Archive for the ‘Test Sessions’ Category
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Virgin Racing suffers hydraulic leak
Virgin Racing today concluded its three-test, pre-season programme at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, the team’s final day of running ahead of the season curtain-raiser in Bahrain in two weeks’ time.
In consistently warm and dry conditions, Lucas di Grassi completed 49 laps and set a best time of 1:26.160.
The past three weeks have witnessed [...]
Vettel and Webber concludes testing
Having had less time on track than expected yesterday, Sebastian started the test this morning with Mark finishing the pre-season preparations in the afternoon. It was a similar programme for both drivers which the team successfully completed; establishing the final set-ups for the start of the season with varying fuel loads.
Ian Morgan, Head of Race [...]
Kubica completes Barcelona test
Dry and sunny weather in Barcelona gave good testing conditions. The team lost some track time in the morning with a technical problem, but covered good mileage in the afternoon.
Robert Kubica:
“In the morning we lost a lot of track time with a technical problem. In the afternoon we tried to do a race distance, which [...]
Ferrari tests in Barcelona concluded
Today marked the end of winter testing in preparation for the Formula 1 World Championship, at the Catalunya Circuit, near Barcelona.
Circuit: Catalunya Circuit, Montmelò – 4.655 km
Driver: Felipe Massa
Car: Ferrari F10
Weather: air temperature 15/19 °C, track temperature 15/23 °C. Overcast.
Having driven the F10 on its track debut in Valencia a month ago, it fell to [...]
McLaren strong on final day
Final day of pre-season testing. Lewis was back in the car today, continuing the understanding, evaluation and development of new components that Jenson had started yesterday.
With a more innate understanding of the new package, Lewis’s engineers were able to spend the morning fine-tuning MP4-25’s set-up while also carrying out a number of pitstop practices.
At the [...]
Force India testing concludes in Barcelona
Adrian Sutil brought the Force India F1 Team’s 2010 winter testing programme to a close at the Circuit de Catalunya today. The German ended the testing on a high with the fourth quickest time of the day, 0.139secs behind Lewis Hamilton.
Adrian worked through a full race programme today in anticipation of the start of the [...]
