2022 Barcelona F1 Testing Thread 23-25 February
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The 1st pre-season test is held next week, so I thought we could use a thread to keep an eye on it. I believe times will be published at the end of the day, but as journalists will be present there should be plenty of information about.
A few teams are saying that the cars will be faster than last year, so early testing pace will be interesting. I don't suppose we'll get any definitive answers as to who's hot and who's in trouble, but you do tend to have an idea by the end of testing. The last F1 test in Barcelona was 2020, and I've put the times and laps data below for interest.
Circuit Info
2020 Testing
A few teams are saying that the cars will be faster than last year, so early testing pace will be interesting. I don't suppose we'll get any definitive answers as to who's hot and who's in trouble, but you do tend to have an idea by the end of testing. The last F1 test in Barcelona was 2020, and I've put the times and laps data below for interest.
Circuit Info
2020 Testing
Edited by Piginapoke on Sunday 20th February 08:22
30 mins of sky roundup and 30 mins of ted repeating the same things in a columbo style is about as much as it can sustain.
If they were on for 8hrs a day you wouldn't learn anything more.
They can fine tune it a bit by not saying sandbagging every other second. So karen should stay home.
If they were on for 8hrs a day you wouldn't learn anything more.
They can fine tune it a bit by not saying sandbagging every other second. So karen should stay home.
The containment thread is here https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Does anyone have any recollection of pre-season testing observations which either did or did not turn out to be accurate in previous seasons?
For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
mantis84 said:
Does anyone have any recollection of pre-season testing observations which either did or did not turn out to be accurate in previous seasons?
For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
Tsunoda last year appearing to be quite quick if you looked at the time sheets, and we know how that turned out.For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
rampageturke said:
mantis84 said:
Does anyone have any recollection of pre-season testing observations which either did or did not turn out to be accurate in previous seasons?
For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
Tsunoda last year appearing to be quite quick if you looked at the time sheets, and we know how that turned out.For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
rampageturke said:
mantis84 said:
Does anyone have any recollection of pre-season testing observations which either did or did not turn out to be accurate in previous seasons?
For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
Tsunoda last year appearing to be quite quick if you looked at the time sheets, and we know how that turned out.For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
mantis84 said:
Does anyone have any recollection of pre-season testing observations which either did or did not turn out to be accurate in previous seasons?
For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
I seem to remember Alfa Romeo/Sauber showed great promise which came to very little.For example, it was fairly obvious that Williams were in trouble the year they couldn't even get the car out on the track, while Ferrari often seem to turn up with some impressive lap times only to be a bit average once the season begins.
I was really hoping to see Kimi do well last year......
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