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[SarahB62]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81358

Does anyone read anything into Mercedes being the only team to alternate their drivers over the 4 days of testing?

[Jabberwocky]

it would be a good comparison between all the drivers as it is better reference points. I would also imagine to see Rosberg at the top on day 3 as he will be on his second day so more intune with the car

[antoniob]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81358

Does anyone read anything into Mercedes being the only team to alternate their drivers over the 4 days of testing?

My guess would be that schumi may be easing his neck into racing however farfetched that may sound. They most probably have a other reason making a bit more sense than my opinion whereby they could have better data to compare between the two drivers

[Gaz]

just looking at the wet times seams Jenson is fastest in the wet so far with a 1.28 Alonso manged a 1.29

other teams are 1.30-133

Good news for aerodynamic performance for McLaren and Ferrari

[scotty]

I'm annoyed it's wet, we can't read anything at all really from the times.

[supeindesu]

A little wet...

[Gilles 27]

Rubbish day of testing. Times are even more useless than they would normally be. Virgin did about 3 laps and Red Bull seem to have started where they left off on the reliability front. Force India seemed to do some decent running though.

[Gaz]

Uh oh...

May not be the bird cage but its a MASSIVE PROBE

Rubbish day of testing. Times are even more useless than they would normally be. Virgin did about 3 laps and Red Bull seem to have started where they left off on the reliability front. Force India seemed to do some decent running though.

yeah look where he put his gloves and helmet though lol

[7UpJordan]

Unofficial wet times from PlanetF1;

1. Hulkenberg Williams 1:28.606
2. Alonso Ferrari 1:28.7
3. Button McLaren 1:30
4. Webber Red Bull 1:30
5. Kobayashi Sauber 1:31
6. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:32
7. Liuzzi Force India 1:32
8. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:33
9. Petrov Renault 1:34
10. Glock Virgin Racing 1:38

Great work by the Hulk today.

[Jensonb]

Uh oh...

May not be the bird cage but its a MASSIVE PROBE

Rubbish day of testing. Times are even more useless than they would normally be. Virgin did about 3 laps and Red Bull seem to have started where they left off on the reliability front. Force India seemed to do some decent running though.

yeah look where he put his gloves and helmet though lol

McLaren say they're just going through routine engineering tasks. No alarm bells yet...Hopefully they mean it and they're not just trying to keep up appearances.

[Gaz]

Unofficial wet times from PlanetF1;

1. Hulkenberg Williams 1:28.606
2. Alonso Ferrari 1:28.7
3. Button McLaren 1:30
4. Webber Red Bull 1:30
5. Kobayashi Sauber 1:31
6. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:32
7. Liuzzi Force India 1:32
8. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:33
9. Petrov Renault 1:34
10. Glock Virgin Racing 1:38

Great work by the Hulk today.

saw at work that Button did a 1.28

so not sure about them

[Jensonb]

Unofficial wet times from PlanetF1;

1. Hulkenberg Williams 1:28.606
2. Alonso Ferrari 1:28.7
3. Button McLaren 1:30
4. Webber Red Bull 1:30
5. Kobayashi Sauber 1:31
6. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:32
7. Liuzzi Force India 1:32
8. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:33
9. Petrov Renault 1:34
10. Glock Virgin Racing 1:38

Great work by the Hulk today.

saw at work that Button did a 1.28

so not sure about them

In the wet though?

Final times overall:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.927s
2. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m21.031s +0.104
3. Nico Hulkenberg Williams 1m22.243s +1.316
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.895s +1.968
5. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1m23.287s +2.860
6. Jenson Button McLaren 1m24.947s +4.020
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 1m24.968s +4.041
8. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m25.440s +4.513
9. Mark Webber Red Bull 1m26.502s +5.575
10. Timo Glock Virgin 1m38.734s +17.807

[Gaz]

Unofficial wet times from PlanetF1;

1. Hulkenberg Williams 1:28.606
2. Alonso Ferrari 1:28.7
3. Button McLaren 1:30
4. Webber Red Bull 1:30
5. Kobayashi Sauber 1:31
6. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:32
7. Liuzzi Force India 1:32
8. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:33
9. Petrov Renault 1:34
10. Glock Virgin Racing 1:38

Great work by the Hulk today.

saw at work that Button did a 1.28

so not sure about them

In the wet though?

Final times overall:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.927s
2. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m21.031s +0.104
3. Nico Hulkenberg Williams 1m22.243s +1.316
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.895s +1.968
5. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1m23.287s +2.860
6. Jenson Button McLaren 1m24.947s +4.020
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 1m24.968s +4.041
8. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m25.440s +4.513
9. Mark Webber Red Bull 1m26.502s +5.575
10. Timo Glock Virgin 1m38.734s +17.807

Yeah in the wet

Time in the wet:
1.-Webber 1.27.086
2.-Button 1.27.793
3.-Hulkenberg 1.28.679
4.-Rosberg 1.28.988
5.-Buemi 1.28.825
6.-Alonso 1.29.602
7.-Kobayashi 1.30.077

Source - Comments on F1 Fanatic

Mclaren were testing brake matrial for Button today so they were proberly carrying a large fuel load

[Jensonb]

Looking pretty good for Woking then.

[7UpJordan]

Looking pretty good for Woking then.

I'd say it's looking good for Grove too.

from Jerez: "We could test several things and had a very positive session. I felt quite comfortable in the rain - it was fun."

I wonder if the other Nico was having his infamous "visor problems" again or still having problems with visibility out of the cockpit?