Winter Testing Analysis: A faux championship makes Ferrari most likely to succeed
February 28, 2010 by vmr
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, People & Events, Top Story, VMR on Sunday
After fifteen days of watching lap times and red flags and hearing the teams bemoan wet and windy conditions, one has to wonder, what does it all mean? Simply put, those watching have really no idea what any of the faster or slower lap times mean, if only because each team used the on-track time [...]
Barcelona full test analysis: Inconsistent teams, consistent drivers
February 28, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Parc Fermé, People & Events
No more testing in 2010. Lots of racing, though. This past week’s testing in Barcelona has been one where the teams did not complain about the weather, and F1B actually had someone at the test session. Even with an eye-witness and access to all the team’s Twitter accounts and some live timing, it is still [...]
Reminder: Driver line-up for Barcelona testing, with live F1B coverage
February 24, 2010 by vmr
Filed under People & Events
The final pre-season testing for the 2010 Formula1 season begins Thursday in Barcelona. Mark will be providing live coverage for F1B, as he so (justifiably) excitedly informed everyone Tuesday night. However, for those wondering who will be driving when, here is a handy little chart telling you just that information (line-up courtesy of Autosport):
Team
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Ferrari
Alonso
Alonso
Massa
Massa
Force India
Liuzzi
Liuizzi
Sutil
Sutil
LotusF1
Fauzy
Trulli
Trulli
Kovalainen
McLaren
Button
Hamilton
Button
Hamilton
Mercedes [...]
Jerez test 2 final analysis: Red Bull most consistently quick, wet and dry
February 20, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
Another winter testing session done, only one more to go before the racing starts in Bahrain. If you thought the weather was capricious for last week’s testing in Jerez, that was nothing on this one. True, the teams had less to complain about with actual sunshine the final two days, but that change from torrential [...]
Jerez test 2, day 2: Barrichello tops a frustrating day for the teams
February 18, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Parc Fermé, People & Events
While the weather changed from wet to sun and back again in just enough time to change tires, the teams concentrated on “doing some work on race procedures and hoping it might dry out,” as Mercedes GP put it on Twitter. Ferrari noted the same thing, “We’re just carrying on some work on race procedures [...]
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