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Barcelona Day 1 Results

Full testing times from the opening day of the 2017 F1 pre-season test from the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain – Day 1 – Final

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 21.765s (73 laps)**
2. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 21.878s (127)
3. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes 1m 22.076s (103)

4. Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas-Ferrari 1m 22.946s (50)
5. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-TAG 1m 23.372s (48)
6. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 23.169s (79)*
7. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes 1m 23.709s (39)
8. Carlos Sainz SPA Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 24.494s (51)
9. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault-Renault 1m 25.966s (57)
10. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 25.821s (29)
11. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 1m 26.076s (72)

*Morning session only
**Afternoon session only

all times unofficial

http://www.crash.net/f1/results/240487/ ... qiAY8hr.99

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Day 2 report:

Kimi Raikkonen leads Barcelona Formula 1 testing for Ferrari



Kimi Raikkonen led the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona, putting Ferrari just 0.023 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes.

Using soft compound tyres, Raikkonen set a best time of 1m20.960s just over an hour into Tuesday afternoon's running - narrowly bettering Hamilton's session-topping morning effort of 1m20.983s, which was set using super-softs.

Hamilton's effort was still good enough to finish the day second overall, with Valtteri Bottas taking over driving duties for Mercedes for the afternoon.

The Finnish driver's prime focus was on completing a race simulation, his best lap of 1m22.986s only ending up seventh on the leaderboard.

Despite a lurid sideways moment at Turn 9, Bottas managed to rack up 102 laps in the W08, running with the double T-wing trialled this morning by Hamilton for much of the afternoon.

That left Mercedes with a combined total of 168 laps for the day.

Max Verstappen gave Red Bull the third best time of the day, a 1m22.600s, on soft tyres, four thousandths ahead of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, running on super-softs.

On his second full day of running, Magnussen completed a total of 119 laps, with Raikkonen the only other man to break into three figures with 108 laps on the board.



Esteban Ocon was fifth for Force India on super-softs, ahead of Daniil Kvyat's Toro Rosso on softs, Bottas and the Renault of Jolyon Palmer, which completed 53 laps after managing just an installation lap in the morning.

Antonio Giovinazzi, who was ninth fastest, also managed to log 67 laps in the Sauber after an engine problem robbed him of much of the morning session.

Besides Lance Stroll, who sat out the afternoon after his spin during the morning session caused damage Williams needed extra parts to repair, the slowest man of the day was McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne.

The Belgian made his first on-track appearance of the afternoon with just over two hours to go, after McLaren spent the best part of five hours replacing the MCL32's power unit, but only managed a further 11 laps on top of the 29 he did in the morning.

Vandoorne's best time was a 1m25.600s, set on soft tyres, which left him 4.640s off the pace.

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Barcelona Day 2 Results

Full testing times from 2017 F1 pre-season test from the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain – Day 2 – Final

[darwin dali]

Reflecting on his shortened first day in the car, Stroll said: "It is still early days and I have only done a handful of laps. I am just getting to grips with the FW40, and there is still a lot of time ahead of us. It was good to finally get behind the wheel to just get a feel for it.

"It is still early days, so I need to do a lot more running before I know exactly where I am and where the car is at. I will have a much better picture once we have more laps under our belts, but it was good to break the ice and I am looking forward to some more running."

Well, one would hope firmly strapped in, clasping the steering wheel of your car and driving it to where you want to go, dufus!

[Turrentine]

Love the 2nd day results from Haas!! Hope they keep this mileage going for the next 2 days.

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Barcelona Day 3 Results

Full testing times from the 2017 F1 pre-season test from the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain – Day 3 – Final

[darwin dali]

Very few laps for Toro Rosso and on mediums

[darwin dali]

Ferrari had a strong pre-season last year but failed to win a race when the championship got underway. Asked if this year would be different, he [Vettel] added: "Well time will tell! I don't have a crystal ball. I have two other balls but they don't tell me much.


Ballsy

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Barcelona Day 3 Results

Full testing times from the 2017 F1 pre-season test from the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain – Day 3 – Final

[myownalias]

I'm not reading anything into pre-season testing, however, I would love to see Ferrari [or any other team] truly challenging for wins from the outset. Every year, people get excited by pre-season results only to be disappointed, so my logic is that if I have a low expectation, I can only be surprised and excited.

[rob91]

Barcelona testing - the vital statistics











The usual suspects at the front.
McLaren Honda still struggling.
Ferrari closer to Mercedes? I think that will probably turn out to be

[gdh]

The next round of testing will at least give us a bit of insight as to where the teams will be on race wknd. I just hope that there is more wheel to wheel hard racing and less lift and coast than what we've seen in recent years.

[darwin dali]

The next round of testing will at least give us a bit of insight as to where the teams will be on race wknd. I just hope that there is more wheel to wheel hard racing and less lift and coast than what we've seen in recent years.

There might well be more hard racing, BUT its fruition (meaning overtakes) may well be thwarted by the dirty air

[sagi58]

Menacing!!

[gdh]

The next round of testing will at least give us a bit of insight as to where the teams will be on race wknd. I just hope that there is more wheel to wheel hard racing and less lift and coast than what we've seen in recent years.

There might well be more hard racing, BUT its fruition (meaning overtakes) may well be thwarted by the dirty air

With viewership down another 10 million last yr, fewer overtakes this season will make last yr's decrease a drop in the bucket.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/uk-f ... /?tp=2&s=1