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[Exb]

The F1 circus moves quickly on from the race to the first 2 day in-season test. (the second one to be held after the Austrian GP)
 
Out of the total 4 days of testing allowed, 2 days must be given to a driver who has not raced in more than 2 F1 races.
 
When
Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th May
 
Driver Line-up
Team             Day 1 (Tue)              Day 2 (Wed)
Mercedes:     Rosberg                    Wehrlein
Red Bull:       Kvyat                         Gasly
Williams:       Massa                        Lynn
Ferrari:          Marciello                   Gutierrez
McLaren:      Vandoorne/Turvey?   Button?
Force India:  Wehrlein Yelloly         Yelloly Ocon
Lotus:           Maldonado                 Palmer
Toro Rosso: Gasly                          Sainz
Sauber:        Ericsson                     Marciello
 Marussia are not taking part.
(from http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118897 and
McLarens line-up not confirmed and is a rumour from the driver thread

Albert Fabrega ES ‏@AlbertFabrega 12 minHace 12 minutos
Alonso no estará en los tests post carrera en Barcelona. Button pilotará el miércoles mientras q Van Doorne o Turvey lo harían el martes.
Barcelona post race test. Van Doorme or Turvey on Tuesday, Button on Wednesday. No Alonso

(However a quick look at Twitter tonight shows Vandoorne on a flight out of Barcelona and Turvey on a short haul flight from Gatwick......)
 
Coverage:
This site usually has timing info for tests: http://en.f1i.com/live/
(I will update with links to other sites if covering)
Sky: Rolling updates: http://www1.skysport...on-test-day-one
F1fanatic have a page following all teams twitter comments on it : http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/live/f1/
 
Weather similar to the GP weekend
 
 
I think a lot of the teams will be very pleased to have a few test days seeing as the GP weekend may not have gone to plan with upgrades that were tried and left a few question marks over the new parts.
Personally I'm looking forward to seeing how quick they manage to lap when they use the softer tyres! It will be interesting to see if Pirelli were indeed too conservative bringing the hard tyres for the race (or maybe the soft compounds will only last 5 laps )
 
A few times for comparison
The fastest lap of the Pre-season test was by Mercedes (Rosberg) with a 1.22.792 on the soft compound (the quickest super-soft lap was 1.23.063 by Williams (Bottas)
The fastest lap of the in-season test in 2014 was the Lotus of Maldonado with a 1.24.871 on super-softs. (Pole position in 2014 was a 1.25.232 - medium tyres)
Pole lap in 2015 was 1.24.681 (Mediums)

Edited by Exb, 12 May 2015 - 19:54.

[Exb]

McLarens line-up is confirmed as Turvey(Tue) Button (Weds)

(sorry, I can't edit the original post whilst I am at work )

[Emilvang]

Wehrlein got a nice little gig as Mercedes reserve driver, it would seem. He sure gets alot of tests. Is he rich? His results aren't that great.

[Gilles4Ever]

Pascal Wehrlein unwell, Nick Yelloly to drive Tuesday

 

http://www.crash.net...ver-lineup.html

[Quickshifter]

Massive two days for Mclaren Honda.

[Exb]

I can't find any coverage apart from the site linked in the opening post. Sky claim that they will have rolling updates but I can't seem to find them Edit: I was too impatient with Sky - their coverage is now up, OP updated.
Edit: F1fanatic have a live page which shows twitter updates from the teams. I have included that in the OP as well.
 
Anyway test underway. Fingers crossed that McLaren get some decent running.

Edited by Exb, 12 May 2015 - 07:13.

[charly0418]

So Yelloly is also driving tomorrow?

 

Seems a bit risky... plus he only payed for 1 day

[Exb]

So Yelloly is also driving tomorrow?
 
Seems a bit risky... plus he only payed for 1 day

Not sure but Wehrlein can't drive for FI tomorrow as he is supposed to be in the Merc (if well enough)

[Exb]

Great  

09:08 - Most of the drivers have completed their installation laps but we can't bring you any lap times nor lap count, as circuit officials are yet to come to the media centre and actually turn on the screens with all the data...

09:25 - Still no timing screens as Rosberg circulates on his own around the track.
(from here http://en.f1i.com/live/ )

Edited by Exb, 12 May 2015 - 07:29.

[Zava]

Great  

09:08 - Most of the drivers have completed their installation laps but we can't bring you any lap times nor lap count, as circuit officials are yet to come to the media centre and actually turn on the screens with all the data...

09:25 - Still no timing screens as Rosberg circulates on his own around the track.
(from here http://en.f1i.com/live/ )

I'll go ahead and say it: ominous.

