- 24 Feb 14, 16:18#392733Translated from a German website.
Rosberg fastest despite the error
The numbers speak for themselves. The Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton turned 315 laps on four days in Bahrain. They occupied positions 3, 4, 1 and 1 Rosberg sat with 1:33.283 minutes, the absolute fastest time in this test. She lay at 1.627 seconds at the second fastest time , driven by Kevin Magnussen on the second day of testing .
But while the Dane was traveling with super soft tires , Rosberg handed in his qualifying attempt the mixture "soft " . And there have been even better . "I have made a mistake in my fastest lap in the last corner , we had a conservative cooling specification has it cost what output , and I have omitted the planned third attempt with soft tires. "
Red Bull 6.5 seconds slower
About noon Rosberg reeled from a race distance . With two pit stops and within the prescribed limit of 100 kg of fuel for 57 laps . It felt as if Mercedes still on the road in the V8 era. "Better than expected," breathed on Project Aldo Costa . But he also warns: " The times of the Renault team are not yet representative There comes certain something . . "
Can you be so sure of that? Red Bull has brought it to four days only 116 rounds. After Sebastian Vettel's interim high on Thursday, with Daniel Ricciardo you fell back into old bad habits . On Friday gearbox trouble on Saturday again the drive . Ricciardo's best time of 1.39,837 minutes acts as a value from GP2 compared to Rosberg's record lap .
Mercedes stood firm, but not bulletproof
Rosberg made the evening of the eighth day of testing a contented face : . . " I already feel at home in my car and I have it set up so hingetrimmt that it fits well for me When the brake balance , we have improved a lot compared to Jerez is but still not perfect . The system is simple scary complex. "
The Mercedes is back and standing back. But he rarely spends more than two hours at a time in the garage. Everything gives the impression as if you had the technical monster under control. Rosberg still warns : "At the moment we see the greatest impact , but the absolute reliability, it is still a long way We are determined not bulletproof Melbourne is also a huge challenge for us . . . . "
Race slowly feels
In his race simulation Rosberg made first acquaintance with the subject of saving fuel . The difference to a qualifying round is huge. Most lap times in the race were 1:39 to 1:42 minutes. So six to nine seconds slower than the Tagesbestwert .
"Sometimes it feels already slowly. , The computer gives you a direction in front , but you 'll still have enough to do as a driver. You choose , in consultation with the engineer that the motor ratings fields , you go past the gas or are driving at higher passes through the curves. on the dashboard , you can always track the current fuel level , but of course you do not know what's coming and what fuel window is optimal for the rest of the race . "
New Mercedes- nose for last week of testing
The AMG Mercedes W05 saw in the first week of testing of Bahrain from not much different than in Jerez . The basic work is now complete. Next week the first major upgrade comes to the car . We have heard that a new nose with it. It should be slightly lower, but interfere with the front wing still less because the suspension points are further back. Only then will you see how fast the cars really are. Maybe then falls even Rosberg's pole position from the previous year . The stands at 1.32,330 minutes.
Breaking News:Lewis Hamilton has officially overtaken The Fonz in race wins. With 88 races less. Lol(Without a specially built blown diffuser, illegal front wing, preferential treatment)
- By hass25