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2 Feb 2005, 18:42 (Ref:1215768)
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Testing from Valencia 02/02/05
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1 A. Wurz McLaren 01:09:203 131 2 F. Alonso Renault 01:09:986 129 3 G. Fisichella Renault 01:10:133 63 4 N. Heidfeld Williams 01:10:354 92 5 T. Sato BAR 01:10:643 95 6 M. Webber Williams 01:10:656 96 7 K. Räikkönen McLaren 01:10:696 57 8 O. Panis Toyota 01:10:779 48 9 R. Schumacher Toyota 01:10:853 72 10 R. Barrichello Ferrari 01:11:372 88 11 A. Davidson BAR 01:11:395 140 12 M. Gené Ferrari 01:12:751 51 13 J. Rossiter BAR 01:13:733 38 14 A. van der Merwe BAR 01:15:078 45 http://www.f1racing.net/en/testresults.php?testID=189 The story of the day was the pace of Renault in their new R25, with Alonso setting a time only 1 sec off the unofficial track record set by Raikkonen in testing a year ago. |
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2 Feb 2005, 19:16 (Ref:1215787)
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Yeah the headline at Autosport.com as we speak is "Renault pace shocks pit lane!".
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2 Feb 2005, 19:58 (Ref:1215832)
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The Renaults are setting an astonishing pace there. You can't read too much into it obviously, but my prediction of Renault falling away is starting to look flakey to say the least!
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2 Feb 2005, 20:02 (Ref:1215834)
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To add insult to injury, according to Ant D who was out for BAR, he was struggling to keep up only to learn that Renault were doing mostly long runs!
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2 Feb 2005, 20:04 (Ref:1215835)
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Not too shabby,not far behind last years race winning MB.....but it is only testing.
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2 Feb 2005, 20:05 (Ref:1215838)
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Yes, and I predicted BAR would be one of the closest to Ferrari.
Never make predictions Knowlesy. Ever. (Testing. It's only testing. )
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2 Feb 2005, 20:10 (Ref:1215845)
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YES! Please, let this not just be some strange testing phenomenon. Please.. please... let Fisi have a good car this year so he can silence the critics...
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2 Feb 2005, 20:24 (Ref:1215870)
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Heidfeld seems to be showing well too...
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2 Feb 2005, 22:04 (Ref:1215964)
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Quicker than Webber on his first official outing as no.2. Impressive.
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2 Feb 2005, 22:14 (Ref:1215973)
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It is actually his second official outing.
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2 Feb 2005, 22:17 (Ref:1215979)
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isn't valencia an odd track sometimes to try and judge a cars pace from, wasn't last years mclaren actually quite fast round it. but renault are quicker than everyone else at the test though.
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2 Feb 2005, 22:21 (Ref:1215985)
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anyone know if the weather conditions differed significantly in the afternoon over the morning?
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2 Feb 2005, 22:22 (Ref:1215986)
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Valencia's not really a true indicator of a car's pace, certainly not for the aerodynamics anyway. I think Renault have always gone well at Valencia.
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2 Feb 2005, 22:39 (Ref:1216006)
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Antony Davidson “Bloody hell, they are so fast! I couldn't keep up with them. I thought they were in the low fuel zone but in fact they were doing 25 lap runs!”
Sounds good to me. I know it's only testing, but a team improving it's pace is a good sign of things to come. Somebody please bring the fight to Ferrari! Pleaaaasssseee!!! |
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2 Feb 2005, 23:36 (Ref:1216050)
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2 Feb 2005, 23:40 (Ref:1216052)
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Are they all "basically" using this years cars now ?
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2 Feb 2005, 23:49 (Ref:1216055)
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To the specs, pretty much.
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3 Feb 2005, 09:47 (Ref:1216219)
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Why are BAR using Rossiter and van der Merwe official testing and not perhaps Button?
Have i missed something, why is everybody talking about Renaults amazing pace when Wurz is over 7 tenths faster? Last edited by toot toot; 3 Feb 2005 at 09:50. |
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3 Feb 2005, 10:00 (Ref:1216235)
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Renault are using the new (slower rules) car - Wurz is in last year's car.
It is a strong Renault circuit, as has been pointed out. |
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3 Feb 2005, 10:03 (Ref:1216238)
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Thanks
I didn't know he was in last years car. Whats the point of testing the old car? |
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3 Feb 2005, 10:45 (Ref:1216313)
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They will use last year's car to get baseline data so that they know where they are with the new car.
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3 Feb 2005, 10:57 (Ref:1216323)
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For comparison, or to do some components and electronics testings... It allows them to do useful testing without working with their new car.
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3 Feb 2005, 17:47 (Ref:1216719)
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To burn money.
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3 Feb 2005, 19:38 (Ref:1216809)
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Today's times are interesting, although I'm not sure if either McLaren driver was in an '05 car: http://www.f1racing.net/en/testresults.php?testID=190
All the British F3 drivers are using last year's car. James Rossiter and Alan van der Merwe had half- a day each yesterday. It looks as though Adam Carroll had a whole day today, so presumably the other two will get another run tomorrow. |
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3 Feb 2005, 19:40 (Ref:1216812)
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