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[Robert12010]

if i was one of the HRT drivers id be worried by the lap times from pastor monlanado!, because he also has a very good financial backing too! bruno, christian,sakon, better up your pace boys!

[scotty]

By the same token, D'Ambrosio beat the best Virgin time by 0.5 or something... Timo Glock is definitely no slouch by any stretch and D'Ambrosio has been unspectacular in lower formulae - suggests to me that the track has definitely ramped up a fair bit.

Yes...I was seeing that too....but, why didnt other young drivers improve their teamates' laps in 0.5 or more too?

Fuel loads... or total lack of ability? I can't believe Bianchi is THAT slow, for example...

But all cars run almost empty in qualifing sessions.

Yes, that is why using quali times is a decent way of comparing cause it's the 'fastest' the cars can go, in theory.

Karun Chandhok reckons the track is probably 1.1 - 1.4 faster now anyway, so on the basis of that i'm writing off a lot of the times set.

Yes, also when it comes to testing I think some teams do some illegal things to their cars to make them go faster so they are attractive to sponsors. This is generally in the area of weight and making the car as light as possible. I think the guilty ones at the start of 2010 were Sauber when they were setting the fastest times at testing but as soon as the first came they were midfield.

I know teams do that, but it tends to happen more with new cars, before they've been raced and anyone really knows how fast they are.

[Bruno_Brazil]

Yesterday:
1. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 1m39s616
2. Oliver Turvey (ING/McLaren) 1m40s725
3. Antonio Felix da Costa (POR/Force Índia) 1m41s381
4. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber) 1m41s432
5. Dean Stoneman (ING/Williams) 1m41s522
6. Mikhail Aleshin (RUS/Renault) 1m42s073
7. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/STR) 1m42s489
8. Paul Di Resta (ESC/Force India) 1m42s736
9. Sam Bird (ING/Mercedes) 1m42s985
10. Jerome D’Ambrosio (BEL/VRT) 1m43s518
11. Pastor Maldonado (VEM/Hispania) 1m43s750
12. Jules Bianchi (FRA/Ferrari) 1m43s894
13. Rodolfo Gonzalez (VEN/Lotus) 1m44s924
14. Rio Haryanto (IDN/Virgin) 1m49s439



Today:
1. Daniel Ricciardo RBR 1m38s102 77 voltas
2. Jerome D'Ambrosio Renault 1m38s802s 83 voltas
3. Sam Bird Mercedes 1m39s220 82 voltas
4. Gary Paffett McLaren 1m39s760 84 voltas
5. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1m39s916 93 voltas
6. Sergio Perez Sauber 1m40s543 91 voltas
7. Paul di Resta Force India 1m40s901 27 voltas
8. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1m40s944 81 voltas
9. Jean-Eric Vergne STR 1m40s974 61 voltas
10. Yelmer Buurman Force India 1m41s178 67 voltas
11. Davide Valsecchi Hispania 1m43s013 32 voltas
12. Luiz Razia VRT 1m43s525 70 voltas
13. Josef Kral Hispania 1m44s143 61 voltas
14. Rodolfo Gonzalez Lotus 1m44s312 41 voltas
15. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Lotus 1m45s723 49 voltas

[Big Azza]

Now Ricciardo is over a second faster than Vettel. I think it really is all that rubber that's been laid down.

[Four mules as one]

Now Ricciardo is over a second faster than Vettel. I think it really is all that rubber that's been laid down.

Yes, two drivers in the 1:38's clearly shows the track has rubbered up immensely well since the race. Having said that, Ricciardo has done an awesome job, he is well in front of the other drivers considering how close qualifying was among the GP drivers.

Does anyone know if he will get to test later on with Seb and Mark before next season starts?