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[Quickshifter]

Abu Dhabi Tyre test

 

Live timing is available here

 

http://directo.soymotor.com/

Edited by Quickshifter, 28 November 2017 - 06:54.

[Quickshifter]

Edited by Quickshifter, 28 November 2017 - 06:56.

[Quickshifter]

McLaren‏Verified account @McLarenF1

 

 

A combined 31 laps on the board between @OliverTurvey & @alo_oficial so far this morning. #AbuDhabiTes

 

Edited by Quickshifter, 28 November 2017 - 07:01.

[RECKLESS]

[Quickshifter]

[Quickshifter]

There was no failure of the car in Alonso's accident, confirms McLaren. Damage to the front wing, but nothing important.

[Jovanotti]

Additional aero bits on the halo? I hope they haven't left a loophole there...

[Quickshifter]

Additional aero bits on the halo? I hope they haven't left a loophole there...

 

up to 2cm of aero elements allowed

Edited by Quickshifter, 28 November 2017 - 07:08.

[RacingGreen]

 

 

Amazing they can even make something ugly even more ugly - way to go F1

[TheRacingElf]

As if they weren't already offensive enough...ugh I hate that thing!

[GrumpyYoungMan]

Additional aero bits on the halo? I hope they haven't left a loophole there...

probably one or two... :/

[OO7]

After we ban the T-Wing we'll just introduce the U-Wing.

[MCH]

up to 2cm of aero elements allowed

 

Brilliant! Let's add more loose bits (as close to the driver we can get them) which can end up in a driver's face or body in case of an accident.... 

 

I'm amazed once again by the incompetence of the FIA, in their decision making AND regulatory convolutions.

Edited by MCH, 28 November 2017 - 07:39.

[Donkey]

Why FIA?

The TV cameras have to be aero neutral and a standard shape, why have they let the aero dedigners tinker with the halo (probably at a ridiculous cost as well)?

Edited by Donkey, 28 November 2017 - 08:19.

[johnmhinds]

Livestream from someone at the track:

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOxwNeevOPJB

[johnmhinds]

[blacky]

There was no failure of the car in Alonso's accident, confirms McLaren. Damage to the front wing, but nothing important.

 

Nothing important? Maybe you should look at the right front tyre of your pic in post 2 and what that means for the suspension.

Edited by blacky, 28 November 2017 - 08:31.

[Diablobb81]

up to 2cm of aero elements allowed

 

These guys are f morons.

[Scotracer]

 

It looks better there. Not as much of an afterthought.

[Quickshifter]

Nothing important? Maybe you should look at the right front tyre of your pic in post 2 and what that means for the suspension.

 

Yeah right front corner needs to be rebuilt.

 

Mclaren have confirmed Alonso will be back after lunch.

Edited by Quickshifter, 28 November 2017 - 08:51.

[smr]

halo looks fugly, but i actually think it looks better with those aero bits on. maybe, just maybe they could make it look OK with mods in teh future.

[Yoshi]

halo looks fugly, but i actually think it looks better with those aero bits on. maybe, just maybe they could make it look OK with mods in teh future.

 

Agree on that. 

[Quickshifter]

Honda Racing F1‏Verified account @HondaRacingF1

That's an @F1 race distance-worth of laps already completed by @OliverTurvey. 55 laps in the bag and it's not even lunch yet @alo_oficial had an unscheduled visit to the tyre barrier earlier, so the team are making a few repairs to his car now.

 

https://twitter.com/...430749695741952

Edited by Quickshifter, 28 November 2017 - 08:56.

[Quickshifter]

halo looks fugly, but i actually think it looks better with those aero bits on. maybe, just maybe they could make it look OK with mods in teh future.

 

Yup, it does look better with those aero bits 

[Sebastien007]

Alonso crash today reminds when he crashes at the start of the partnership between Mclaren and Honda during wintertesting in Barcelona in 2015.