[SophieB]

Honda Racing F1 ‏@HondaRacingF1  7m7 minutes ago

We're testing here at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit and @OliverTurvey is out on track.

[Gilles4Ever]

Carl Burkitt #14 #22 @Macca1879

@ianparkesf1 morning. Updates on here I hope??

 

Ian Parkes @ianparkesf1

.@Macca1879 - There will be but we’ve no live timing screens in the media centre. Apparently an engineer is on his way. Woohoo!

[Sebastien007]

Still no live timing let's call Jean Todt, remember that

 

[muramasa]

jesus Marciello sitting very high!

 

(spot the pic here)

http://media.f1i.com...in-tuesday.html

[RainyAfterlifeDaylight]

jesus Marciello sitting very high!

 

(spot the pic here)

http://media.f1i.com...in-tuesday.html

[muramasa]

i dont remember Mclaren had this tiny fin inside the lower airbox before. Maybe sth new

 

http://media.f1i.com...rcelona-spain-3

[Gilles4Ever]

Ian Parkes @ianparkesf1

. @ForceIndiaF1 have confirmed @OconEsteban will be behind the wheel of the VJM08 on Weds following late change of plans

[Wingcommander]

The coverage of F1 tests is just pathetic. Atleast WEC offered live timing and proper result sheets after their official test. 

[RainyAfterlifeDaylight]

i dont remember Mclaren had this tiny fin inside the lower airbox before. Maybe sth new

 

http://media.f1i.com...rcelona-spain-3

Oh dear, Call McLarenHonda, that is another visor tear off lodging itself there   

[RainyAfterlifeDaylight]

 

Ian Parkes @ianparkesf1

. @ForceIndiaF1 have confirmed @OconEsteban will be behind the wheel of the VJM08 on Weds following late change of plans

 

and one of the drivers that will be a world champion in near future. I said it first here.

[rjsports]

and one of the drivers that will be a world champion in near future. I said it first here.

 

First he will need to be in F1, there are a lot of examples of talented drivers testing and winning championships in lower categories. That being said, I do hope he will get a chance in F1 next year.

[Exb]

Timing screens are up and running

 

Also:

Pirelli Motorsport

 

✔@pirellisport

Testing .@Circuitcat_eng. @ScuderiaFerrari @redbullracing @MercedesAMGF1 @ToroRossoSpy will be testing tyres for Pirelli over next 2 days.

[Zava]

i dont remember Mclaren had this tiny fin inside the lower airbox before. Maybe sth new

 

http://media.f1i.com...rcelona-spain-3

how can Turvey go with no 33, isn't that Verstappen's number?

[muramasa]

Mclaren not come out for long time, only 7 laps done...

 

meanwhile Ferrari already tested birdcage behind right rear and flow-vis on floor and rear wing...and Mercedes already amassing 33laps and counting....they are going ahead further and further....

[Lotus53B]

7 laps - that's an impressive testing run for a Mclaren.  They're probably reviewing the mountains of data and important info that Oliver has gathered.

[Gilles4Ever]

http://www.auto-moto...te-9518769.html

 

Pics at AMuS

[Cesc]

Times available somewhere?

Edited by Cesc, 12 May 2015 - 09:15.

[Exb]

Times available somewhere?

There is a link in the OP to a site with times.

 

Here (again) http://en.f1i.com/live/

[muramasa]

Merc ear inlets is back

http://media.f1i.com...celona-spain-46

 

 

Edited by muramasa, 12 May 2015 - 09:28.

[Callisto]

http://www.auto-moto...te-9518769.html

 

Pics at AMuS

Looks like kimis helmet,even tho its R. Marciello

[kimster89]

Looks like teams are not trying to find the ultimate performance.

[Raikkonen94]

Hopefully Ferrari will get a much better insight into their updates after these two days.

[Quickshifter]

http://www.f1today.n...it-de-catalunya

[Jerem]

Looks like teams are not trying to find the ultimate performance.

Well, Rosberg has beaten his pole position time from last Saturday, so Merc hopefully have been looking for performance a little bit!

[JosD]

and one of the drivers that will be a world champion in near future. I said it first here.

 

Then he really needs to start working on his overtaking skills, although he indeed is a very good driver he definitely lacks in that area. However good to see him get the opportunity.

Edited by JosD, 12 May 2015 - 10:11.

[Gilles4Ever]

Well, Rosberg has beaten his pole position time from last Saturday, so Merc hopefully have been looking for performance a little bit!

Merc is one of the teams testing new tyres for Pirelli so that probably has something to do with it, AFAIK there are also softer tyres than what was available for the race

[YoungGun]

Which spec is Marciello testing of the SF-15T?

