JEREZ, DAY 4 The final day of F1s first 2014 test session came to a halt a few minutes early as Magnussens McLaren ended up in the barriers, and Kvyats Toro Rosso stopped on track nearby having just emerged from the pits after a long hiatus duing the day - no word yet on whether or not the two things are related. Smile of the week is probably under the helmet of Williams Felipe Massa, with todays timesheet topping performance nearly a second faster than the second placed Ferrari of Alonso. Kamui Kobayashi, in the Renault-powered Caterham, managing more laps than Toro Rosso & Red Bull combined, was presumably also smiling. Todays stats: 1:28.229 - Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 86 laps 1:29.145 - Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 115 laps 1:29.457 - Daniel Juncadella , Force India-Mercedes, 81 laps 1:30.806 - Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes, 110 laps 1:30.822 - Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 41 laps 1:32.222 - Jules Bianchi, Marussia-Ferrari, 25 laps 107% =1:34.405 1:36.571 - Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari, 69 laps 1:36.951 - Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 91 laps 1:43.193 - Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham-Renault, 54 laps 1:44.016 - Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso-Renault, 9 laps 1:45.374 - Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 7 laps Mercedes power: 409 laps (59.4%) Ferrari power: 209 laps (30.4%) Renault power: 70 laps (10.2%) Red Bull packed up and went home early today, with the team choosing to focus on the next test in Bahrain rather than continue trying to fix things during this one. Newey and Horner returned to Milton Keynes yesterday. More here: formula1/news/headlines/2014/1/15454.html Speaking of Red Bull, I dont know why and I dont care; this is hilarious: https://twitter/wtf1couk/status/428634981070430209/photo/1 *** TEST WEEK 1 *** As predicted, the major rule and engine changes of 2014 have caused havoc at the first test of the season, with teams collectively amassing an average of 536 laps fewer per day than last year, ending the week nearly 60% down on 2013 lap counts. Lap times are also down, with the fastest time of the week down +5.397 seconds on 2013. Mercedes engines have dominated with Renault admitting that there are issues that they have to work on before the next test in Bahrain in a couple of weeks. Day 1: McLaren - no running, Red Bull & Caterham - no times, Marussia - no car! Day 2: Toro Rosso & Marussia - no running Day 3: Caterham, Marussia, Red Bull - no times set Day 4: all ran and set times NB - Lotus not present at this test * Weeks fastest times: 1:23.276 - Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes, day 3. Total laps: 162 = fastest time of day 3 1:23.700 - Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, day 3. Total laps: 133 1:23.952 - Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, day 3. Total laps: 121 1:24.165 - Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, day 2. Total laps: 83 = fastest time of day 2 1:24.812 - Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, day 2. Total laps: 78 1:25.344 - Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, day 2. Total laps: 42 1:25.495 - Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, day 3. Total laps: 173 1:25.588 - Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, day 2. Total laps: 188 1:26.096 - Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, day 3. Total laps: 17 1:27.104 = Fastest tme of day 1 1:28.229 = Fastest time of day 4 1:28.376 - Sergio Checo Perez, Force India-Mercedes, day 2. Total laps: 48 1:29.105 = 107% of fastest overall time 1:29.457 - Daniel Juncadella , Force India-Mercedes, day 4. Total laps: 81 1:29.915 - Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso-Renault, day 3. Total laps: 45 1:30.161 - Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari, day 3. Total laps: 103 1:32.222 - Jules Bianchi, Marussia-Ferrari, day 4. Total laps: 25 1:33.270 - Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari, day 2. Total laps: 60 1:37.975 - Marcus Ericsson, Caterham-Renault, day 2. Total laps: 12 1:38.320 - Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, day 2. Total laps: 11 1:43.193 - Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham-Renault, day 4. Total laps: 54 1:44.016 - Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso-Renault, day 4. Total laps: 9 1:45.374 - Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, day 4. Total laps: 10 No time set - Robin Frijns, Caterham-Renault. Total laps: 10 No time set - Max Chilton, Marussia-Ferrari. Total laps: 5 * Team lap totals: Mercedes: 18 + 97 + 62 + 132 = 309 (21.0%) Ferrari: 31 + 47 + 58 + 115 = 251 (17.1%) McLaren-Mercedes: 0 + 43 + 92 + 110 = 245 (16.7%) Williams-Mercedes: 7 + 35 + 47 + 86 = 175 (11.9%) Sauber-Ferrari: 7 + 53 + 34 + 69 = 163 (11.1%) Force India-Mercedes: 11 + 37 + 17 + 81 = 146 (9.9%) Caterham-Renault: 1 + 11 + 10 + 54 = 76 (5.2%) Toro Rosso-Renault: 15 + 0 + 30 + 9 = 54 (3.7%) Marussia-Ferrari: 0 + 0 + 5 + 25 = 30 (2.0%) Red Bull-Renault: 3 + 8 + 3 + 7 = 21 (1.4%) * Engine totals: Mercedes power: 36 + 212 + 218 + 409 = 875 (59.5%) Ferrari power: 38 + 100 + 97 + 209 = 444 (30.2%) Renault power: 19 + 19 + 43 + 70 = 151 (10.3%) * Total laps for the 4 days are as follows: 2013: 654 + 856 + 923 + 1181 = 3614 2014: 93 + 331 + 358 + 688 = 1470 (40.7%) *** OTHER *** This week marks one month since Michael Schumachers skiing accident. While doctors have started to bring him out of his medically-induced coma, Ferrari have displayed the message #ForzaMichael on their car while Mercedes ran the message #KeepFightingMichael. https://twitter/WilliamEslerF1/status/428507096594649088/photo/1 And finally: An anteater, a proboscis monkey, a crooked crab and a beluga whale walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, Is this some kind of Formula 1 joke?
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:27:43 +0000
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