F1 2022 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[patrese86]

catastrophic drop for every lap

Not every lap, his second and fifth laps were quicker than the previous one. It's too difficult to read though without having inside knowledge of setups

[Redfive]

What are our chances guys, how are things looking? Can we even hope to battle with Merc? (fingers and toes crossed.. hoping!)

[patrese86]

Another red flag. That'll be the morning session done then

[JacKy]

Leclerc was on a stint with C2 / 11 laps old tyres

1:41.396
1:41.621
1:41.733

[patrese86]

Leclerc was on a stint with C2 / 11 laps old tyres

1:41.396
1:41.621
1:41.733

A bit more consistent on those, albeit small sample size. I think it's a good thing we've ditched the q2 tyre requirement for the race start as the softer compound doesn't seem very good for longer than a few laps.

[tifosi1993]

Conditions aren't representative, they are not going to race in this temperature. So I wouldn't read too much into it. But we do know one thing, the F1-75 definitively won the F1 beauty contest.

[JacKy]

Oh they are going to do a standing start with ferrari/ amr / merc/ rb

[JacKy]

Noo bottas blown it what a shame

Red flag !

[Gilles]

Thanks, since Greig ignored the request. Gilles, the link is 404 error though.

It works both on my PC and phone...

[Grinsomx]

An overview of the tires used.
feel free to delete if i am breaking any rules by posting this
laptireoverview.png

[JacKy]

FYI

2014 Testing Fastest Times and Q3 times at Bahrain

Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:33.258 ———— Q3 - 1:34.247
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:33.278 ——- Q3 - 1:33.185
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:34.280 ———- Q3 - 1:34.368
Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1:34.910 ——- Q3 - 1:34.387
Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:35.743 ———-Q3 - 1:34.051

all tyres was available at testing , not sure about q3 tyres.

Not sure if track has been changed since 2014

[subfire91]

anyone know the lap time differences between compounds for this year's tyres ?

[Gilles]

Leclerc’ Stints with c3

1:39.590
1:40.477
1:40.977
1:41.075
1:41.576
1:41.876
1:42.380
1:42.279
1:42.732
1:42.966
1:43.461
1:44.100
1:44.684

0.500 drop by everylap

I saw the same thing yesterday, I also wonder

[aroutis]

Its amazing that with such prescriptive regulations Mercedes still came up with a such unique solution compared to everyone else. Even Brawn said they never anticipated this extreme design when creating the new rules. Isn’t it amazing to see that it is always Mercedes that comes up with the best solution and the one that is not even anticipated by rule makers? And eventually that solution always gets a green light from the FIA. Is it just a coincidence, does Mercedes have the brain power that no one else has? Or it is something else? Again, 9 other teams with hundreds of engineers and not one came up with this solution. Very interesting. It is also interesting that in a budget cap era, they can somehow build one car for the release date, a completely different car for the first test and another completely different car for test 2. Will Merc change LuLu and Geroge’s engine every race this year and run at fully party mode all the time? Afterall, their budget seems endless.

What best solution?
How did you end up to this resolution ?
Where are the results that support what you say?
Mind you, we discuss THIS year.

[patrese86]

Is this Will Buxton? Someone on sky going crazy over Strolls time on a medium where Sainz goes 4 tenths quicker on a harder compound..

Edit: There goes Sainz one second quicker than stroll on the same compound *crickets*

[jgonzalesm6]

That W13 is still porpoising badly down the straight and we're on day 2 at Bahrain.

[Gilles]

That's dreadful tire wear. I hope that's just a characteristic of the tire and not the car. However if its the tires, then we are back to the early Pirelli days when drivers will hold back 2 or 3 seconds a lap to save the tires.

Like everyone, i really hope not, it would be the reverse of the goal communicated by Pirelli. We want driving races, not tire management races

[Gilles]

Carlos P1 now, 1:33"943 on mediums (for memory : Max Verstappen posted a 1:28.960 during testing at Bahrain in 2021)

[JacKy]

anyone know the lap time differences between compounds for this year's tyres ?

Pirelli aims to 0.7s gap between compounds. Usually around 0.5-0.6

[Aziz]

Like everyone, i really hope not, it would be the reverse of the goal communicated by Pirelli. We want driving races, not tire management races

Sainz on Russell’s claim that Ferrari look the strongest: "Typical Mercedes, typical George, hype up the others and come to the first race and blow the competition away. If it was the first year, I might have believed them. Already on the GPS we can see what they are doing."

[ferrari1.8t]

What best solution?
How did you end up to this resolution ?
Where are the results that support what you say?
Mind you, we discuss THIS year.

Merc has destroyed the competition for 8 years in a row. Is it wrong to assume they might still know what they are doing? Also, I had clarified my comment in another post; “best” was referring to past solutions. Yes, you are correct to say that when speaking of this year no one knows what best is yet. I think our car is beautiful and purposeful. Ferrari has put a lot of work into these new regulations and I am optimistic that we will have a good year.

[tifosi1993]

Sainz is out on C4. Ferrari will do a race sim tonight.

[ferrari1.8t]

08:47 Sainz, on C4 tyres, logs a 1m33.532s to extend his advantage at the top - setting the best sectors two and three of the day with a bit of assistance from Hamilton on the main straight

[tifosi1993]

1:33.532 on C4. But the engine has been turned down heavily, no purple/PB minisectors on the straights.

[stefa]

Sainz on Russell’s claim that Ferrari look the strongest: "Typical Mercedes, typical George, hype up the others and come to the first race and blow the competition away. If it was the first year, I might have believed them. Already on the GPS we can see what they are doing."

That is what I am afraid of...

[subfire91]

1:33.532 on C4. But the engine has been turned down heavily, no purple/PB minisectors on the straights.

he can do better with the same engine mode. no purple first sector. i believe he can do high 32:9- 33:2

[Gilles]

That is what I am afraid of...

Nothing new, sadly, also at the same time always say that others are better, but why?
I don’t like these manners
This was already the case in 2014 when they had cheated on the PU, with an advantage of 100 HP or even much more
Incomprehensible, arrogant and very unfriendly!

[PURE PASSION]

Nothing new, sadly, also at the same time always say that others are better, but why?
I don’t like these manners
This was already the case in 2014 when they had cheated on the PU, with an advantage of 100 HP or even much more
Incomprehensible, arrogant and very unfriendly!

[PURE PASSION]

�� Charles Leclerc: "The Ferrari F1-75 behaves very similar to what came out of the simulator. The correlation is very good compared to the past."

(@diegocatalano77)

[subfire91]

Nothing new, sadly, also at the same time always say that others are better, but why?
I don’t like these manners
This was already the case in 2014 when they had cheated on the PU, with an advantage of 100 HP or even much more
Incomprehensible, arrogant and very unfriendly!

whatever they say we for sure should not believe and expect them to be 1s slower. if we are on par we should be happy my opinion. do not forget we had a lot of ground to cover especially engine wise.

we cannot be from almost one second slower to a second faster in a timeframe of 3 months.