[Exb]

Which spec is Marciello testing of the SF-15T?

From the photo's linked above it looks like the new sidepods to me.

[Clatter]

Still think with the severely limited testing allowed these days that they should drop the one car rule. 

[muramasa]

seems morning session finished 

Timing at 13:00 local time

Pos 	Driver 	        Team 	        Time     	Laps
1 	N. Rosberg 	Mercedes 	1:24.374 	78
2 	R. Marciello 	Ferrari 	1:26.648 	53
3 	P. Maldonado 	Lotus 	        1:27.338 	53
4 	D. Kvyat 	Red Bull 	1:27.684 	20
5 	P. Gasly 	Toro Rosso 	1:28.147 	60
6 	M. Ericsson 	Sauber 	        1:28.803 	37
7 	N. Yelloly 	Force India 	1:28.856 	49
8 	O. Turvey 	McLaren 	1:29.730 	31
9 	F. Massa 	Williams 	1:30.433 	33

so far so good for all teams except RBR who seemed to be having some issues but still completing 20 laps.

 

[muramasa]

one and half hour in to afternoon session and McHon not run yet....only team not out on track in the afternoon....

 

 

[CPR]

15:45 - Turvey breaks the silence with his first lap of the afternoon session after a number of big changes to the car at McLaren over the lunch break

 

https://twitter.com/...1161856/photo/1

 

Edited by CPR, 12 May 2015 - 13:50.

[muramasa]

only 42 laps for McHon...just 11 laps added to their morning run....by far the least amount of lap by quite a margin...and less than 90min left already....

[CPR]

only 42 laps for McHon...just 11 laps added to their morning run....by far the least amount of lap by quite a margin...and less than 90min left already....

 

Bunch of 3-4 lap runs. Guess they're doing some of the tests they missed this morning?

[Exb]

Final times and lap counts:

 

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 

1 N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.374 128

2 M. Ericsson Sauber 1:26.624 77

3 R. Marciello Ferrari 1:26.648 105

4 D. Kvyat Red Bull 1:26.904 80

5 P. Maldonado Lotus 1:27.338 60

6 N. Yelloly Force India 1:27.396 96

7 P. Gasly Toro Rosso 1:27.690 111

8 F. Massa Williams 1:27.911 54

9 O. Turvey McLaren 1:29.730 44

Edited by Exb, 12 May 2015 - 15:04.

[CPR]

Final times and lap counts:

 

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 

1 N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.374 128

2 M. Ericsson Sauber 1:26.624 77

3 R. Marciello Ferrari 1:26.648 105

4 D. Kvyat Red Bull 1:26.904 80

5 P. Maldonado Lotus 1:27.338 60

6 N. Yelloly Force India 1:27.396 96

7 P. Gasly Toro Rosso 1:27.690 111

8 F. Massa Williams 1:27.911 54

9 O. Turvey McLaren 1:29.730 44

 

50 mins left, surely?

[muramasa]

Bunch of 3-4 lap runs. Guess they're doing some of the tests they missed this morning?

beats me.....at least one thing is for certain....things not going smooth....these japanese are damn slow...checking the same thing twice, thrice....told them it's done already and absolute no point in doing this sort of thing more than once, just go to next programs....sheit.....wasting time...see, look, less than 1 hour to go now..

 

http://forums.autosp...-iii/?p=7162902

http://forums.autosp...-iii/?p=7162136

[muramasa]

today session finishto

Timing at 18:00 local time

Pos 	Driver 	        Team 	        Time 	Laps
1 	N. Rosberg 	Mercedes 	1:24.374 	146
2 	M. Ericsson 	Sauber   	1:26.624 	98
3 	R. Marciello 	Ferrari 	1:26.648 	125
4 	D. Kvyat 	Red Bull 	1:26.904 	101
5 	P. Maldonado 	Lotus 	        1:27.338 	60
6 	N. Yelloly 	Force India 	1:27.396 	109
7 	P. Gasly 	Toro Rosso 	1:27.639 	131
8 	F. Massa 	Williams 	1:27.911 	54
9 	O. Turvey 	McLaren 	1:28.542 	68

seems fairly productive day for all teams which is good, with only one red flag at the end caused by STR's Gasly which most likely is about emptied fuel.

[f1RacingForever]

Are teams still using their in season PU's or are the allowed different PU's specifically for testing?

[GrumpyYoungMan]

Any one know why Alonso and Hamilton are not testing?

Edited by GrumpyYoungMan, 12 May 2015 - 18:47.