Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

News + Test Times Day 2 at Barcelona :

Lotus withdraw from Barcelona test after chassis problems:
Lotus have announced they will take no further part in this week’s four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya.The team curtailed its testing today after discovering a problem with its second E20 chassis.Despite having completed 404 laps – more than any other team – at Jerez two weeks ago with its original chassis, Lotus say the problem discovered today will require changes to both E20s. Grosjean was due to test tomorrow with Kimi Raikkonen taking over from him in the final two days. Team principal Eric Boullier added: “Not running this week has been a tough decision to take, but we feel that our choice is the right one.The loss of almost four days of testing could be a major blow for the team. After the current test there are only four further days of running scheduled before the season begins.

Brawn: "Ferrari seems to be struggling, but they just do not" :
Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn was afraid after the first day in Barcelona to the competition what to scan. His preliminary view? McLaren looks strong, Ferrari is in trouble but is strong enough to regroup themselves, but everyone is chasing Red Bull Racing. Brawn: "McLaren makes a strong impression. Ferrari seems to be struggling, but you can never erase. In Maranello They have the qualities and resources to take the highest honor, and I'm sure they will stand. Hunting Red Bull Racing is open. the order will not change significantly. it is up to us to cordon of the top teams to break through and better for the day to come. "

Vettel impressed by McLaren speed in long runs:
Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel estimates rival McLaren currently high. The world champion of 2011 was particularly impressed by the pace of the MP4-27 in long runs. "McLaren looks very strong."

Anderson suspect more serious problems with Lotus chassis :
Lotus F1 team was ​​light of the problems with the chassis of the E20, but there is more going on. That thought lives by Gary Anderson, former technical director of Jordan among others. Lotus left the test in Barcelona after the first day an issue with the chassis was detected. Anderson is currently an analyst for the BBC and writes: "You'd think the problem from one day to the other could solve. A chassis is made of carbon fiber composite, so you have to make reinforcements. My experience is that if it does not succeed within 24 hours to get it working, it never will happen. it would not surprise me if this means they must make a new chassis together, so they may come in close for the first Grand Prix. "

Alonso: "Do not worry that others are currently further than us" :
The Ferrari Team continued today with the next step in the learning process with the new F2012. The Scuderia shines during preparation tests yet not by top times, but that's for driver Fernando Alonso no cause for panic. Ferrari is started with a new project and that takes time. Alonso: "I'm not worried that others are currently further than us. It is true that we still do things that you normally already have checked at this time. But I remember last year when we drove all on the final day of the first week of a race distance and we were in the first Grand Prix still a half second behind, so that does not say anything. " "This car is a bit complex and it's all still with us to understand all aspects. We test every day fifty things that work and what we take into the next day. The accelerating out of bends is room for improvement, but it is already better than in Jerez and next week it will again be better. The components work in any case well and we have discovered a lot.

Valtteri Bottas: "The FW34 slips a lot in the slow corners" :
Valtteri Bottas is the only reserve driver this week that comes in action at the test in Barcelona. The Finn drove 117 laps today with the Williams FW34. The reigning GP3 Champion joins the words of Bruno Senna a day earlier. Bottas: "The FW34 slips a lot in slow corners, for that matter I do agree with Bruno. That's something we need to improve. We have again learned necessary things on this great day with lots of laps. It was delicious. the FW34 is quite different than its predecessor. I am very enthusiastic about the new Renault engine, especially on the driveability. "

Barcelona Day 2: Hulkenberg with the help of supersofts to the top :
The second day of testing at the Barcelona circuit has a surprising name delivered at the top. Nico Hulkenberg trumped on behalf of Force India of all the proposed top teams. Sidenote at the time of the German is that it has needed the super soft tire , as number two Sergio Perez. Sebastian Vettel came without supersofts to third place. The day started without Lotus F1 Team, which this week has pulled back by problems with the chassis. Also at Scuderia Toro Rosso pile problems on. Daniel Ricciardo fell today twice silent and with that he totally came after two days on three caused red flags, all due to mechanical defects.
Vitaly Petrov debuted at Caterham F1 Team, but the Russian could not yet make big improvemts in the CT01. He achieved the fastest time with a 1:26.605. Only Charles Pic was slower. McLaren and Red Bull Racing use the afternoon for racing simulations. Sauber started the day with cameras on the front wing to see the behaviort of this element into viewto .

1. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India VJM-05 : 1:22.608 laps 112
2. Sergio Perez : Sauber C31 : 1:22.648 + 0.040 laps 85
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing RB8 : 1:22.891 + 0.283 laps 104
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari F2012 : 1:23.180 + 0.572 laps 87
5. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso STR7 : 1:23.639 + 1.031 laps 50
6. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren MP4-27 : 1:23.806 + 1.198 laps 121
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP W03 : 1:24.555 + 1.947 laps 82
8. Valtteri Bottas : Williams FW34 : 1:25.738 + 3.130 laps 117
9. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham CT01 : 1:26.605 + 3.997 laps 69
10. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team MVR-02 : 1:27.343 + 4.735 laps 109


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Shaky-Schumi

22/02/1949 happy birthday to niki lauda former austria f1 driver
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Niki Lauda 22nd February 1949
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Happy Birthday to your 63rd anniversary

News + Test Times of The second F1 test session of the year at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona ,Spain:

Lotus abandon test of second E20 chassis:
Lotus have been forced to cancel their running in today’s test after discovering a problem with their new E20 chassis.
Trackside operations director Alan Permane explained: “This morning was our first shakedown of our second chassis.
“Once the car was on track it was soon evident that everything wasn’t quite as it should be. As a precaution we are returning the chassis to Enstone for further investigation. Chassis E20-01, which we used in Jerez, is being sent over and we expect to be on track with that chassis tomorrow.”

Mercedes W03 2012 F1 car launch:
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Listen at the sound when they open the garagebox and when Schumi comes out of it :
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Alexander Wurz returns to Williams as driverscoach:
Alexander Wurz returns to Formula 1. This time not as a driver, but the Austrian will be active season as a drivercoach at Williams. Wurz will in this function support and help drivers Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna and the team to find the way back to the top .Wurz has eleven years experience in Formula 1,he drove his last race for Williams in 2007. That year he scored a podium finish. Today, the Austrian, who besides Williams also raced for Benetton and McLaren, is also active in endurance racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With all his experience the 38-year-old Wurz hopes to bring Williams forward.

Hembery, "Teams are far from helpful at searching for car":
Pirelli is still looking for a new car for there tires to be run on. The Italian tire manufacturer used the past two years, a Toyota car from 2009 for the tests, but by the many rule changes this car no longer satisfies the requirements. Pirelli has so far received little cooperation from the teams in the search for a new test car, told motorsport boss Paul Hembery."We currently provide most of our work in the simulator," began Hembery. "This is however difficult to work with the different compounds. For this you need the interaction with the asphalt. We have asked the teams to help, but they say that we should continue with the Toyota. This is nonsense and has no sense. " "We will have to find a car from 2010 that was competitive and reliable, and which we can build our own systems in order to perform our job well."

Barcelona Day 1: Vettel opens the week with fastest time:
Sebastian Vettel has put down the best time on the first day . The world champion clocked with his Red Bull Racing RB8 a 1:23.265. His closest challenger is surprisingly Nico Hulkenberg, with the Force India less than two tenths slower.The day began with the presentation of the Mercedes W03, with already the necessary images were published. But today the official unveiling took place, with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg that took the fabric off the new car . Schumacher drove on the first day of the W03 51 laps and posted the sixth time. Problems were Lotus F1 Team and Caterham. Lotus noticed in the first hours of a problem with the chassis and thus the day was over. The team flies a new chassis, but that only comes in time for tomorrow. At Caterham bore the rear suspension worries, thereby Heikki Kovalainen spun early and was the CT01 long time in the garage.Daniel Ricciardo has the only other neutralization on his conscience. The Australian of Toro Rosso stalled in Turn 8. Williams tested in the morning with a big rig behind the right front wheel and Ferrari used in the first runs some paint to the air streams of the F2012 into view.

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing RB8 : 1:23.265 laps 79
2. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India VJM-05 : 1:23.440 + 0.175 laps 97
3. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren MP4-27 : 1:23.590 + 0.325 laps 114
4. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso STR7 : 1:23.618 + 0.353 laps 76
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari F2012 1:24.100 + 0.835 75
6. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP W03 : 1:24.150 + 0.885 laps 51
7. Sergio Perez : Sauber C31 : 1:24.219 + 0.954 laps 66
8. Bruno Senna : Williams FW34 : 1:25.711 + 2.446 laps 97
9. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham CT01 : 1:26.035 + 2.770 laps 31
10. Romain Grosjean : Lotus E20 : 1:26.809 + 3.544 laps 7
11. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team MVR-02 : 1:28.026 + 4.761 laps 121

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Shaky-Schumi

Short News :

Tuesday at the Barcelona circuit starts the second collective test session . (21-24 )
Michael Schumacher comes than for the first time in action with the new Mercedes, who will be revealed before the test in the pitlane .

