Bahrain testing Day 1,2 and 3

[Appie]

Bahrain Day 1: Ferrari leads the way

Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen showed they are well on the pace on the first day of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. Nine out of the eleven Formula 1 teams travelled to Bahrain for the three-day test.

The Finn was under two tenths of Massa's time with the Brazilian completing almost double the amount of laps. Honda also put on a strong team showing with Jenson Button in third and Rubens Barrichello in fifth. The Honda team will be happy with that performance having failed to show any real signs of pace in pre-season testing so far. Lewis Hamilton found himself keeping the Honda times apart with the fourth quickest time whilst Pedro de la Rosa was half a second slower in sixth.

Sebastian Vettel continued to impress by being the fastest of the BMW drivers. Unfortunately, his senior driver Nick Heidfeld was unable to finish his programme due to technical problems.

Young Brit Anthony Davidson was surprisingly quicker than both the Renaults in his Super Aguri and ended up tenth fastest.

Source


1 F. Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 01:31.778 86
2 K. Räikkönen Ferrari Bridgestone 01:31.901 47
3 J. Button Honda Bridgestone 01:32.097 84
4 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:32.194 82
5 P. de la Rosa McLaren Bridgestone 01:32.628 48
6 S. Vettel BMW Bridgestone 01:32.646 97
7 J. Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 01:32.784 34
8 N. Heidfeld BMW Bridgestone 01:32.815 49
9 R. Barrichello Honda Bridgestone 01:32.920 100
10 A. Davidson Super Aguri Bridgestone 01:33.396 74
11 H. Kovalainen Renault Bridgestone 01:33.579 113
12 N. Piquet jr. Renault Bridgestone 01:33.807 92
13 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:34.076 27
14 D. Coulthard Red Bull Bridgestone 01:34.594 30
15 R. Schumacher Toyota Bridgestone 01:35.254 35
16 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:35.345 25

 

[Sting]

Good to see Webber still sucks after his comments about Williams.

 

[Appie]

Adrian Newey design, but i always see them in the back and Massa did more laps then the Red Bull team lol

 

[Lee]

Honda finally seem to be getting up to pace, about time too!

 

[m7ammed]

they were hoping for some hot testing , but the max I've seen in the last couple of days is 22-23 C lol not as hot as its going to be when the Bahrain grand prix comes . I actually could go 2moro to see them testing . Anyone know whos going to test there on the 28th ? as I called the circut and they told me I could come on the 24th or 28th of Feb.

 

[Blake]

23°C is probably a lot warmer than it is in Spain at the moment. I’m guessing.

 

[darkfinal]

23°C is probably a lot warmer than it is in Spain at the moment. I’m guessing.

We're about 10-15ºC here in Barcelona at noon, and the Circuit is colder than the city itself... so yeah.

 

[KSaiyu]

Day 2:

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=38526

1. HEIDFELD BMW 1m30.469s

2. ALONSO McLaren 1m31.221s

3. BUTTON Honda 1m31.806s

4. HAMILTON McLaren 1m31.925s

5. KUBICA BMW 1m32.226s

6. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m32.252s

7. PIQUET JR Renault 1m32.542s

8. MASSA Ferrari 1m32.595s

9. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m32.620s

10. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m32.967s

11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m33.126s

12. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.162s

13. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m33.255s

14. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m33.927s

15. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m34.197s

16. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m34.474s

 

[Appie]

Heidfeld was fast, and RBR is still doing a good job:tup:

 

[Casio]

Yeah, third and sixth last are amazing efforts.

 

[liam2maps]

Good to see Webber still sucks after his comments about Williams.

^ Only a short number of laps and beating Coulthard both times. So does that mean Coulthard is suckier?

 

[Appie]

