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[acosmichippo]

Thursday testing sounds like a good idea for the fans etc, but normally the track is so dirty, that tyre & grip data is useless. Monday tests were always popular in the past because the track was clean, and rubbered in, giving an accurate comparison, from the race the day before.

Nowadays, it would provide a great baseline for both full, and empty fuel loads, and both tyre specs.

Testing isn't very exciting as a spectator I would think. The cars spend a lot of time in the garage, doing installation laps, and short runs. In season, I couldn't see many race distance simulations run, unless a problem is present. With limited testing, it would be speed the teams are after, and normally you only need 5 laps to verify a change.....

Ok, that makes sense.

[bud]

It's time to be a cynic in Todts time... Ferrari break the no team order rule, instead of punishment the rule is abolished.

Whispers of Ferrari testing new parts on a media day and Todt calls for a return to in season testing hmmm

[spankyham]

It's time to be a cynic in Todts time... Ferrari break the no team order rule, instead of punishment the rule is abolished.

Whispers of Ferrari testing new parts on a media day and Todt calls for a return to in season testing hmmm

A cynical view from another perspective:-

Lots of teams use team orders - only Ferrari is punished

Lots of teams run media days - thousands of photos and journalists there - not one picture or shred of evidence of a new part on the Ferrari car - but some people keep trying to resuscitate that dead horse

Ferrari introduce a flexing wing - it never fails one FiA test - Ferrari's wing is banned and changes forced on the car mid-season

Ferrari introduce their moving floor - it never fails an FiA test - Ferrari's floor is banned

Other teams introduce flexing and moving parts and they are allowed to continue using them (although the F-Duct was eventually banned but not until the next season)

Too many cynics - lets just race, and have a few of these after

[What's Burning?]

^^Cynical is Ferrari releasing the ff and it not being banned.

[spankyham]

^^Cynical is Ferrari releasing the ff and it not being banned.

[bud]

Whats wrong with the FF? Perfect daily driver for a Ferrari man!

[acosmichippo]

Teams (RBR and McLaren) oppose testing reintroduction

I guess if anyone would be happy with status-quo, it would be the top teams. I'd be curious to hear what Lotus, Williams, and Force India have to say.

[spankyham]

Teams (RBR and McLaren) oppose testing reintroduction

I guess if anyone would be happy with status-quo, it would be the top teams. I'd be curious to hear what Lotus, Williams, and Force India have to say.

I read the article, seems Red Bull (surprise surprise) are against any change, Martin seemed in favour but wanted to be sure it doesn't disadvantage the lower budget teams. Depends on how you test how expensive it is. If you have dedicated test teams then it is hugely expensive, if you don't its cheaper than wind tunnels etc. Having test away from your base, even if its at an event is expensive. Testing at a local track is less so because you have all your existing staff there and no transport costs. Also much easier to make changes on the fly.

[VOD80]

I would not like to see Thursday testing at the races. All that extra track time would probably lead to a less entertaining race as the more time they have to set up the more the fastest team would benefit. Barcelona is a good example, they test there all the time and the races are usually terrible. Maybe it's different now this year with the tyre situation. The Monday after the race would be better.