Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

Here are the times of todays test on a dry circuit ( finaly ,there where some wet spots on the track in the beginning but they soon dry'd up after some sun came trough !

1. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:19.299 Laps 115
2. F. Alonso Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:20.115 +0.816 Laps 132
3. J. Button McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:20.394 +1.095 Laps 101
4. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32
Best Time 1:21.432 +2.133 Laps 138
5. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:21.437 +2.138 Laps 79
6. R. Kubica Renault R30
Best Time 1:21.916 +2.617 Laps 100
7. A. Sutil Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:21.939 +2.640 Laps 69
8. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29
Best Time 1:22.228 +2.929 Laps 28
9. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:22.564 +3.265 Laps 120
10. L. Di Grassi Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:23.504 +4.205 Laps 34
11. H. Kovalainen Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:23.521 +4.222 Laps 68

Ramon Carabante has taken over the team of Campos Meta 1 ,and Colin Kolles returns to F1 to take over from Campos as team principal and managing director.
So far the Lotus T127’s first test has been going pretty well ,the reliability seems to be oké ( atleashed at these testing days ).
The lastest rumor is that Former World Champion F1 Jacques Villeneuve is “very near” to signing a deal whit the Stefan GP and so it could be that he also makes a return to Formula 1 if this team gets a licence of the FIA when the US F1 team doesn'd make it ,but this is still a rumor !!!!! (Stefan GP has taken over Toyota F1 )
Hmm if this will be the case than we will see 5 World Champions in 1 season of F1

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

These are the times of today ,but again like yesterday there was a lot of rain ,so we still don't know what the full potention of the cars are !!!

1. R. Barrichello Williams FW32
Best Time 1:27.145 Laps 98
2. V. Petrov Renault R30
Best Time 1:27.828 +0.683 Laps 56
3. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:28.162 +1.017 Laps 70
4. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:28.515 +1.370 Laps 71
5. F. Massa Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:28.879 +1.734 Laps 92
6. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29
Best Time 1:29.691 +2.546 Laps 8
7. P. di Resta Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:30.344 +3.199 Laps 3
8. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:30.476 +3.331 Laps 72
9. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:30.666 +3.521 Laps 24
10. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:30.979 +3.834 Laps 57
11. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:32.678 +5.533 Laps 57
12. H. Kovalainen Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:33.554 +6.409 Laps 30

The Mercedes GP tested during the whole day there pitstops because of the bad weather condicition .
Kovalainen drove for the first time the Lotus car and crashed into the barrier and lost his front wing ,this was also the end of his testing because they had thesame problem like the Virgin Racing Team had last week ,they had no spare parts !!! But the new parts will be ariving tonight so that they resume testing again tomorrow !
The time that was set by Barrichello was at a dry moment ,after that nobody could beat that time because of the rain !
And for the first time since he testing began the Ferrari F10 had some technical problems ,but it better can happen now ,than at the start of the first GP !!!
Tomorrow's weather will be a bit better.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

The first day of testing in a new week ,with some variable weahter ( some rain,some sun)

1. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:22.593 Laps 99
2. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:23.017 +0.424 Laps 72
3. F. Massa Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:23.204 +0.611 Laps 72
4. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:23.322 +0.729 Laps 79
5. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29
Best Time 1:23.367 +0.774 Laps 76
6. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:23.803 +1.210 Laps 111
7. A. Sutil Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:24.272 +1.679 Laps 28
8. P. di Resta Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:25.088 +2.495 Laps 74
9. V. Petrov Renault R30
Best Time 1:26.237 +3.644 Laps 55
10. R. Barrichello Williams FW32
Best Time 1:27.320 +4.727 Laps 109
11. F. Fauzy Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:31.848 +9.255 Laps 76
12. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:32.417 +9.824 Laps 10

Felipé drove today a new chassis of the F10 ,this car has some little update of aerodynamics andmechanical updates ,next week they will have some greater updates on there car .
Lotus made there first official formula 1 test today and the first result of todays test was not so bad !
There where some technical problems at Williams !
And the latest rumor is that the USF1 will not be at the start this season !!!!!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

