Testing at Silverstone - Page 2

SALEEN S7R · 29 Aug 2007, 09:14 (Ref:1999030)

Just as a point of comparissan, the last major series to use the International layout to my knowledge is the FIA GT Championship, in 2005 the pole was a 1:15.792. Now given that the cars performance has undoubtedly improved since 2005 you could expect that pole to be around a 1:13 or perhaps a 1:12. Now comparing that to the 1:10's of the A1 GP cars I would say that the A1 GP cars have a remarkably good turn of speed, around the same sort of pace as a good LMP2 car but not as fast as a LMP1.

Kebab · 29 Aug 2007, 10:06 (Ref:1999055)

GBR just did a 1m10.2 ... perhaps they can get into the 1m09's this afternoon?

cos · 29 Aug 2007, 12:24 (Ref:1999140)

This morning's times:

1 GERMANY 1m 10.005s
2 GREAT BRITIAN 1m 10.252s
3 SWITZERLAND 1m 10.311s
4 NEW ZEALAND 1m 10.618s
5 PORTUGAL 1m 10.817s
6 BRAZIL 1m 10.762s
7 PAKISTAN 1m 10.958s
8 USA 1m 11.047s
9 NETHERLANDS 1m 11.091s
10 CHINA 1m 11.152s
11 FRANCE 1m 11.167s
12 MALAYSIA 1m 11.169s
13 SOUTH AFRICA 1m 11.295s
14 CANADA 1m 11.398s
15 IRELAND 1m 11.530s
16 AUSTRALIA 1m 11.535s
17 LEBANON 1m 11.880s
18 CZECH REPUBLIC 1m 11.908s
19 INDONESIA 1m 12.103s
20 ITALY 1m 12.115s
21 MEXICO 1m 12.638s
22 INDIA No laps

JamesRamone · 29 Aug 2007, 13:24 (Ref:1999184)

anyone been? Got any photo's?

JurekB · 29 Aug 2007, 14:34 (Ref:1999222)

Here are some from yesterday.

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Suze · 29 Aug 2007, 21:06 (Ref:1999550)

Believe the below is correct re drivers for today,....and some countries may have had more than one driver:

Germany - Christian Vietoris
Switzerland - Buemi
GBR - Kerr
France - N Prost

Prost will be racing for France. For GBR Jarvis will race at Zandvoort and Kerr will race at Brno, and Oli Turvey will also do some races.

nkfan · 29 Aug 2007, 22:25 (Ref:1999627)

did india have some problems ?? ...no laps done at all

Rizweed · 30 Aug 2007, 05:32 (Ref:1999808)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nkfan

did india have some problems ?? ...no laps done at all

Narain Karthikain was under the weather... he had fever and had to sit out the day.

However, i thought karun chandok would test. i did see his picture of being at the test on day 1

strider · 30 Aug 2007, 10:05 (Ref:1999921)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rizweed

However, i thought karun chandok would test. i did see his picture of being at the test on day 1

He was at Rockingham, watching the F3 testing. I think India have a problem on their hands.

SRPhoto · 4 Sep 2007, 16:35 (Ref:2003678)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JurekB

Anywhere around Luffield assuming you can focus through the fence. On the exit of Luffield there is a disabled viewing area which allows you to get right up to the fence. A very popular spot for F1 testing but there was no one about today. Also if you are on the infield there is an area where you can shoot as the cars come out of Bridge and break for the left hander. You are viewing from above the fence here so it's not a bad spot.

Thanks for the tips I took many shots from several locations, here is one form the disabled viewing area...

And one from the outfield at bridge...

Thanks again for the tips!!

JurekB · 4 Sep 2007, 20:23 (Ref:2003833)

Nice pics especially number 2, well done. I'm glad the advise was helpful.

Francis Albert · 18 Sep 2007, 11:11 (Ref:2016733)

The second test is underway, today and tomorrow.

Live timing is available through the A1GP website!

strider · 18 Sep 2007, 13:27 (Ref:2016926)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis Albert

Live timing is available through the A1GP website!

So it is! http://www.a1gp.com/Multimedia/LiveTimings.aspx

Team GBR was a miserable 14th this morning. Let's hope they're keeping their new tyres for this afternnon or something.

cos · 18 Sep 2007, 17:21 (Ref:2017151)

1 NZL
2 IND
3 NED
4 FRA
5 CHN
6 GBR

full results in a pdf here.

strider · 18 Sep 2007, 18:37 (Ref:2017236)

Thanks, cos. I know it's the Nations Cup and all that but I do wish they'd give drivers' names. Just guessing:

1 NZL - Jonny Reid
2 IND - Narain Karthikeyan, surely
3 NED - Jeroen Bleekemolen
4 FRA - Lapierre, or maybe Duval
5 CHN - Frankie Cheng
6 GBR - Could be either Robbie Kerr or Oli Jarvis

I see Mexico were last, which makes me smile slightly. Telmex have lost interest, so I'd guess it's the guy who's often been propping up the field in British F3 this year, Juan Pablo Garcia. Great name, but...

