.2?

No, the one before that.

[BRK]

I'm in love with the front wing endplates.

And wow-was that lap struck off? Hope not as it was a megatime!

[RedBaron]

That's a lovely little lap time.

[bauss]

very very good laptime

[salamin]

FWEP side-view

brake ducts

[TF110]

It's an official time, half second clear of the fastest lap so far this test, or last test.

[Spa95]

And wow-was that lap struck off? Hope not as it was a megatime!

No worries, I was talking about the 1.22.xxx time.

Edited by Spa95, 11 March 2011 - 10:19.

[Mastah]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel that Mercedes is 2-5 tenths slower than Sauber in quali trim, not to mention faster cars.

OK, I was wrong if 21.3 is genuine time .

[ivand911]

Rain is coming, to save our lap, I hope. Now, one race simulation for me, Please.

Edited by ivand911, 11 March 2011 - 10:23.

[rog]

I hope it was on soft tyres not on super soft, would be even more impressive. For me it looks like they are third best team now with all the upgrades on the car. Much better than expected.

[hunnylander]

There is a picture of a large red balloon (as on the live commentary) accompanying that Scarbs update about the new brake ducts.



I'm assuming it's a mild political statement of some kind..

No, that was in his link, because he linked to the GPUpdate gallery, and the balloon was the first image in the gallery (at that time).

[Diablobb81]

The very positive thing is that the updates are working. A much, much better position than last year.

[RedBaron]

Is it absolutely official, Schumacher did not cut a chicane on that quick lap (1m21.268s) and he was on supersofts?

[Spa95]

was on supersoft.

If i get a penny for everytime i ask this.... Source?

Edited by Spa95, 11 March 2011 - 10:31.

[Snuggie]

The track today is much faster than yesterday

It's definitely faster for MS, don't know about the others.

[FlashMaster]

was on supersoft. I wonder how fast rbr and Ferrari can go.

The track today is much faster than yesterday

Supersoft isn't available, only soft and hard

[RedBaron]

Supersoft isn't available, only soft and hard

Great news thanks FlashMaster.

[DutchCruijff]

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/89776

"All four Pirelli compounds have been available in the winter tests held so far, but for this week's Catalunya session only the hard and soft tyres will be in use"

In before source

Edited by DutchCruijff, 11 March 2011 - 10:34.

[fololo]

Supersoft isn't available, only soft and hard

wrong it is. Perez used it yesterday.

source:f1today

[ivand911]

Supersoft isn't available, only soft and hard

It is not exactly true. Yesterday LRGP said that they evaluate soft,medium and hard tyres. So they could have supersoft today, who knows. But, soft or SS lap time is still very good.

[Diablobb81]

Apparently all types of tires are available.

[TF110]

That's not true, as yesterday Renault were using medium tires. I think all the compounds are available, Autosport just said teams will try hards and softs seeing as how melbourne will be using those two.

EDIT- seems i was beaten, twice!

Edited by TF110, 11 March 2011 - 10:36.

[AvranaKern]

Great news thanks FlashMaster.

I'm sorry to break the party, but this is not true. Here is the team's statements about the yesterday:

James Key:
"He [Perez] did a good and controlled set of laps, setting a time of 1:22.042 minutes on soft tyres and 1:21.761 on the super soft compound."

And from Renault:
"For the afternoon with Nick, we concentrated on set-up work and ran the medium and soft tyres."

[Snuggie]

MGP W02 suddenly looks impressive, and IIRC they are bringing some new parts to Melbourne, because they could not be manufactured on time. It was mentioned in last weeks Autosport magazine.

[FlashMaster]

Apparently all types of tires are available.

Ok thanks

[ivand911]

Even with SS tyres lap time is very very good. Sauber was 0,5 slower with the same tyres. Lets other teams show what they can. Me happy. We are ready for Australia.

http://www.sutton-im...dcd1111ma27.jpg
No gills.

Edited by ivand911, 11 March 2011 - 10:43.

[Pizdek]

arent MGP updated a rear wing also? no one coment that..

[salamin]

[baddog]

arent MGP updated a rear wing also? no one coment that..

If he rear wing is different in the pics so far then it is subtle and not visible on brief inspection (by me anyway ;) )

[rog]

was on supersoft. I wonder how fast rbr and Ferrari can go.

The track today is much faster than yesterday

Do you have a source? Btw the Pirelli tyres doesn't rubber the track at all. Difference should be not that big to yesterday.

[ivand911]

10:20 Jag has emailed live@autosport.com to ask "do you guys believe Mercedes has made up the gap to the fronrunners with the new updates? And how is Michael Schumacher looking these days, has he got a GP win in him?"