These are the names of the drivers who will be driving the car at that day starting from tomorrow till saturday ! Expect a bad forecast of weather , again with a lot of rain

McLaren

Woensdag: Jenson Button
Donderdag: Jenson Button
Vrijdag: Lewis Hamilton
Zaterdag: Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes Grand Prix

Woensdag: Michael Schumacher
Donderdag: Nico Rosberg
Vrijdag: Michael Schumacher
Zaterdag: Nico Rosberg

Red Bull Racing

Woensdag: Sebastian Vettel
Donderdag: Sebastian Vettel
Vrijdag: Mark Webber
Zaterdag: Mark Webber

Ferrari

Woensdag: Felipe Massa
Donderdag: Felipe Massa
Vrijdag: Fernando Alonso
Zaterdag: Fernando Alonso

Sauber

Woensdag: Pedro de la Rosa
Donderdag: Pedro de la Rosa
Vrijdag: Kamui Kobayashi
Zaterdag: Kamui Kobayashi

Williams

Woensdag: Rubens Barrichello
Donderdag: Rubens Barrichello
Vrijdag: Nico Hülkenberg
Zaterdag: Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

Woensdag: Vitaly Petrov
Donderdag: Vitaly Petrov
Vrijdag: Robert Kubica
Zaterdag: Robert Kubica

Force India

Woensdag: Paul di Resta (ochtend), Adrian Sutil (middag)
Donderdag: Adrian Sutil
Vrijdag: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Zaterdag: Vitantonio Liuzzi

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Woensdag: Sebastien Buemi
Donderdag: Sebastien Buemi
Vrijdag: Jaime Alguersuari
Zaterdag: Jaime Alguersuari

Lotus F1

Woensdag: Fairuz Fauzy
Donderdag: Heikki Kovalainen
Vrijdag: Heikki Kovalainen
Zaterdag: Jarno Trulli

Virgin Racing

Not yet known

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Sorry for the late post but here are the times from friday ,the conditions where bad because there was a lot of rain on this day but the teams did drive so that they will now how the car is handeling in raining conditions !

1. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:19.919 Laps 76
2. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29
Best Time 1:20.736 +0.817 Laps 58
3. A. Sutil Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:21.428 +1.509 Laps 48
4. F. Massa Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:21.603 +1.684 Laps 72
5. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:21.783 +1.864 Laps 59
6. V. Petrov Renault R30
Best Time 1:22.000 +2.081 Laps 68
7. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:22.820 +2.901 Laps 53
8. R. Barrichello Williams FW32
Best Time 1:23.217 +3.298 Laps 120
9. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:23.985 +4.066 Laps 68
10. L. Di Grassi Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:37.107 +17.188 Laps 8

The most productif car at this day was Barrichello in his Williams with completing 120 laps on the circuit of Jerez and again the Virgin Racing Team did not many laps only 8 !!

Here are the results of yesterday (saturday) in the morning there was again some rain but at midday the sun came trough so the conditions where mutch better !

1. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:19.583 Laps 113
2. A. Sutil Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:20.180 +0.597 Laps 84
3. R. Barrichello Williams FW32
Best Time 1:20.341 +0.758 Laps 90
4. R. Kubica Renault R30
Best Time 1:20.358 +0.775 Laps 85
5. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:20.613 +1.030 Laps 84
6. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:21.203 +1.620 Laps 90
7. F. Massa Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:21.485 +1.902 Laps 160 8. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29
Best Time 1:22.134 +2.551 Laps 105
9. L. Di Grassi Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:22.912 +3.329 Laps 63
10. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:24.072 +4.489 Laps 98

It seems that the condition of Felipé is 100% after his accident from last year ,he did 160 laps on the track ( this is a 700 km or a two complete race distances) and the Ferrari looks to be a mutch better and consistend car than the last one from last year ( atleashed for now )
The next test will be from the 17th till 20th ,the names of the drivers wil follow as soon when i know them !

