Second Barcelona Test 1st-4th Mar 2012 - news and pics

[FerrariF60]

Strange that his cap peak is not flat

it's an oakley cap, not a Ferrari cap; he only likes wearing those Ferrari caps with a flat peak...

[MarlboroFA]

a couple more pics of yesterday.

[vortex]

15:02 Alonso goes back out, on hards again.

[OSS EL BOSS]

Autosport is really pathetic:14:56 Schumacher and Hamilton currently fastest men on track in 1m28s.

Alonso:

96

1:27.383

+0.302

Even if ferrari is not slow they imagine it it so.

[vortex]

Even if ferrari is not slow they imagine it it so.

Exually my thought,

[SAEED]

PaulHembery- “@emanuelegar: @PaulHembery d'you think Ferrari looks bad or it's just a strategy?”looked ok today. early days to draw any conclusions

[FrankAlfa]

What is very positive is that Ferrari are now at a point where they are concentrating on rece distances and race setups and have reduced the amount of time spent on parts. Ferrari now have to pick the parts to use and get the car ready for racing! Testing has gone well from the reliability stand point and that is excellent. Good to see Red Bull having some problems with their car to rob them of vital track time! I think in the end most teams will be close but on the potential curve Ferrari's innovative design could prove the advantage in the season. Development of the F2012 must be rapid for the Ferrari Team get to the front of the pack!

Ciao.

Forza Ferrari!!!!

[EL NANO]

Alonso is a veteran with the media and he always chooses his words carefully, I believe he said this to trow off the competition .. U see he has a smirk on his face... Ferrari will win in AUS

[MarlboroFA]

we don't need umbrellas lol




pit stop

[Fer12]

Today will be ferrari first press conference of this test...hope fry has some genuine news..don care if its good or bad..just honest.

[PURE PASSION]

Today will be ferrari first press conference of this test...hope fry has some genuine news..don care if its good or bad..just honest.

[MarlboroFA]

another pic from the pit stop, look how they are loving the car lol... and the little spies from Mclaren in the background...

[fastcarchar]

Alonso is a veteran with the media and he always chooses his words carefully, I believe he said this to trow off the competition .. U see he has a smirk on his face... Ferrari will win in AUS

I would agree, as I said, it was a very tongue and cheek interview from Fernando

[rsaca]

I'm glad Ferrari improved on tyre degradation from Tuesday. Very consistent lap times from Fernando with a 0.5s drop-off. We had 2.0s drop-off on Tuesday!

[Fer12]

Why would Mclaren spy on a car that is supposed to scrap out with HRT...unless...

[OSS EL BOSS]

* Loads of you hope and believe Lotus is extremely fast

* Most of you think Red Bull and McLaren are way quicker than they have tended to look

* Many of you hope Ferrari's quick times have been 'real'

* A lot of you are optimistic about Williams's better times from testing

So if we do quick times they are unreal and fake and if we do slow times they are representative and real

[NJB13]

So if we do quick times they are unreal and fake and if we do slow times they are representative and real

Hey, you can get a job at Autosport with that kind of thinking

[MarlboroFA]

Why would Mclaren spy on a car that is supposed to scrap out with HRT...unless...

to be honest Newey last year was checking the 150th Italia, in part ferme in almost every race...

but by the looks of it, using phones to make the picture they are just fans haha

[Kyss4k]

What the hell is wrong with Autosport? Are they drunk or high?
15:31 Of those on track now, only Schumacher is lapping below 1m30s. The German has soft tyres on his Mercedes again, so is unlikely to be out for much more than 10 laps.


Alonso:

103	1:27.418
104	1:27.337	-0.081
105	1:27.881	+0.544
106	1:27.527	-0.354

[OSS EL BOSS]

What the hell is wrong with Autosport? Are they drunk or high?
15:31 Of those on track now, only Schumacher is lapping below 1m30s. The German has soft tyres on his Mercedes again, so is unlikely to be out for much more than 10 laps.


Alonso:

103	1:27.418
104	1:27.337	-0.081
105	1:27.881	+0.544
106	1:27.527	-0.354

they cant believe that ferrari is quick, they think its a timing mistake

[Fer12]

to be honest Newey last year was checking the 150th Italia, in part ferme in almost every race...

but by the looks of it, using phones to make the picture they are just fans haha

lol ur rite..notice they dont have those headphones..

[medeni73]

something for desktop...:)

[MarlboroFA]

something for desktop...:)
http://www.formula1.com/wi/0x0/sutto...l1204ma084.jpg

nice...

a bit closer...

[FerrariF60]

so if these are the times WE did last year in BARCA in qualifying:

Q3

Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:20.981
Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:21.181
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.961
Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:21.964

that means our lap time today is only about ONE second slower then the flying lap Alonso did in Q3 last year in BCN??
and also who knows HOW much fuel Alonso had when he posted that lap today.

any thoughts?? waht do you guys think??

[OSS EL BOSS]

Gary anderson sobre la simulación de carrera de Kimi. Pinta bien: "Kimi Raikkonen has been out doing a race simulation run, and if you compute his lap times on that back to his fastest lap this morning, it looks like he had a maximum of 20kg of fuel in to do that 1:22.0. His race run has been pretty consistent. He ran soft tyres and then medium, while Lewis Hamilton out at the same time in the McLaren ran soft-soft. Hamilton was a little quicker but had more drop-off - Raikkonen lost 1.3secs over a stint, while Hamilton lost 2secs and 2.4secs. The Lotus looks like it's doing a decent job, the car looks balanced and Raikkonen has always been good at banging in the lap times."

[OSS EL BOSS]

so if these are the times WE did last year in BARCA in qualifying:

Q3

Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:20.981
Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:21.181
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.961
Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:21.964

that means our lap time today is NOT that much slower then the flying lap Alonso did in Q3 last year in BCN

any thoughts?? waht do you guys think??

Well, its a little mysteriou because there are teams who have been already quicker than in last years qualifying, maybe the conditions like wind as example make difference.

[Hornet]

that means our lap time today is NOT that much slower then the flying lap Alonso did in Q3 last year in BCN

any thoughts?? waht do you guys think??

At the moment I'm not too worried about Ferrari's raw pace, I think we are right up there with McLaren and RB. What I'm worried about is Fry's comment about the very small performance window and reports about our tires losing its pace too quickly.

This is one of the consistent thing we've been hearing about Ferrari since the first testing week so there's probably some truth in it. And if its true, it could potentially affect our race performance.

[MarlboroFA]

F2012 in action...

[FerrariF60]

Well, its a little mysteriou because there are teams who have been already quicker than in last years qualifying, maybe the conditions like wind as example make difference.

you mean quicker in this year's winter testing then Red Fool's pole position last year which was 1:20.981??? if so WHO was that??

[fastcarchar]

Autosport getting the Ferrari digs in before end of final testing, lucky I only use them for their timings, coz their commentary is shocking