Bahrain test day 3

1. Spaanse Fernando Alonso McLaren Bridgestone 1'30''994 73
2. Britse Lewis Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 1'31''094 0'00''100 53
3. Braziliaanse Felipe Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 1'31''718 0'00''724 52
4. Finse Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Bridgestone 1'31''867 0'00''873 100
5. Finse Heikki Kovalainen Renault Bridgestone 1'32''032 0'01''038 86
6. Braziliaanse Rubens Barrichello Honda Bridgestone 1'32''115 0'01''121 129
7. Britse Jenson Button Honda Bridgestone 1'32''137 0'01''143 78
8. Britse David Coulthard Red Bull Racing Bridgestone 1'32''220 0'01''226 73
9. Braziliaanse Nelsinho Piquet Renault Bridgestone 1'32''334 0'01''340 102
10. Duitse Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber Bridgestone 1'32''451 0'01''457 65
11. Poolse Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Bridgestone 1'32''475 0'01''481 95
12. Britse Anthony Davidson Super Aguri Bridgestone 1'32''553 0'01''559 126
13. Franse Franck Montagny Toyota Bridgestone 1'32''917 0'01''923 110
14. Australische Mark Webber Red Bull Racing Bridgestone 1'33''034 0'02''040 73
15. Italiaanse Jarno Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 1'33''062 0'02''068 104
16. Amerikaanse Scott Speed Toro Rosso Bridgestone 1'33''255 0'02''261 60

 

[KSaiyu]

Hamilton for a debut podium, or am I getting too far ahead of myself

 

[Appie]

A figure of how many laps each team drove

Track lenght:5.411 km

Ferrari:
420 laps

Honda:
561 laps

McLaren Mercedes:
407 laps

BMW Sauber:
509 laps

Toyota:
423 laps

Super Aguri:
308 laps

Renault:
542 laps

Red Bull Racing:
310 laps

Scuderia Torro Rosso:
109 laps

 

[m7ammed]

there is another test on the 28th , don't know if I'm going or not depends on which teams are there

 

[Appie]

there is another test on the 28th , don't know if I'm going or not depends on which teams are there

I think the same teams like a couple of days a go:tup:

 

[<_Spike_>]

Nice to see McLaren getting back on top of things in Day 3

 

[m7ammed]

Ok there is a 90% chance of me going tommorow, i will take my crappy Sony cyber shot in hope of getting some pics .

Bahrain is only 50kms away from me

 

[Blake]

Go, and post lots of pics (thumbnails please! ). Enjoy your day.

 

[DQuaN]

I had a dream last night that Kubica won a race. I wonder if it's a sign!

 

[Appie]

I had a dream last night that Kubica won a race. I wonder if it's a sign!

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Bahrain testing

F. Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 01:31.260 102
2 K. R&#228;ikk&#246;nen Ferrari Bridgestone 01:31.590 95
3 F. Alonso McLaren Bridgestone 01:31.851 96
4 R. Kubica BMW Bridgestone 01:32.108 74
5 L. Hamilton McLaren Bridgestone 01:32.193 55
6 G. Fisichella Renault Bridgestone 01:32.556 82
7 H. Kovalainen Renault Bridgestone 01:32.880 19**
8 F. Montagny Toyota Bridgestone 01:32.999 37
9 J. Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 01:33.150 64
10 S. Vettel BMW Bridgestone 01:33.219 34
11 C. Klien Honda Bridgestone 01:33.378 90
12 D. Coulthard Red Bull Bridgestone 01:33.526 69
13 M. Webber Red Bull Bridgestone 01:33.642 74
14 J. Rossiter Honda Bridgestone 01:33.697 78
15 T. Sato Super Aguri Bridgestone 01:33.813 75
16 R. Schumacher Toyota Bridgestone 01:34.030 36
17 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso Bridgestone 01:34.137 44

** Kovalainen had a big crash with his Renault

 

[m7ammed]

Ok hopefully my pics won't be crappy as I just bought a Nikon D70s DSLR , but I might take crappy pics anyway but they would be better quality lol .

Glad to see Kubica still up there , and to see Mark webber down there

 

[Appie]

Ok hopefully my pics won't be crappy as I just bought a Nikon D70s DSLR , but I might take crappy pics anyway but they would be better quality lol .

Glad to see Kubica still up there , and to see Mark webber down there

Glad to see that too, and speaking of Webber here are the 2 RBR's.. i mean the STR

 

[m7ammed]

That pics says it all really lol

 

[KSaiyu]

Is Ralf Schumacher really that bad....

 

[MagpieRacer]

MEh, Ralph Schumacher hurt his back when he spun..

 

[<_Spike_>]

Heikki's wreckage

 

[Lee]

Going..

Going..

Gone..

GONE!!

 

[KSaiyu]

MEh, Ralph Schumacher hurt his back when he spun..

Did he spin on the first day or something?

 

[<_Spike_>]

Geez, first time I've seen the pics before the wreckage image and that's quite some smash. He's moving up in the world, partaking in his first heavy crash as a 1st team driver.

Tough corner that mind you, if it's the one I'm thinking of, spent a lot of time in that barrier when I've played the games lol.