Kind Regards
Shaky

ps: i almost forgot ,on friday there was also the launch of the Lotus F1 car ,i added some photos of it . Nice to see the name Lotus again at the Formula 1( even when it has a Cosworth engine in it ) ,let's hope that the car will not be a dissapointment ! So now we stil have to wait for 2 teams to launch there car namely UsF1 and Compos Meta 1 !

Here are the results of today's test ! The weather was after a short period of rain dry so the condissions were better today !
1. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29
Best Time 1:19.950 Laps 103
2. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:20.026 +0.076 Laps 121
3. J. Button McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:20.618 +0.668 Laps 83
4. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32
Best Time 1:20.629 +0.679 Laps 67
5. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:20.754 +0.804 Laps 80
6. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:21.083 +1.133 Laps 124
7. F. Alonso Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:21.424 +1.474 Laps 129
8. R. Kubica Renault R30
Best Time 1:22.003 +2.053 Laps 103
9. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:22.043 +2.093 Laps 99
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:29.964 +10.014 Laps 11

The most actif pilots today were the two World Champions Schumi and Alonso ,the pilot that was not long at the track was Glock ,he did only eleven laps and the reason for this was that he lost his front wing and they did not have another one ,the team is flying spare parts over so that they can continue testing tomorrow !
The weather condiscion for tomorrow is looking not good at all because there will be some heavy rain and also some thunder !!!!! I add some youtube vids of the testing that i saw ,enjoy !!!!



Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Hey shaky!

You're crazy!

But please, in your privacy life - don't drive so fast...

Times from today’s test at Jerez

Driver Car
Nico Rosberg Mercedes W01
Best time 80.927 Laps 57
Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5
Best time 81.031 Laps 84 0.104
Nico Hülkenberg Williams-Cosworth FW32
Best time 82.243 Laps 118 1.316
Fernando Alonso Ferrari F10
Best time 82.895 Laps 88 1.968
Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29
Best time 83.287 Laps 55 2.36
Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes MP4
Best time 84.947 Laps 68 4.02
Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes VJ
Best time 84.968 Laps 71 4.041
Vitaly Petrov Renault R30
Best time 85.44 Laps 27 4.513
Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault RB6
Best time 86.502 Laps 50 5.575
Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth VR-01
Best time 98.734 Laps 5 17.807

The test started at a dry circuit but 1 hour later it began to rain ,there was some more in the afternoon with some heave rainshowers now and than ! So what will it be tomorrow ?


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here are the names of the F1 Teams and there drivers who will participaid in the 4 days test at the Jerez circuit starting at wednesday the 10th till saturday the 13th !

McLaren
Woensdag - Jenson Button
Donderdag - Jenson Button
Vrijdag - Lewis Hamilton
Zaterdag - Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes Grand Prix
Woensdag - Nico Rosberg
Donderdag - Michael Schumacher
Vrijdag - Nico Rosberg
Zaterdag - Michael Schumacher

Red Bull Racing
Woensdag - Mark Webber
Donderdag - Mark Webber
Vrijdag - Sebastian Vettel
Zaterdag - Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari
Woensdag - Fernando Alonso
Donderdag - Fernando Alonso
Vrijdag - Felipe Massa
Zaterdag - Felipe Massa

Sauber
Woensdag - Kamui Kobayashi
Donderdag - Kamui Kobayashi
Vrijdag - Pedro de la Rosa
Zaterdag - Pedro de la Rosa

Williams
Woensdag - Nico Hülkenberg
Donderdag - Nico Hülkenberg
Vrijdag - Rubens Barrichello
Zaterdag - Rubens Barrichello

Renault
Woensdag - Vitaly Petrov
Donderdag - Vitaly Petrov
Vrijdag - Robert Kubica
Zaterdag - Robert Kubica

Force India
Woensdag - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Donderdag - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vrijdag - Adrian Sutil
Zaterdag - Adrian Sutil

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Woensdag - Sebastien Buemi
Donderdag - Sebastien Buemi
Vrijdag - Jaime Alguersuari
Zaterdag - Jaime Alguersuari

Virgin Racing
Woensdag - Timo Glock
Donderdag - Timo Glock
Vrijdag - Lucas di Grassi
Zaterdag - Lucas di Grassi

It could be that the list can change in these days but for now this is the information i have seen about this test !!!

the results of the first test will be put tomorrow late afternoon/night on this topic

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Chewy wrote:I guess this year I will have two teams I wish to win, Ferrari and Mercedes.

