Formula One: 2008

F1Filter · 02-26-2008, 06:31 AM

The first of a 3 day testing session @ Catalunya, where nearly all teams are participating before the first GP of the season.

Yes the 3rd position on the timesheet is not a typo. Not bad for someone who's been retired for a few years.

Circuit de Catalunya - Spain 25 February 2008

Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:22.276 78
2 K. Räikkönen Ferrari Bridgestone 01:22.319 82
3 M. Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 01:22.428 83
4 K. Nakajima Williams Bridgestone 01:22.724 54
5 H. Kovalainen McLaren Bridgestone 01:22.852 71
6 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:22.974 108
7 F. Alonso Renault Bridgestone 01:23.021 79
8 N. Heidfeld BMW Bridgestone 01:23.075 75
9 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:23.091 62
10 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:23.115 71
11 A. Sutil Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:23.188 95
12 C. Klien BMW Bridgestone 01:23.239 43
13 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:23.270 70
14 N. Piquet jr. Renault Bridgestone 01:23.442 42
15 T. Glock Toyota Bridgestone 01:23.609 86
16 K. Kobayashi Toyota Bridgestone 01:23.880 29
17 R. Barrichello Honda Bridgestone 01:24.460 115
18 A. Wurz Honda Bridgestone 01:24.667 109
19 D. Coulthard Red Bull Bridgestone 01:24.826 25

A pleasant surprise to see both Williams drivers in the top 6. Looks like a promising season for them if they can maintain this pace. And also get rid of their reliability issues that's been plaguing them for the past several seasons.

Also looks like Honda's doing reliability testing. Both Rubens and Alex are definitely earning their paychecks with that amount of laps being logged in just one day.

heavyjeffd · 02-26-2008, 06:45 AM

Anyone dare to make early predictions?

Top 5:

1. Kimi
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Masa
5. Heidfeld

Uber Mega · 02-26-2008, 11:08 AM

Impressive by Force India, considering they've had a somewhat hindered start.

Early predictions, hmm, for what? the first race?

1. Räikkönen
2. Hamilton
3. Massa
4. Alonso
5. Kovalainen

F1Filter · 02-26-2008, 04:17 PM

Day 2:

Circuit de Catalunya - Spain 26 February 2008

Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:21.234 81
2 H. Kovalainen McLaren Bridgestone 01:21.434 68
3 K. Räikkönen Ferrari Bridgestone 01:21.722 72
4 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:22.309 75
5 F. Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 01:22.513 102
6 G. Fisichella Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:22.516 102
7 S. Vettel Red Bull Bridgestone 01:22.588 109
8 R. Kubica BMW Bridgestone 01:22.625 94
9 J. Button Honda Bridgestone 01:22.659 67
10 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:22.942 89
11 K. Nakajima Williams Bridgestone 01:22.977 100
12 J. Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 01:23.023 98
13 F. Alonso Renault Bridgestone 01:23.112 77
14 R. Barrichello Honda Bridgestone 01:23.169 74
15 N. Heidfeld BMW Bridgestone 01:23.284 77
16 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:23.323 98
17 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:23.458 58
18 N. Piquet jr. Renault Bridgestone 01:23.467 45
19 T. Glock Toyota Bridgestone 01:23.561 80

Impressive showing by Fisichella.

heavyjeffd · 02-26-2008, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uber Mega

Impressive by Force India, considering they've had a somewhat hindered start.

Early predictions, hmm, for what? the first race?

1. Räikkönen
2. Hamilton
3. Massa
4. Alonso
5. Kovalainen

No, for the championship. ie: end of the season.

F1Filter · 02-26-2008, 06:06 PM

Alonso and Hamilton are literally going to knock each other out of contention. I definitely see these two running each other off the road for most of the season. With all the bad blood between them last year (none of which the press helped in making matters better) both of their main objectives is to beat the other one first and foremost. I wouldn't be surprised if things escalate to a point where they both get called into the FIA's office for driver's conduct.

So maybe it'll end up like this. The Ferrari team sneaking away with both the drivers and constructors titles. The drivers championship will be pretty much locked up by the time they get to Fuji. Meanwhile everyone else is focusing on the Alonso -vs- Hamilton drama unfolding throughout the season. I still think that BMW-Sauber and/or Williams teams play a spoiler role with one of them ending up either 3rd or 4th.:

1. Räikkönen
2. Massa
3. Hamilton
4. Rosberg or Heidfeld
5. Alonso

heavyjeffd · 02-26-2008, 09:10 PM

Very nice.

I'd like to to see Heidfeld do well. Nick is a class act and BMW is doing a lot better. I think in general they run a class act, I'd like to see'em do well.

F1Filter · 02-27-2008, 12:50 PM

Final testing day before the start of the Formula 1 season.

No idea where the hell Trulli picked up 3 seconds from his best time yesterday. Unless he was in qualifying trim while everyone else was working on race setups?

Circuit de Catalunya - Spain 27 February 2008

Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 J. Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 01:20.801 83
2 D. Coulthard Red Bull Bridgestone 01:21.258 76
3 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:21.293 77
4 H. Kovalainen McLaren Bridgestone 01:21.309 87
5 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:21.368 91
6 N. Piquet jr. Renault Bridgestone 01:21.443 114
7 F. Alonso Renault Bridgestone 01:21.454 128
8 K. Nakajima Williams Bridgestone 01:21.796 124
9 K. Räikkönen Ferrari Bridgestone 01:21.933 80
10 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:22.011 88
11 T. Glock Toyota Bridgestone 01:22.155 49
12 G. Fisichella Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:22.233 90
13 F. Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 01:22.286 49
14 R. Kubica BMW Bridgestone 01:22.299 93
15 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:22.465 79
16 A. Sutil Force India F1 Bridgestone 01:22.521 97
17 N. Heidfeld BMW Bridgestone 01:22.624 61
18 A. Wurz Honda Bridgestone 01:24.154 82
19 J. Button Honda Bridgestone 01:24.275 73

This definitely was a fun testing season. Usually they're not very close in terms of best times. But it's obvious that most of the teams showed up to these sessions well prepared; with the intention of putting in competitive times, rather than just doing reliability runs.

First practice session begins March 14th.

Uber Mega · 02-28-2008, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heavyjeffd

No, for the championship. ie: end of the season.

Little early for that isn't it? ask me again after a few races and DNFs by Ferrari

Here's a decent interview with Alonso for anyone who's interested, my view of him in person escalated slightly after seeing this, he gives a very civil, neutral and respectful interview.

BBC Interview with Fernando Alonso

heavyjeffd · 02-28-2008, 10:27 PM

It is early, but that's the fun.

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heavyjeffd Honkey Supreme Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Milky Way Galaxy, Earth, North America, Tejas. Posts: 400 Main Seven: EBMM BFR JP7's Rig: Rivera TBR1SL,Gforce Thanked: 3	Very nice. I'd like to to see Heidfeld do well. Nick is a class act and BMW is doing a lot better. I think in general they run a class act, I'd like to see'em do well.

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