A complete overview of who will drive when :

Red Bull Racing
Tuesday: Sebastian Vettel
Wednesday: Sebastian Vettel
Thursday: Mark Webber
Friday: Mark Webber

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Tuesday: Lewis Hamilton
Wednesday: Lewis Hamilton
Thursday: Jenson Button
Friday: Jenson Button

Scuderia Ferrari
Tuesday: Fernando Alonso
Wednesday: Fernando Alonso
Thursday: Felipe Massa
Friday: Felipe Massa

Mercedes AMG Petronas
Tuesday: Michael Schumacher
Wednesday: Nico Rosberg
Thursday: Michael Schumacher
Friday: Nico Rosberg

Lotus F1 Team
Tuesday: Romain Grosjean
Wednesday: Romain Grosjean
Thursday: Kimi Raikkonen
Friday: Kimi Raikkonen

Sahara Force India
Tuesday: Nico Hülkenberg
Wednesday: Nico Hülkenberg
Thursday: Paul di Resta
Friday: Paul di Resta

Sauber F1 Team
Tuesday: Sergio Perez
Wednesday: Sergio Perez
Thursday: Kamui Kobayashi
Friday: Kamui Kobayashi

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Tuesday: Daniel Ricciardo
Wednesday: Daniel Ricciardo
Thursday: Jean-Eric Vergne
Friday: Jean-Eric Vergne

Williams F1 Team
Tuesday: Bruno Senna
Wednesday: Valtteri Bottas
Thursday: Pastor Maldonado
Friday: Pastor Maldonado

Caterham F1 Team
Tuesday: TBC *
Wednesday: TBC *
Thursday: TBC *
Friday: TBC *

Marussia Racing
Tuesday: Charles Pic
Wednesday: Charles Pic
Thursday: Timo Glock
Friday: Charles Pic

Not present: HRT.

* not yet known

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Shaky-Schumi

shaky-schumi wrote:Vitaly Petrov replaces Jarno Trulli at Caterham :

I thought Caterham it's a team with future. This decision has changed my mind. Nothing personal to Petrov, but changing constant drivers a month before new season means loss of progress

no italian driver next f1 championship

on 18 February 1898 Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena. He died on 14 August 1988
Everyone knows that red is the color of Ferrari, because in the past the colors of the racing cars were the following:
British, green
German, before white and after silver color
French, blue
Italian, red
But perhaps few people know that in the last two races of 1964(GP USA and Mexico) the Ferrari raced with a white and blue livery. With these colors John Surtees won that world championship.
is really strange to see photos of a Ferrari Formula One not red.

News Flash ! :

Vitaly Petrov replaces Jarno Trulli at Caterham :
Caterham have announced Vitaly Petrov has replaced Jarno Trulli at the team “with immediate effect”.
Trulli has driven for the team since it was set up in 2010. Last year they announced he would drive for them in 2012.
But since Petrov lost his place at Renault (now Lotus), also with a year to run on his contract, there has been considerable speculation linking him to Trulli’s place at Caterham.
The news means Trulli has lost his place in F1. In a statement released by the team he said: “I want to take this chance to thank Tony, Kamarudin, SM Nasarudin, Riad, Mike and everyone in the team for the two seasons we had together.

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Shaky-Schumi

News Short version ( sorry ) :

Kevin Magnussen given McLaren test chance :
Kevin Magnussen, son of former F1 driver Jan Magnussen, will have the chance to driver for McLaren in the young drivers’ test later this year.
Magnussen has progressed within the team’s Young Driver Programme and will get to drive the team’s simulator and contribute to its development programme for the MP4-27. Magnussen’s father made his F1 debut for McLaren in 1995, substituting for Mika Hakkinen at the Pacific Grand Prix. He later spent one-and-a-half seasons with Stewart.
Kevin Magnussen was the runner-up in the British Formula Three championship last year. This year he will race in Formula Renault 3.5 for Carlin.

Pirelli choose softer tyres for first three races :
Pirelli have announced the tyre compounds which will be available at the first three races of the 2012 season.F1′s official tyre supplier will bring softer selections from their range for the opening races, compared to those which were used last year.Pirelli have previously announced their 2012 soft, medium and hard compounds are softer than those used last year.