[TheRacingElf]

Alonso crash today reminds when he crashes at the start of the partnership between Mclaren and Honda during wintertesting in Barcelona in 2015.

Was he electrocuted again?! 

[Hellenic tifosi]

The halo is ridiculus enough on it's own, there was no need to add winglets on it!   

[Danyy]

Halo has gone from looking really ugly to... still really ugly 💀

[Domi]

Kubica driving with full tank according to Paddy Lowe

[Joseki]

Alonso is back on track after 3 hours and 1 minute.

[Danyy]

Ola Alo

[johnmhinds]

[SenorSjon]

After we ban the T-Wing we'll just introduce the U-Wing.

 

Add an A-Wing and X-Wing and we have a Star Wars fighter wing.

[Domi]

where is that mythic Kubica pace dropping after 30 laps ? he did over 90 laps already and still doing massively consistent race stint 

[GrumpyYoungMan]

where is that mythic Kubica pace dropping after 30 laps ? he did over 90 laps already and still doing massively consistent race stint 

Is there a text feed anywhere?

[Marklar]

Is there a text feed anywhere?

In the OP, but it's in Spanish.

 

Guy is a hero, always the only one to do that during these kind of tests lol.

[ANF]

Is that turn... 18?

[Nonesuch]

Brilliant! Let's add more loose bits (as close to the driver we can get them) which can end up in a driver's face or body in case of an accident....

 

It's almost impossible for those bits to become detached.

 

You'd need to have a fairly large object or even an entire car in the cockpit area before that becomes an issue, and that ...

 

Oh right.

Edited by Nonesuch, 28 November 2017 - 11:21.

[GrumpyYoungMan]

In the OP, but it's in Spanish.

 

Guy is a hero, always the only one to do that during these kind of tests lol.

I should have said English...

 

Sorry and Thank you!

[Bleu]

Is that turn... 18?

T19. In other words, the corner just after going under the hotel.

[BalanceUT]

As if they weren't already offensive enough...ugh I hate that thing!

I    the halo. 

[P123]

Oh dear, even the halo is sprouting add-ons. Having flimsy scaffolding on top of a device that is meant to take heavy impacts and deflect debris way from the driver is not the most logical decision ever made.

[Danyy]

I    the halo.

What the..

[gillesfan76]

The Halo - answering a question that was never asked.

[Jazza]

I hate the halo, but I’m assuming these extra bits are just to help condition the airflow over the rest of the car; not there to add performance, but to compensate for the air disturbance of the halo being there in the first place.

[Yoshi]

https://www.auto-mot...ms-5586167.html

 

Lewis: "The hyper soft is the best tire from Pirelli since their return to F1. The others are still too hard, but we are heading in the right direction."

Edited by Yoshi, 29 November 2017 - 07:44.

[Exb]

What is with the McLaren drivers and turn 19

 

I didn't realise the teams only have the first hour to do their own thing, then they have to follow the Pirelli test programme.

[Kraken]

Brilliant! Let's add more loose bits (as close to the driver we can get them) which can end up in a driver's face or body in case of an accident.... 

 

I'm amazed once again by the incompetence of the FIA, in their decision making AND regulatory convolutions.

Yawn.

[Exb]

Test finished


Pos. Piloto Equipo Tiempo Diferencia laps.
1º Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1'37"551 118
2º Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1'38"490 +00"939 141
3º Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'38"736 +01"185 132
4º Sergio Perez Force India 1'38"818 +01"267 52
5º Esteban Ocon Force India 1'39"148 +01"597 72
6º Carlos Sainz Renault 1'39"444 +01"893 109
7º Robert Kubica Williams 1'39"485 +01"934 28
8º Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1'39"782 +02"231 105
9º Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'39"810 +02"259 124
10º Sergey Sirotkin Williams 1'39"947 +02"396 86
11º Charles Leclerc Sauber 1'40"666 +03"115 149
12º Lando Norris McLaren 1'41"714 +04"163 118
13º Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 1'43"345 +05"794 61
14º Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 1'44"827 +07"276 63

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