[F1Filter]

Originally Posted by Jason

I like how no american has posted in this thread

And the person who's been posting all these testing day times is located where???

[Jason]

Oh whoops

[F1Filter]

Today's testing session times. Well look who are in the top 2 slots.

Circuit de Catalunya - Spain 1 February 2008
Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:22.263 82
2 F. Alonso Renault Bridgestone 01:22.889 61
3 R. Kubica BMW Bridgestone 01:22.983 65
4 G. Fisichella Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:23.015 98
5 N. Heidfeld BMW Bridgestone 01:23.270 52
6 G. Paffett McLaren Bridgestone 01:23.349 45
7 N. Piquet jr. Renault Bridgestone 01:23.367 44
8 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:23.387 89
9 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:23.453 12
10 D. Coulthard Red Bull Bridgestone 01:23.491 60
11 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:23.547 52
12 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:23.836 54
13 K. Nakajima Williams Bridgestone 01:23.955 35
14 R. Barrichello Honda Bridgestone 01:24.125 53
15 A. Wurz Honda Bridgestone 01:26.975 26

Big surprise with Fisichella finishing the session in 4th.

Also. Williams had a bit of a scare today. Nakajima has a big off into the tire barrier @ turn 1 when a wing mounting failed on the fastest part of the circuit. He walked away and has already been cleared for tomorrow's session.

[stuh84]

Aye, looks interesting, good to see BMW still up there, and Fisichella I bet Piquet's wondering why the guy he sort of replaced is ahead of him in whats essentially last years bottom rung car....

Dissapointed to see Toro Rosso slightly slower than before, especially as I wanna see Bourdais nailing it

Todays time

1. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:21.679 89
2. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:21.782 88
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.135 80
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.511 70
5. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:22.833 90
6. Alonso Renault (B) 1:22.938 115
7. Piquet Renault (B) 1:23.002 115
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:23.020 75
9. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:23.070 94
10. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:23.322 85
11. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.347 34
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.948 40
13. Button Honda (B) 1:23.959 58
14. Liuzzi Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:24.263 61

Yay! Good to see the Toro Rosso's at the top

[stuh84]

Erm, dont know why this has automerged when its been a day between both posts ....

[F1Filter]

Final testing @ Barcelona today shows slower times than yesterday. Perhaps most teams were doing race fuel strategy setups?

Circuit de Catalunya - Spain 3 February 2008
Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:22.385 65
2 H. Kovalainen McLaren Bridgestone 01:22.422 67
3 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:22.459 92
4 R. Kubica BMW Bridgestone 01:22.492 83
5 F. Alonso Renault Bridgestone 01:22.509 63
6 N. Heidfeld BMW Bridgestone 01:22.874 79
7 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:22.887 80
8 D. Coulthard Red Bull Bridgestone 01:23.889 81
9 N. Piquet jr. Renault Bridgestone 01:23.039 64
10 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:23.232 74
11 R. Barrichello Honda Bridgestone 01:23.795 84
12 A. Sutil Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:23.800 86
13 J. Button Honda Bridgestone 01:23.808 85

Tomorrow, both Ferrari and Toyota will be testing @ Bahrain for 3 days.

BTW. There's some rumblings going on that the Australian GP is on it's way out. Australia set to lose Formula One Grand Prix

[777timesgod]

Originally Posted by F1Filter

BTW. There's some rumblings going on that the Australian GP is on it's way out. Australia set to lose Formula One Grand Prix

The question is who'll miss that GP, personally i always thought it was ok. The drivers didn't think so, the distance travelling is a bitch!

[F1Filter]

The problem with the race at Albert Park is that it happens at the beginning of the season, and the layout of the circuit itself. Both of which haven't added up to exciting racing for the most part. Especially if you're going to compare it to some of the epic street fights that happened when the GP was at Adelaide. There's been too many protests over the GP weekend being held there anyway. I think Bernie's just hinting that he knows when he's worn out his welcome.

[stuz719]

Personally I'll be rooting for Ferrari, although I hope Lewis can put up as strong a show as last year.

My main wish for the season, though, is that they clamp down on those racist idiots who turned up at Barcelona and blast them into space without oxygen.

My second main wish (!) is that anyone but Alonso wins - he acted like a petulant little brat last season and basically tried to pressure Ron Dennis into making him the team number one - well, little boy, tough. Ron called your bluff and called in Bernie E... even though it cost the team big time he knew it was the right thing to do. Let's see how you like it when Flavio drops you like a hot potato when you threaten to bring Renault down the same way...

[777timesgod]

You are right about Alonso, he was bad-mouthing Ferrari but now that he understands that he can't be a contender for the title he started praising them so they can bring him in the team when his contract with Renault expires. He is a good driver but there at least 6 others that are better right now and active. Let's not forget that Renault used illegal parts on the Formulas that won those 2 championships. They should have been booted from the Grand prix and not just orderd to remove them.