First F1 test of 2016: Ferrari is going to head

Posted on 22-02-2016 at 20:25 by Dizono – 21 Comments”

Today was the first day that the teams, their 2016 car, the job should send. At the end of the day, it is time to take stock. Vettel was the fastest, but what did the competition?

That was followed relatively appropriate distance. It was Sebastian Vettel with 1:24.939 the fastest time posted, while Lewis Hamilton in his Mercedes almost a half a second slower. It is remarkable that Lewis is still by far the most laps ran on the track in Barcelona: 156. Vettel did 69, while Daniel Ricciardo 87 did. The Australian steered his Red Bull to a neat third time, despite the fact that the driver apparently still what weight can. Willams, Force India and McLaren next on respectively the fourth, fifth and sixth place.

Carlos Sainz came in today does not go beyond the seventh place in the new STR11, already helped not that he was the session prematurely and had to discontinue due to problems with the gearbox. Also, Haas F1, which is its first meters ever made, knew little prosperity. Romain Grosjean could only 31 rounds away because he has problems with his front wing a lot of time in the pit lane has to spend. Red lantaarndragers of today? The lord of Renault. They were with 1:29.356 almost four and a half second slower than the Red Brigade.

How much value should we now this results attach? Not so much. Teams tests are not necessarily on speed, but can also work on specific components or set-ups to try out. In addition, not everybody wants to be right all his cards on the table, you should the competition not be wiser than necessary. Only when on 20 march in Australia, the black-and-white-checkered falls, we can really something about the relationships, say.