AUTOSPORT's deputy F1 editor @m_glendenning replies: "The boring answer is that it's still too early to really say. The slightly less boring answer is that it appears that the upgrades have delivered a very real step forward, but I suspect it would be a bit optimistic to suggest that they've done enough to put the team wheel-to-wheel with Red Bull and Ferrari in Australia.

"What the developments have done is move the team forward among that gaggle of cars fighting it out to be best of the rest in terms of outright performance at the opening races. So if you're a Mercedes fan then you can probably feel confident that the team is in better shape than it looked at the last test, but the number of question marks everywhere else along pitlane makes it hard to pick who exactly they might have leapfrogged.

"And how is Michael looking these days? Fit, slightly tanned, and pretty happy, judging from his press briefing a couple of days ago. I asked Norbert Haug what sort of shape he thought he was in, and his opinion was that Schumacher is ready to go."

[Snuggie]

If he rear wing is different in the pics so far then it is subtle and not visible on brief inspection (by me anyway ;) )

The one Rosberg used on Wednesday had curved side holes, MS's has horizontal holes. The were experimenting with both at the previous Barcelona test.

[salamin]

1.21.7 for schumacher

[FlashMaster]

1:21.714 next Qlf sim now with the soft compound?

[rog]

Fastest and second fastest Barcelona time for Schumacher. 1:21,7 could be with the soft compound and 1:21,2 with the super soft.

[Spa95]

Hopefully it was done with soft and hard.

Edited by Spa95, 11 March 2011 - 10:57.

[BRK]

What compound was Vettel's 21.8 set on?


Button said there was about a half a second to be found from the hards to medium, a further half second to soft, and then a second going from the softs to the supersofts. Then Vettel mentioned yesterday that there's about 8-9 seconds difference in laptimes between the car + tyres' extremes of performance. Considering early race pace seems to be in the 1:30s and 1:31s for both Red Bull and Ferrari, I doubt even these guys could dip into the low 1:20s and go a full second quicker than that Merc time.

[Pizdek]

Hopefully it was done with soft and hard.

would love to

[PoliFanAthic]

Maybe a super-soft run first, then a soft run second?

[rog]

According to Amus 21,2 with soft tyres but f1today says super soft. Question is who's right?

And he drove this time with the old front wing according Amus.

Edited by rog, 11 March 2011 - 10:59.

[Spa95]

According to Amus 21,2 with soft tyres but f1today says super soft. Question is who's right?

On f1today it says "probably". So the reporter is just guessing there.

Edited by Spa95, 11 March 2011 - 11:01.

[RedBaron]

I'm sorry to break the party, but this is not true. Here is the team's statements about the yesterday:

James Key:
"He [Perez] did a good and controlled set of laps, setting a time of 1:22.042 minutes on soft tyres and 1:21.761 on the super soft compound."

And from Renault:
"For the afternoon with Nick, we concentrated on set-up work and ran the medium and soft tyres."

You're not really breaking the party, it's a great showing from Mercedes in the form of improvement from the past test days. Even if they're running supersofts.

[salamin]

According to Amus 21,2 with soft tyres but f1today says super soft. Question is who's right?

And he drove this time with the old front wing according Amus.

amus seems to be a good source with testing these days, so i go for it

[FlashMaster]

AMuS

11:58 Außerdem soll Schumacher bei seiner Spitzenrunde noch mit dem alten Frontflügel gefahren sein. Nähere exklusive Details erfahren Sie natürlich in Kürze ausführlich bei auto motor und sport.

11:56 Noch eine gute Nachricht für alle Mercedes-Fans: Schumacher soll seine absolute Bestzeit auf Reifen der Marke "soft" und nicht auf den ultraweichen "supersoft" gefahren haben, die sogar noch schneller gewesen wären. Damit hat der Mercedes das gestern von Ross Brawn angekündigte Potenzial eindrucksvoll bewiesen.

Fastest time 1:21.2 set with old front wing and soft (not supersoft)

Edited by FlashMaster, 11 March 2011 - 11:02.

[BRK]

According to Amus 21,2 with soft tyres but f1today says super soft. Question is who's right?

And he drove this time with the old front wing according Amus.

Look at the times and Button's comments from a while ago: if his theory about the time gains between compounds is accurate,the 21.2 was probably on the softs and the 21.7 on the medium compound as there's a perfect half second between them.

[RedBaron]

And he drove this time with the old front wing according Amus.

And according to the image Autosport posted in their live feed - if that photograph is up to date and not just a library photo.

[salamin]

AMuS



Fastest time 1:21.2 set with old front wing and soft (not supersoft)

[Szoelloe]

AMuS



Fastest time 1:21.2 set with old front wing and soft (not supersoft)

Well, let's hope they want to make a comparison to know the gain of the new FW, yes?