I must say it will not be easy for me because i was a Ferrari fan before Schumi joined the team and when he came too the team i found my cirlce complete but now it is not easy because Ferrari whitout Schumi won't be thesame . And now he is driving for MercedesGp what will i do ? Hmmm as i did before i support the Ferrari team with Felipé Massa and Alonso ( this will be very strange for me that he(Alonso) is driving at Ferrari because i always saw him as a rival against Schumi and the Ferrari team ,i always hated him when he drove over the finish line for Schumi and now he is a driver for the team ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhh ,thank god that they still have Felipé ) and hmm as a driver i go for Schumi .Mmmmmmmeeeennnnnnn still will be a strange season for me to watch But i hope we will see some very nice clean respectfull races whitout some political interfearance and whitout some weird FIA rules .
But first there will be some testing this week at the circuit of Jerez in Spain starting from the 10th till the 13th with also some more teams than last week including Red Bull and the new team Virgin Racing !!!!

I guess this year I will have two teams I wish to win, Ferrari and Mercedes.

Today was the last day of testing for this week ,with today 3 F1 World Champions in action on the track namely Schumi ,Alonso for the first time in the Ferrari F10 and also Buttonfor the first time in the McLaren-Mercedes .There where today 36.000 people/fans who saw these guys in action at Valencia .

Here are the results from today .

1. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:11.470
Laps 127
2. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29 1:12.094
+0.624 Laps 80
3. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:12.438
+0.968 Laps 82
4. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5 1:12.576
+1.106 Laps 97
5. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:12.951
+1.481 Laps 82
6. V. Petrov Renault R30 1:13.097
+1.627 Laps 75
7. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:13.669
+2.199 Laps 126

What can we see at this moment is that the Ferrari is better than the car from last year because it's up at the first place in these 3 days of testing and also surprising is to see that the team of Sauber is also on a good way ,atleashed for now but ofcourse we have to wait until the very first race of this season witch begin in 3 weeks from now ,so i hope time flies by so that we soon can see the first race witch will start at Bahrein. But first there will be a next 4 days test next week also at Valencia.

And today was also the presentation of the very first F1 car of Virgin Racing the team of Richard Branson and i must admit that the colors look great on this car .

Simone, the italian mod, is a Ferrari (and Felipe Massa) supporter.
He has just said.

Here are the times of day 2 testing at Valencia . For the moment it looks like Ferrai did a better job than last year ,but ofcourse we have to wait until the first F1 race to be sure !!!!!! Yesterday was also the first test from Michael Schumacher at MercedesGp after beïng out of pension for three seasons and i must admid it was very very strange to see him drive a Mercedes after beïng so long as a Ferrari pilot .Schumi found it fantastic to drivez again he said " it was back like in '91 when i first drove a F1 car " ,so it seems that "Der Meister " will be very hungry again to get a World Title add to his name






1. F. Massa Ferrari F10 1:11.722
Laps 124

2. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:12.056
+0.334 Laps 96

3. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25 1:12.256
+0.534 Laps 108

4. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:12.426
+0.704 Laps 119

5. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01 1:12.899
+1.177 Laps 119

6. R. Barrichello Williams FW32 1:13.377
+1.655 Laps 102

7. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:13.849
+2.127 Laps 107


Here is a short vid of "Der Meister " driving the F1 Mercedes Gp car at the track




Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here is a vid of the testday from today ! Enjoy






Kind Regards
Shaky