The tyre choices for the first three races are as follows:
Australian Grand Prix Soft/medium Soft/hard
Malaysian Grand Prix Medium/hard Soft/hard
Chinese Grand Prix Soft/medium Soft/hard

Lotus most productive team in first test:
Lotus has made ​​the most meters during the first collective test session of the year. Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean drove last week together 404 laps around the circuit of Jerez, which represents about 1,789 km.
Williams struggled during the first day with a number of technical problems, but nevertheless still ends second in this ranking, with 372 laps. The team of Caterham drove a total of 358 laps with the CT01 and Mercedes came three days in action with the car from last year to complete 348 rounds . The Force India drivers drove only 209 laps . After a crash of Jules Bianchi on Thursday morning, there was no further testing that day .
1. Lotus F1 Team
- 404 rounds, 1,789 km
- Four days in action

2. Williams F1 Team
- 372 rounds, 1,647 km
- Four days in action

3. Caterham F1 Team
- 358 rounds, 1,585 km
- Four days in action

4. Mercedes AMG Petronas
- 348 rounds, 1,541 km
- Three days in action with the old car

5. Scuderia Toro Rosso
- 316 rounds, 1,399 km
- Four days in action

6. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
- 313 rounds, 1,386 km
- Four days in action

7. Sauber F1 Team
- 299 rounds, 1,324 km
- Four days in action

8. Red Bull Racing
- 297 rounds, 1,315 km
- Four days in action

9. Scuderia Ferrari
- 268 rounds, 1,187 km
- Four days in action

10. Sahara Force India
- 209 rounds, 923 kilometers
- Four days in action

11. HRT F1 Team
- 108 rounds, 478 kilometers
- Two days in action with the old car

12. Marussia
not present

The following testsession will be from 21 to 24 February in Barcelona

Ecclestone: "Bahrain Grand Prix continues":
If it depends of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone the Bahrain Grand Prix continue this year despite that it was again unsettled in the oil state. Tuesday was a year since the protests began in Bahrain.The Bahrain Grand Prix is on the calendar for April 22.

Kylie Minogue performs at Malaysian race :
Visitors to the Malaysian Grand Prix this year can not only enjoy the sound of Formula 1 engines, but also the music of Kylie Minogue. The Australian pop star will give a performance at F1 Rocks, on the Friday of the race weekend held at the foot of the famous Petronas Towers.Earlier it was announced that Lenny Kravitz, The Cranberries and Wolfmother will perform at the Australian edition of F1 Rocks, in Melbourne.Apart Minogue join the American R & B singer Kelis and some Malaysian names during the F1 Rocks Festival in Kuala Lumpur.

Force India welcomes Aethra as a new partner :
Force India is a new partner richer. Aethra, a manufacturer of auto parts from Brazil, has been linked to the Indian racing stable. The company wants to increase its brand recognition and sees Formula 1 as the ideal global platform to achieve that.

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Shaky-Schumi

Alexander Wurz 15th February 1974
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Happy Birthday to your 38th anniversary

Very Short News :

Dani Clos to get track time as HRT test driver :
Spanish GP2 driver Dani Clos will be HRT’s official test driver for the 2012 season, the team has announced this today.
The 23-year-old will participate in “several” Friday practice sessions, according to the team.

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Shaky-Schumi

f1 news and differences between the top teams
season 2011 yes diffusers blown
season 2012 no diffusers blown. Not allowed, therefore less downforce
So teams must recover the lost downforce, due to the change of rules

the exhausts of Ferrari and Mc Laren blow the hot gases not towards the upper rear wing, but in the space between the side bulkhead rear wing and the tyre. This aggressive solution about exhaust exits seems regular, but in that area there were problems for Ferrari, maybe something will change

Red Bull and Mc Laren front suspension is push rod while rear suspension is pull rod as last year.
Ferrari: Both the front and rear suspensions are pull-rods, both changed compared to 2011

Mc Laren without step and a lower nose than other teams
Red Bull and Ferrari with a step in the front of the car and high nose
but in the step of Red Bull there is a hole that is not present on any of the other cars
What is the purpose. Adrian Newey says hole in Red Bull nose is simply driver cooling, is it true?
Seems that the Ferrari is able to warming the tires from the first lap, but in the long run for the moment is less regular than Red Bull and Mc Laren.
about Mercedes all are waiting the new car. At Jerez, they tested something on the front wing;
and to finish these are my opinions about other teams after first test
Lotus excellent
Toro Rosso good
Force India and Sauber quite well
Williams so and so

News + Test Times of last day of testing at Jerez :

Singapore Organisation has Maroon 5 :
The American band Maroon 5 will give this year a performance at the Grand Prix of Singapore. This sayd the organization of the race on Friday.Last season there were during the race weekend in Singapore performances by Linkin Park, Shaggy, Massive Attack, Rick Astley and the Filipino singer Charice. The Singapore Grand Prix will be held this year on September 23.