Suze · 18 Sep 2007, 19:47 (Ref:2017324)

[edit - table with drivers really didn't work, apologies]

Suze · 18 Sep 2007, 19:54 (Ref:2017333)

New Zealand

Jonny Reid

India

Narain Kathikeyan

Netherlands

Jeroen Bleekemolen

France

Loic Duval

China

Cong Fu Cheng

Great Britain

Oliver Jarvis

South Africa

Adrian Zaugg

Germany

Christian Vietoris

Canada

James Hinchcliffe

Ireland

Ralph Firman

Switzerland

Neel Jani

Pakistan

Adam Khan

USA

Buddy Rice

Malaysia

Alex Yoong

Brazil

Sergio Jimenez

Italy

Enrico Toccacelo

Australia

Ian Dyk

Portugal

Joao Urbano

Lebanon

Chris Alajajian

Czech Republic

Erik Janis

Indonesia

Satrio Hermanto

Mexico

Juan Pablo Garcia

Afraid this is the best you'll get as I now give up! Apparently there were two girls testing for Switzerland too - Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang.

MikeHoyer · 18 Sep 2007, 21:02 (Ref:2017421)

There was indeed. Also Edoardo Piscopo had a run in the Italy car. Apart from that your list looks pretty complete.

Suze · 18 Sep 2007, 21:06 (Ref:2017425)

that's cos it came from a1gp peeps

strider · 19 Sep 2007, 11:49 (Ref:2017843)

So putting two and two together, you come up with something like this:

Code:

Pos  Team             Driver                 Time   Laps

 1.  New Zealand      Jonny Reid             48.102  141
 2.  India            Narain Kathikeyan      48.362  102
 3.  Netherlands      Jeroen Bleekemolen     48.373  115
 4.  France           Loic Duval             48.395  154
 5.  China            Cong Fu Cheng          48.421   93
 6.  Great Britain    Oliver Jarvis          48.432   85
 7.  South Africa     Adrian Zaugg           48.540  109
 8.  Germany          Christian Vietoris     48.567   94
 9.  Canada           James Hinchcliffe      48.570   93
10.  Ireland          Ralph Firman           48.688  113
11.  Switzerland      Neel Jani              48.742  168
12.  Pakistan         Adam Khan              48.765   79
13.  USA              Buddy Rice             48.821  130
14.  Malaysia         Alex Yoong             48.890   94
15.  Brazil           Sergio Jimenez         48.925  111
16.  Italy            Enrico Toccacelo       48.956  138
17.  Australia        Ian Dyk                49.063  139
18.  Portugal         Joao Urbano            49.140  123
19.  Lebanon          Chris Alajajian        49.180  147
20.  Czech Republic   Erik Janis             49.213  135
21.  Indonesia        Satrio Hermanto        49.221  130
22.  Mexico           Juan Pablo Garcia      50.288  134

I thought Joao Urbano was Brazilian, but it's quite possible he has some Portuguese heritage. At least he's a decent pedaller, even if he didn't really shine yesterday.

Francis Albert · 19 Sep 2007, 12:28 (Ref:2017879)

Quote:

Originally Posted by strider

I thought Joao Urbano was Brazilian, but it's quite possible he has some Portuguese heritage. At least he's a decent pedaller, even if he didn't really shine yesterday.

He's portuguese from Portugal actually! And he's a good driver, let's see how he progresses this season.

Suze · 19 Sep 2007, 12:43 (Ref:2017898)

Correct Strider! I gave up trying to post it in lines....not sure if it's on the website yet though, but now you know some of who was driving....

Any reason why GBR were one of the teams who completed the fewest laps?

MikeHoyer · 19 Sep 2007, 16:27 (Ref:2018079)

Not sure. They didn't seem to have any major mechical issues.

Suze · 19 Sep 2007, 17:23 (Ref:2018117)

See India was on top today with GBR 8th [Kerr].

strider · 19 Sep 2007, 23:23 (Ref:2018379)

Second test day times in pdf format here.

Narain Karthikeyan must have decided there's not much chance of him getting back into F1 with the now mostly-Indian owned Spyker team, despite his previous connections to Kingfisher. I suppose he's getting on a bit now at 31.

Full list of drivers who were there to test:

A1 Team Australia
Ian Dyk

A1 Team Brazil
Bruno Junqueira
Sergio Jimenez

A1 Team Canada
James Hinchcliffe

A1 Team China
Congfu Cheng

A1 Team Czech Republic
Erik Janis

A1 Team France
Loic Duval
Nicolas Prost
Guillaume Moreau

A1 Team Germany
Christian Vietoris

A1 Team Great Britain
Robbie Kerr
Oliver Jarvis

A1 Team India
Narain Kathikeyan
Parthiva Sureshwaren

A1 Team Indonesia
Satrio Hermanto

A1 Team Ireland
Ralph Firman

A1 Team Italy
Enrico Toccacelo
Edoardo Piscopo
Paolo Bossini
Giuseppe Termine

A1 Team Lebanon
Khalil Beschir
Chris Alajajian

A1 Team Malaysia
Alex Yoong

A1 Team Mexico
Esteban Gutierrez
Juan Pablo Garcia

A1 Team Netherlands
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Arie Luyendyk Jr

A1 Team New Zealand
Jonny Reid

A1 Team Pakistan
Adam Khan

A1 Team Portugal
Joao Urbano

A1 Team South Africa
Adrian Zaugg
Wesleigh Orr

A1 Team Switzerland
Neel Jani
Natacha Gachnang
Rahel Frey

A1 Team USA
Buddy Rice
Charlie Kimball

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