The F1 Thread 2013 Season

One the best looking cars for 2013.

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I'm actually slightly disappointed with how it looks, simply because the BBC has this picture at the top of its article:

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It makes it appear as if the car is streaked with blue, which personally I actually thought was beautiful. I was disappointed when I found out it was only shadows and it's just plain silver.

Not that it's not a nice-looking car still, though.
 
Gary Anderson doesn't seem to like it, the developments anyway.

I think the livery looks great though.
 
Day 1 of testing on now.

Already from the BBC - We have our first red flag of the day as the McLaren of Jenson Button stops on the track just after turn three with what appears to be a mechanical fault with the MP4-28. Not a great start for the 2009 world champion.

Even in testing the first red flag had to be a Mclaren. Rosberg in the Merc just got a red flag, not a great start for the top teams so far.
 
Is there anyway of streaming this or getting the lap times?
 
timings so far.

Timesheet @ 10.00am (UK time)
1. Rosberg 1:20.846; 2. Maldonado 1:21.215 (2012 car); 3. Ricciardo 1:21.316; 4. Hulkenberg 1:21.553; 5. Massa 1:21.598; 6. Webber 1:22.959; 7. Van der Garde 1:24.994; 8. Chilton 1:25.176.
 
Hope they can solve this fuel pump issue, caused a couple of DNF last season. Fire on Rosberg car was caused by electrics. Marussia have unveiled their car, they really could do with a couple of sponsors.

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Timesheet @ 11.09am (UK time)
1. Ricciardo 1:20.547 29 laps; 2. Rosberg 1:20.846 14 laps; 3. Maldonado 1:21.019 (2012 car) 34 laps; 4. Grosjean 1:21.175 14 laps; 5. Hulkenberg 1:21.553 32 laps; 6. Massa 1:21.598 25 laps; 7. Di Resta 1:21.647 24 laps; 8. Webber 1:22.959 22 laps; 9. Van der Garde 1:24.994 17 laps; 10. Chilton 1:25.176 17 laps; 11. Button No time 3 laps.
 
Paul di Resta has taken over at the top of the times in the last few moments - the Scot ensuring he reaches the mid-session mark on top with a 1:20.343. It's certainly been a promising morning for Force India.
 
Caterham may as well have put last years car out, clearly they'll be starting on their 2014 car as soon as the lights go out in Australia.

Marussia's car will have more sponsors once they get their second driver on board.
 
Brunno Senna wont be racing in F1 next year, signs a deal to join Aston Martin in the WEC
 
Jerez Day Two latest timesheet @ 10.20am (UK time)

1. Romain Grosjean, 1.19.080, 16 laps; 2. Damiel Ricciardo, 1:19.487, 24 laps; 3. Lewis Hamilton, 1:19.519, 15 laps; 4. Mark Webber, 1:19.921, 27 laps; 5. Paul di Resta, 1:20.055, 33 laps; 6. Sergio Perez, 1:20.709, 18 laps; 7. Nico Hulkenberg, 1:20.735, 20 laps; 8. Luiz Razia, 1:24.398, 19 laps; 9. Giedo van der Garde, 1:25.866, 13 laps; 10. Pastor Maldonado, 1:27.124, 7 laps; 11. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:39.697, 12 laps.
 
Was it mechanical or driver error? Not a lot of damage so they should be back out soon, think it just needs a new nose.
 
straight from Sky.

The fact Hamilton literally went straight on off the road and into the barrier would seem to point to a mechanical issue, but certainly it's all speculation at this stage until we find out from Mercedes later.



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It looks like mechanical.

Hamilton's rear brake failure will take quite a bit of time to investigate and repair, don't expect him to be back out anytime soon
 
Ahaha, feck you Hamilton. I hope that happens on the opening lap of every single race this season.
 
erez Day Three Timesheet @ 12.00pm (UK time)
1. Felipe Massa, 1:17.879, 49 laps; 2. Nico Rosberg, 1:19.004, 69 laps; 3. James Rossiter, 1:19.303, 32 laps; 4. Kimi Raikkonen, 1:19.539, 22 laps; 5. Jenson Button, 1:19.603, 28; 6. Sebastian Vettel, 1:19.676, 45 laps; 7. Jean-Eric Vergne 1:19.707, 46 laps; 8. Esteban Gutierrez, 1:19.995, 61 laps; 9. Valtteri Bottas, 1:21.578, 58 laps; 10. Max Chilton, 1:23.938, 27 laps; 11. Charles Pic, 1:25.365, 28 laps.
 
Jerez Day Three Timesheet @ 1.48pm (UK time)
1. Felipe Massa, 1:17.879, 49 laps; 2. Nico Rosberg, 1:18.766, 103 laps; 3. Kimi Raikkonen, 1:19.200, 36 laps; 4. James Rossiter, 1:19.303, 42 laps; 5. Jenson Button, 1:19.603, 28 laps; 6. Sebastian Vettel, 1:19.676, 60 laps; 7. Jean-Eric Vergne 1:19.707, 54 laps; 8. Esteban Gutierrez, 1:19.995, 72 laps; 9. Valtteri Bottas, 1:21.578, 58 laps; 10. Paul di Resta, 1:23.729, 7 laps; 11. Max Chilton, 1:23.938, 44 laps; 12. Charles Pic, 1:25.365, 28 laps.
 
Mercedes actually look decent today and with the huge lap count they clearly have reliability in there too now they are getting on top of their issues.

The burnt bodywork is a worry though, seems like a Mercedes trait over the past few years and its not even particularly hot in Jerez, the car would melt in Bahrain. I still think they will update that exhaust area though, its still quite basic looking in comparison to others.
 
Button has stopped on the track again.
Leg-End said:
The burnt bodywork is a worry though, seems like a Mercedes trait over the past few years and its not even particularly hot in Jerez, the car would melt in Bahrain. I still think they will update that exhaust area though, its still quite basic looking in comparison to others.
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It was down to an electrical fire on the first day of testing.
 
I thought that was more towards the rear of the car though? That appears to be where the exhaust is exiting internally. But yeah it may be that, I haven't really been taking too much notice of the images.
 
Final day 3 timings

Jerez Day Three Timesheet @ 3:54pm (UK time)
1. Felipe Massa, 1:17.879, 85 laps; 2. Nico Rosberg, 1:18.766, 146 laps; 3. Sebastian Vettel, 1:19.052, 100 laps; 4. Kimi Raikkonen, 1:19.200, 40 laps; 5. Jean-Eric Vergne, 1:19.247, 85 laps; 6. James Rossiter, 1:19.303, 42 laps; 7. Jenson Button, 1:19.603, 82 laps; 8. Esteban Gutierrez, 1:19.934, 108 laps; 9. Max Chilton, 1:21.269, 77 laps; 10. Valtteri Bottas, 1:21.575, 86 laps; 11. Charles Pic, 1:22.352, 57 laps; 12. Paul di Resta, 1:23.729, 7 laps.


Lewis in the Merc for the final day, wonder if he can get close to 146 laps?
 
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