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[CookinFlat6]

Is that Gerald Lopez to the left of the picture pushing the RB10 into the garage

There isn't anyone pushing the RB10, they are however pushing the Torro Rosso something or other.

I should have spotted the clue that it isnt the RB10 as there is no smoke coming out of the engine bay

[CookinFlat6]

Vik asks: In your opinion, is Ferrari sandbagging or just plain slow?

EDD STRAW: "Probably neither. Ferrari is focusing on its programme and has had a few bumps in the road. Certainly, it's appears not to be as far advanced as Mercedes with its engine and has some work to do.

"We haven't seen a proper race run or a qualifying simulation, so it's hard to say what the difference between it and Mercedes would be if there were a race tomorrow. It's playing catch-up, certainly, but too early to write Ferrari off."

Those crafty Ferrari chaps still holding their cards close to their chests

[Hammer278]

Never know, they might just wait till the last day and bang in a lap 5 seconds quicker than everyone else.

[1Lemon]

Is that Gerald Lopez to the left of the picture pushing the RB10 into the garage

There isn't anyone pushing the RB10, they are however pushing the Torro Rosso something or other.

I should have spotted the clue that it isnt the RB10 as there is no smoke coming out of the engine bay

I can't blame you, when I see someone pushing a car, I just assume it's a Red Bull.

[Hammer278]

It's easy to go wrong when they have bloody "REDBULL" on their sidepods, while the real Redbull team has "INFINITY". Wtf? The damn team is called Toro Rosso but there's no clear indication of it anywhere, except that weird dirty gold paint job on the front nose which gives it away.

[racechick]

I can never tell them apart in races.

[1Lemon]

It's easy to go wrong when they have bloody "REDBULL" on their sidepods, while the real Redbull team has "INFINITY". Wtf? The damn team is called Toro Rosso but there's no clear indication of it anywhere, except that weird dirty gold paint job on the front nose which gives it away.

Oh man, that bad 90's paint job Torro Rosso run is so bad.

[CookinFlat6]

Interesting test. Apart from Merc and McLaren who obviously were not doing low fuel fast runs, everyone else has gone faster than they did at the last test
Williams were slower than Ferrari last time and are now quicker, although both have improved.
Force India have made a big gain and gone much quicker
The Renault cars all got a bit quicker but relatively speaking the Ferrari engined cars have gone past them, except for Caterham. Marrussia has made a big move forward
So we now seem to have Merc - Ferrari - Renault clearly established

Depending if Ferrari have more to come, could they split the Mercs. I just cannot believe at present that they have much more 1 lap pace...but its still only testing

[Hammer278]

Can't c+p Merc's comments from the website, but the consensus is that they were testing their 'almost Melbourne spec' car today and ran into a few problems with this car which they seem quite secretive about. Lowe says they know what the problems are and can be dealt with by tomorrow.

[optimusmike777]

the merc is a beaut of a car, on looks alone it deserves to win

serious question thou, if the mercs dominate at the start of the season do you think the other teams will drop there ugly noses and adopt the mercs approach?

[LiamCatterson]

My first opportunity of the day to comment and I am just smiling at the fact Red Bull's problems continue. It seems like we'll be seeing less fingering this year On the other hand, it seems like Red Bull's supremacy will be taken over by Mercedes, whose performance last year will be carried over to McLaren

[Jabberwocky]

I have not seen any news on F1 today, how many laps did RBR manage in one go?

[What's Burning?]

Thirtyish in the morning... don't know how many in a row, but only 3 laps in the afternoon. Guess why? Overheating issues.

[Jabberwocky]

Bad times for them

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[LiamCatterson]

But good times for the viewers. Maybe we'll no longer hear a "Too predictable" cry...It also makes the F1 Pool a lot more intense