- 10 Mar 09, 09:15#93245
I know that tests don't mean much...but still...
Was the weather ? the cold ? luck ? Or Ross Brawn was right when he said that Honda would have a winning car in 2009 ?
The first impression about the BGP 001 is really good.
Jenson Button was the fastest yesterday(monday, march 9) in Barcelona.
Button finished the first part of the works with the fastest lap - 1min 21s 140 - and the most important, with no mechanical problems registered.
The britanic driver made a good advantage on Trulli (the 2nd) - 1min 21s 737.
There were more surprises at following positions. After lots of tests at last positions, Piquet was the third, followed by Sutil.Bourdais was another one who was faster than expected with the new STR4 by Toro Rosso.The french driver was 0.1 s faster than Webber - driving the main team, RBR -
Nakajimama ,driving a Williams was the 7th.
And at the last 3 positons, the 3 best cars of 2008.
Heidfeld was 8th, followed by Raikkonen, who ran only 25 laps, and Kovalainen - who drove a completly adapted version of MP4-24 to 2009 - previously the car used the 2008 rear wings, and the tires of 2009.
The leaderboard :
Mclaren, by the way, isn't doing very well at these initial tests...
Let's see.
Im really anxious, I'm expecting a great competitive season for this year.
" And suddenly I realized that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. "Senna, Ayrton.
I know that tests don't mean much...but still...
Was the weather ? the cold ? luck ? Or Ross Brawn was right when he said that Honda would have a winning car in 2009 ?
The first impression about the BGP 001 is really good.
Jenson Button was the fastest yesterday(monday, march 9) in Barcelona.
Button finished the first part of the works with the fastest lap - 1min 21s 140 - and the most important, with no mechanical problems registered.
The britanic driver made a good advantage on Trulli (the 2nd) - 1min 21s 737.
There were more surprises at following positions. After lots of tests at last positions, Piquet was the third, followed by Sutil.Bourdais was another one who was faster than expected with the new STR4 by Toro Rosso.The french driver was 0.1 s faster than Webber - driving the main team, RBR -
Nakajimama ,driving a Williams was the 7th.
And at the last 3 positons, the 3 best cars of 2008.
Heidfeld was 8th, followed by Raikkonen, who ran only 25 laps, and Kovalainen - who drove a completly adapted version of MP4-24 to 2009 - previously the car used the 2008 rear wings, and the tires of 2009.
The leaderboard :
Mclaren, by the way, isn't doing very well at these initial tests...
Let's see.
Im really anxious, I'm expecting a great competitive season for this year.
Last edited by Bruno_Brazil on 10 Mar 09, 09:22, edited 4 times in total.
" And suddenly I realized that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. "Senna, Ayrton.
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