Vettel: "Problems are simply part of tests" :
Sebastian Vettel gain on the last day of testing at Jerez the third time. By an electronic problem with the engine of the RB8 the German lost much time in the morning. Vettel had only two installation laps when the issue raising its head. Eventually as a precautionary measure at the end of the morning the motor was replaced. Vettel came just after lunch on the road again and did smoothly 48 laps !

Engineer Harlow start activities/work for Williams :
Domenic Harlow performs this week at Jerez for the first time as senior operations engineer at Williams. He was the last four years at Force India under contract as a race engineer.

Mercedes and sponsor MIG Bank extend contract by two years :
The Swiss online currency trader MIG Bank is sponsoring the team of Mercedes still at least two years on. The company logo is on the new W03, on the racing overalls of Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, and the team clothing.

Ferrari without FOTA membership will be at Fan Forum in Barcelona :
Ferrari and HRT give an appearance later this month at the FOTA Fan Forum, even though they no longer members of the team covenant. The meeting takes place on 29 February in Barcelona on the eve of the final winter test. Lotus team boss Eric Boullier will be there as well McLaren, HRT, Ferrari, Caterham, Williams and Mercedes send delegations to listen to questions and comments from the fans . Anyone who wants to participate in the Fans Forum is asked to use the address info@fota.co to contact with FOTA.

Alonso and Ferrari show signs of life :
Fernando Alonso drove on the final day of the test in Jerez the best time The Ferrari driver was the fastest in 1:18.877. Finally positive news for Ferrari, the Scuderia has made not much laps .The fastest time of a 2012-car this week remained in the hands of Lotus and Romain Grosjean, who yesterday drove a 1:18.419. Ferrari had so far not really impressed and admits that it is still a long way to go before the F2012 is competitive. Behind the Scuderia ended another Italian racing stable as a second. From Jean-Eric Vergne, it is all pretty close together, with Toro Rosso, Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Sauber, Force India and Williams within six tenths of each other. Red Bull Racing experienced not an optimal day. The morning was completely lost by an electronic problem in RB8. Sebastian Vettel drove only two installation laps. He added another 48 laps in the afternoon . But the number of Bruno Senna he could not match. The Brazilian ended the day with 124 laps to his name. The Williams driver was also two times in a stand still at curve 12 and curve 2 , the FW34 gave it's spirit. And just like earlier this week the Sauber car showed is not infallible. Kamui Kobayashi parked the C31 around 2:41 p.m. in curve 14.

1. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari F2012 : 1:18.877 laps 39
2. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso STR7 : 1:19.597 + 0.720 laps 80
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing RB8 : 1:19.606 + 0.729 laps 50
4. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren MP4-27 : 1:19.640 + 0.763 laps 86
5. Romain Grosjean : Lotus E20 : 1:19.729 + 0.852 laps 95
6. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber C31 : 1:19.834 + 0.957 laps 75
7. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India VJM-05 : 1:19.977 + 1.100 laps 90
8. Bruno Senna : Williams FW34 : 1:20.132 + 1.255 laps 124
9. Jarno Trulli : Caterham CT01 : 1:22.198 + 3.321 laps 117

The next Test session will be from 21 - 24 February at the Circuit de Catalunya ( Spain )

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Shaky-Schumi

Short News & Test Times of today test session :

British politicians recommended to FIA to cancel the Grand Prix of Bahrain on the calender :
For now, the Bahrain Grand Prix will be just be driven on April 22 .The race will, after an absence of one year return in Formula 1 now the danger after the political turmoil, according to the FIA has ceased. Some British politicians recommended that the international automobile federation should not go to Bahrain. The politicians pointed to an incident that allegedly took place near Manama, where the fingers of a British man were chopped off after he was attacked. According to them the situation is still far from quiet in Bahrain and they wrote an open letter to The Times. "We urgently ask the FIA ​​for its decision regarding the Grand Prix to reconsider."

