F1 testing

[vat_man]

Times from yesterday (9/1/02) at Barcelona:

P. Driver Team Tyre Laps Lap Time Gap To Fast.
1 D Coulthard McLaren M 62 1:21.157
2 L Badoer Ferrari B 73 1:21.764 0.607 0.607
3 J Button Renault M 57 1:21.870 0.106 0.713
4 G Fisichella Jordan B 66 1:22.011 0.141 0.854
5 J Trulli Renault M 42 1:22.222 0.211 1.065
6 R Schumacher Williams M 46 1:22.313 0.091 1.156
7 N Heidfeld Sauber B 54 1:22.349 0.036 1.192
8 F Massa Sauber B 35 1:22.466 0.117 1.309
9 L Burti Ferrari B 50 1:22.703 0.237 1.546
10 O Panis BAR B 41 1:22.800 0.097 1.643
11 T Sato Jordan B 65 1:22.815 0.015 1.658
12 J Villeneuve BAR B 45 1:22.817 0.002 1.660
13 M Gene Williams M 56 1:22.949 0.132 1.792
14 K Raikkonen McLaren M 22 1:22.963 0.014 1.806
15 J Montoya Williams M 43 1:23.376 0.413 2.219
16 P de la Rosa Jaguar M 36 1:23.586 0.210 2.429
17 E Irvine Jaguar M 41 1:24.920 1.334 3.763
18 A McNish Toyota M 78 1:25.296 0.376 4.139

Daily F1 have some good pictures at http://www.dailyf1.com/en/photos/2002/testing/barc0701/index.shtml

The yellow and white car is the Renault! I only picked it when I recognised Button's helmet.

 

[Schumy]

how come every driver doesn't test?

 

[Brian P]

Originally posted by vat_man

Daily F1 have some good pictures at http://www.dailyf1.com/en/photos/2002/testing/barc0701/index.shtml

The yellow and white car is the Renault! I only picked it when I recognised Button's helmet.

Thanks vat_man God that Renault is awful.

A poor colour scheme if I've ever seen one......

 

[Schumy]

i saw pics of the Renault a few weeks back and i thought the colours were horrible .....probably worst of any team

 

[vat_man]

Well, they are actually Renault's official colours, so they do have some historical significance. There's some speculation on what the scheme will be. If you go back to when Renault were running in the early 80's they ran similar colours in a slightly more 'organised' scheme.

I think they're just doing what McLaren did a couple of years ago (I think it was the first year they ran West colours) - does anyone remember when McLaren tested in the original McLaren orange colours.

I'm buggered if I can find any photos of that - it was around 1997-98. Does anyone know where I can find some (or post them).

 

[Schumy]

Originally posted by vat_man
Well, they are actually Renault's official colours, so they do have some historical significance. There's some speculation on what the scheme will be. If you go back to when Renault were running in the early 80's they ran similar colours in a slightly more 'organised' scheme.

I think they're just doing what McLaren did a couple of years ago (I think it was the first year they ran West colours) - does anyone remember when McLaren tested in the original McLaren orange colours.

I'm buggered if I can find any photos of that - it was around 1997-98. Does anyone know where I can find some (or post them).

yeah...i've seen the older Renaults and realized that's why they chose those colours ......wasn't one of their sponsors elf? .......i didn't care for McLaren's original colours .......the car looks pretty sharp with West's colour scheme

 

[Brian P]

Originally posted by Schumy

wasn't one of their sponsors elf?

Yes I remember elf was one of the sponsors.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Schumy

yeah...i've seen the older Renaults and realized that's why they chose those colours ......wasn't one of their sponsors elf? .......i didn't care for McLaren's original colours .......the car looks pretty sharp with West's colour scheme

Yeah - that's right. Who was Benetton's fuel and oil sponsor last year? Didn't Elf have some problems with internal corruption or something?

 

[Schumy]

Originally posted by vat_man


Yeah - that's right. Who was Benetton's fuel and oil sponsor last year? Didn't Elf have some problems with internal corruption or something?

not sure on that one

 

[Talentless]

Last year I thought the most attractive cars were the Saubers.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Talentless
Last year I thought the most attractive cars were the Saubers.

Probably because you saw them a lot more than in previous years!

The liveries are a bit dull at the moment - I like the Arrows team (the orange and black is really eye-catching), Jordan of course (good ol' poke in the eye yellow), and Jaguar (I know it's not British Racing Green).

Actually, looking at the field at the moment you'd think there was a bulk discount on blue racing paint!

Some of the more boring ones:
- BAR
- Williams
- Prost

Ferrari is a great pointer that you can't go wrong with red on a racing car. Remember the old Marlboro sponsored McLarens - I know it's not PC but they did look great!

 

[Talentless]

interesting. two of my least favorite colors, orange & yellow. to each their own.

 

[Schumy]

the Ferraris and Jordans are the most intimidating because of their screaming colours which is a good thing plus the four Minardis know who's coming up on their @ss better to get out of the way ......i like the Arrows much better now that my bike has the same paint scheme ...i'm going to go buy "Orange" and "Arrows" stickers to put on it ....the McLarens look real sharp and the Prosts are pretty boring .......don't like Toyota's colours (someone said the car looks like a peppermint ....i agree) Minardis had too much black ......it's like they had no paint scheme .......William's has good colours considering those are BMW colours

 

[Talentless]

Originally posted by Talentless

It's a giant peppermint candy.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Talentless
interesting. two of my least favorite colors, orange & yellow. to each their own.

Yeah - at least they're eye catching.

Ever since it came out that blue's one of the best colours for TV we've seen a succession of GP cars in varying forms of blue:
- Benetton
- Sauber
- Prost/Ligier
- Williams
- Tyrrell
- half a BAR
and on and on...

BAR always kills me. For a team that is basically a very expensive marketing exercise, they run around in an off-white car with Lucky Strike stickers on it. On cloudy days the car almost disappears into the background!

 

[Schumy]

yeah, it was you Talentless ....sorry i was too lazy to check ......yep, that'd be the picture

 

[Schumy]

Originally posted by vat_man



BAR always kills me. For a team that is basically a very expensive marketing exercise, they run around in an off-white car with Lucky Strike stickers on it. On cloudy days the car almost disappears into the background!

hahaha too true

 

[Avantissimo]

Originally posted by Schumy
i saw pics of the Renault a few weeks back and i thought the colours were horrible .....probably worst of any team

Where did you saw the pictures? I want to see them

 

[Avantissimo]

Originally posted by Talentless

Red Hot Chili Peper ,but still Minardi will have a buddy this year I think

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Avantissimo


Where did you saw the pictures? I want to see them

Check Daily F1 - they had a good set of pictures from testing at Barcelona last week.