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[LiamCatterson]

Lewis seems to be on top form. Second World Title for him seems eventual. As long as Vettel doesn't ruin the season for us

[CookinFlat6]

Buttons done a 1:34.976 on supersoft, Maggiesson did 1m34.910 on same tyres yesterday. Now assuming those were full glory laps, it would start to suggest the differential to the Merc with Lewis 1:34.263 on softs said to be a second slower than SS.

Just speculation, however unless Button goes any faster in the McLaren, we would assume Maggiesson could shave half sec off.

Its only testing

Lewis seems to be on top form. Second World Title for him seems eventual. As long as Vettel doesn't ruin the season for us

the only thing Seb might be ruining are his underpants at some point in the season

[sagi58]

Matt Beer, Edd Straw, Glenn Freeman and Ben Anderson wrote:">Live: Test day three

11:28 Exotic new livery planned for Red Bull? Or more likely, some flo-vis paint on the side of the RB10.

[sagi58]

I won't say the tune has changed; but, the lyrics seem to have!!

Matt Beer, Edd Straw, Glenn Freeman and Ben Anderson wrote:">Live: Test day three

06:57 Some of you may have noticed that some pretty routine red flag stoppages seem to last a lot longer in Bahrain than they have in recent years during testing at European circuits.



Part of the reason for that is that the flatbed trucks used here don't have a mechanism attached to lift cars off the track.

So they have to be accompanied by a separate truck to put the car on there in the first place, and then wait for that truck to join it in the pits to return the car to the team in question...

11:50 Fortunately we haven't had too many stoppages today as the majority of the cars are getting more reliable.

But on the subject of red flags, EDD STRAW has been speaking to the Bahrain International Circuit operations director and clerk of the course Fayez Ramzy, who can offer an insight into the processes involved in vehicle recovery at these tests:

"We are under strict instructions not to touch the cars," he says. "When a car stops we red flag the session and wait until everyone is in the pits, then we pick up the team and take them to the car so they can recover it themselves and then we bring it back.

"We could easily restart sooner if the car was dropped outside or behind the garage, but the teams have insisted that they want the car into their garage from the front so we can't restart until it is inside. That is what takes the time."

11:54 The main reason the track recovery workers are not allowed to touch the cars is due to the new energy recovery systems being used this year.

Ramzy explains: "We had a red flag for half-an-hour this morning [when Chilton stopped], but the reason was that the car was not safe as far as ERS was concerned.

"Even the mechanics were standing there waiting for the car to be neutralised. Due to the evolution of the cars with the electrics, we don't touch the cars until the teams are out there and that is by their own request."

I'm betting it's a combination of these!

[stonemonkey]

The main reason the track recovery workers are not allowed to touch the cars is due to the new energy recovery systems being used this year.

How's that going to work out during races?

[LiamCatterson]

the only thing Seb might be ruining are his underpants at some point in the season

OH NO

[spankyham]

Ferrari with telemetry problems. Kimi finally back on track.
Mercedes is being reported as having small hydraulic problems.

[Nin-Chin]

McLaren looking decent this year. Hamilton within 2 seconds of Rosberg's pole in the Merc last year.

[CookinFlat6]

Who thinks the Merc with supersofts and quali trim will beat last years time next week?

Actually to be fair to those who were predicting slow cars on par with GP2, they were right

about the Renault powered cars

[CookinFlat6]

Looks like the RBR boys have called it a day and will be hitting the swimming pool early

....errr hold on

[Nin-Chin]

Merc back out there for the last 30mins.

[Hammer278]

Just got back home....man BBCs live feed SUCKS big time, they don't even have the overall timings of drivers and laps done anywhere!

Am I understanding right so far....Lewis is fastest with a soft tyre, Button is 0.7s slower on super softs, and the rest are miles off. Yes?

[LiamCatterson]

Just got back home....man BBCs live feed SUCKS big time, they don't even have the overall timings of drivers and laps done anywhere!

Then use Sky Sports feed. They also have a lot more fan interaction That being said, Sky have always kicked BBC's backside

[Hammer278]

Just got back home....man BBCs live feed SUCKS big time, they don't even have the overall timings of drivers and laps done anywhere!

Then use Sky Sports feed. They also have a lot more fan interaction That being said, Sky have always kicked BBC's backside

Hell yeah, much better..thanks!

Twas a good day, hope it continues.

Edit: I wish they'd tell us the longest stint for each driver though.....anyone have an idea for Lewis and Ricciardo's respectively?

[Nin-Chin]

Lewis did a 22laps stint at the end after a hydraulic issue, not sure about the rest though.