Bianchi crash in Jerez brings abrupt end to test day of Force India :
For Jules Bianchi is the test in Jerez over. The Frenchman crashed his Force India this morning and since then he was no more in action. Force India is busy with repairs.

"HRT owner Thesan Capital wants to sell again team " .
It seems that HRT has not yet a stable future. According to a report in the German newspaper "Die Welt" is the current owner of the team, Thesan Capital, already looking for a new buyer. The investment company bought HRT itself only last year by Jose Ramon Carabante. HRT debuted under the name Hispania Racing during the 2010 season. Founder Adrian Campos sold the team to Carabante that the whole thing last year sold to Thesan Capital. Also they would now like to hand the team's doing. The main reason was the departure of Colin Kolles with another 120 employees in its wake. According to "Die Welt" Thesan Capital has also already another buyer in mind. The Mexican Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world would be interested in buying about HRT. Slim is currently a partner of Sauber and a personal sponsor of Sergio Perez.

Ferrari: "Not happy with where we are at the moment"
The Ferrari team have not yet have there act together with the F2012. The Scuderia honestly admit that. The F2012 is a completely new concept and there is still much to learn.Technical Director Pat Fry: "I certainly can not say that I am happy with where we are at the moment. We still have much room for improvement. The reliability is good, the performance is okay. We can, should and will progress a lot . "
When asked whether he had a message for the many Ferrari fans in the world, he replied: "We all work very hard."

Lewis Hamilton pleased with McLaren's positive start:
Lewis Hamilton today took over the wheel of McLaren team-mate Jenson Button. The British driver came to a fourth time after 80 laps in Jerez. Hamilton was after his first encounter with the MP4-27 positive .

Senna and Williams identify shortcomings of FW34 :
Bruno Senna had its first real day for Williams . The Brazilian tested for the first time with the FW34 and was not disappointed. It is after three days with the new car clearly what still needs to be improved. Senna: "We have identified some shortcomings and with that we are going now/get to work. That is not bad, every car has strengths and weaknesses. We have discovered that some aspects could be better. The focus was on getting to know the car. In Barcelona, we begin with the set-up play. " "The team is confident that we can achieve with this car more than last year . The new car is quite docile, totally edgy. He may ( the car )do something more aggressive without going over the edge."

Romain Grosjean keep calm: "It's just testing" :

Romain Grosjean in Jerez today provided an appropriate sequel to the strong performances of Kimi Raikkonen with the Lotus E20 during the first days of testing. With a 1:18.419 was the fastest 2012-car. That was a run with little fuel, admit Grosjean. But it nevertheless agrees satisfactorily.Romain Grosjean in Jerez today provided an appropriate sequel to the strong performances of Kimi Raikkonen with the Lotus E20 during the first days of testing. With a 1:18.419 was the fastest 2012-car. That was a run with little fuel, known as Grosjean. But it nevertheless welcomes satisfactorily.



Nico Rosberg put the best time on the fourth day of testing at Jerez down. With the Mercedes car from last year he rushed to a 1:17.512. This was the last day of the W02, the German racing stable pack up there stuff in the morning and will not be entering the last test day In the next test in Barcelona it will be the debut of the new car from Mercedes, the W03 .
The honor of best new car goes to Lotus. In the hands of Romain Grosjean was the E20 good for a 1:18.419. Champions Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing gave almost nine tenths to. At the end of the day gave the Lotus E20 it's spirit. Grosjean was stopped and parked the car on the stretch between turns 3 and 4.
Schlemiel (Donkey) of the day was Jules Bianchi. Already in its second installation lap, with a large measuring system behind the left front wheel, he crashed in Turn 5. It became so badly damaged that the VJM05 Force India all day no more in action. This was especially bales for racing driver Nico Hulkenberg, for the first time he would have test the car. That is necessarily postponed until tomorrow.

1. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:17.613 laps 118
2. Romain Grosjean : Lotus E20 : 1:18.419 + 0.806 laps 117
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing RB8 : 1:19.297 + 1.684 laps 96
4. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren MP4-27 : 1:19.464 + 1.851 laps 80
5. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso TR7 : 1:19.734 + 2.121 laps 79
6. Sergio Perez : Sauber C31 : 1:19.770 + 2.157 laps 48
7. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari F2012 : 1:20.412 + 2.799 laps 67
8. Bruno Senna : Williams FW34 : 1:21.293 + 3.680 laps 125
9. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham CT01 : 1:23.324 + 5.711 laps 74

Tomorrow will be the last day of testing at Jerez !

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Shaky-Schumi