I wanted to bring up something that I saw over the weekend. Three teams tested recently at Barcelona. Ferrari and Sauber tested all three days with McLaren there the first day. The new Sauber set the slowest time all three days. It was roughly 1.5 seconds shy of the F2004M (assuming this is the benchmark for Melbourne) on day one and over 2 seconds shy the next two days. I know it's just testing, but that seems like a lot. Anyone have any thoughts?
January 30th
Luca Badoer, Ferrari F2004, 1m15.410s - 28 laps
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2004M, 1m15.975s - 69 laps
Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber C24, 1m18.117s - 80 laps
January 29th
Luca Badoer, Ferrari F2004, 1m15.668s - 93 laps
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2004M, 1m15.902s - 88 laps
Felipe Massa, Sauber C24, 1m18.293s - 128 laps
January 28th
Luca Badoer, Ferrari F2004, 1m15.899s - 75 laps
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2004M, 1m16.002s - 57 laps
Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren MP4-20, 1m16.536s - 72 laps
Felipe Massa, Sauber C24, 1m17.470s - 91 laps
All times courtesy of
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