Naujienos, gandai...

Wehrlein and Massa, who he was racing against when he had the accident, were not wearing a HANS device. When asked why, he said: "Actually I just forgot it. I was wearing it always, but that time I just forgot it. That's it. But it didn't change anything. If it would be a neck injury maybe yes, but its a back injury."

Formula 1 teams have been permitted to film and upload short videos on their social media channels during the first week of testing in Barcelona, Spain.

Previously, the commercial rights holder has placed tight restrictions on broadcasting of all video from within the confines of the circuit during testing.

But F1 is entering a new era following Liberty Media’s takeover, with the American company keen to exploit digital and social media.

Senelis nemirs anksciau laiko sita matydamas? Tiek kure draudimus, is kiekvieno sh stengesi kapeika isspausti, o dabar nuo pirmos dienos viskas keiciasi... SAD

Gal kas žinot gerų forumų anglų kalba,kur chebra rimtai analizuoja F1?

“I was behind a couple of cars out there and it was harder to follow, as we expected,” said Hamilton. “And then also right now the tyres are so hard that they don't drop off, they just keep going and going and going and going.

“So most likely we're going to be doing a lot more one-stopper [races] and, since there's not degradation, less mistakes, less overtaking.

The Russian Grand Prix is staying at Sochi until at least 2025

Klepsidra, tu miegi kada nors? :DD

“You need massive power now with this level of drag. If you are 20 horsepower down last year, you lost maybe two or three tenths, while this year you are maybe losing half a second.

“So I think some of the technical aspects of the car are even higher this year, so the driver can do until one point.” Alonso

ecOr> jetlag'as kankina

https://youtu.be/g0CcJ6ZjMq4?t=590 - Newey komentaras apie Red Bull bolida, sharkfin'us ir t.t.

http://www.f1undercover.com/fia-threatens-removal-of-illegal-suspensions/

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128316/one-team-altering-suspension-amid-fia-checks

tikrai great start. elementaru bet efektyvu
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/836865971851784194/vid/1280x720/y5hKUZoO93DPT5IZ.mp4

Bottas ikale maziau nei minute dvidesint: 1m19.838s

I know the Mercedes has broken into the 1m19s bracket on super-softs, but watching at the fast Turn 9 right-hander the Ferrari doing 1m21s on mediums still looks the most impressive car to me. It just looks so sta*** and consistent.
Gary Anderson

Andersonas kas antram poste mini ta pati ir jau kelinta diena. Po sito parase, kad Mercedes ir Ferrari yra kaip ground effecto prilipdyti prie zemes.

"My dream actually would be to have a non-championship race once a year," said Brawn.
"And in that non-championship race you could experiment.
"So you could try a different format for one race and see.
"It would ena*** us to vary the format and try something different and evolve it.
"Like everything else you'd tune it. Then you could make it better and say, 'actually now, this is better than what we have. The fans love it, everyone loves it. Let's swap.'"

Bottas' time this morning is the fastest ever lap around the Circuit de Catalunya in its current layout

Tai rekordai kris siais metais greitai

There’s a whisper beginning to circulate late morning on day 3 of winter testing here in Barcelona which suggests McLaren have spoken with another engine manufacturer about a supply of power units for THIS YEAR.

In reality, the logistics of this kind of move are close to unthinka*** – and there would have to be performance penalty release clauses in the deal McLaren have with Honda at present for this to even be possi***. Yet in a way this rumour is hardly surprising given the woeful start to pre-season testing Honda have made again.

Interestingly, because of a recent rule change – were McLaren to ditch Honda, one of the other three engine manufacturers would be forced by the FIA to supply the Woking based team. There are though lead time clauses written into the regulation which mean the MacHonda would survive as a partnership for at least the first flyaway races.

Importing a new engine into the MCL32 would not be too physically problematic since the hybrid turbo power unit mountings are fixed by FIA regulations – specifically with a view to making engine supplies easily transfera***.

However, the driveability of a MacMerc or Mac-Renault would most likely be ugly – but then again Ross Brawn pulled it off in 2009 with a late switch to Mercedes power when Honda pulled out of Formula One.

And we all remember how that turned out.

One reason an impending MacHonda divorce is unlikely before the end of the season, is due to the $100m or so sponsorship McLaren is presently receiving from Honda.

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery has predicted Formula One’s new cars will set a record-breaking pace.

After studying data from the first two days of tests at the Circuit de Catalunya, Hembery believes the new generation of cars could lap as low as one minute 17 seconds in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Atsakymas i paskutini Klepsidra posta. Ir ka ? tinka Jums (sirgaliams) variantas 1.17 m.s ir maziau lenkimu ir maziau kovos ?

panasu,kad Honda pades taska ALonso karjeroj.

deivec> o mes sakem, kad tinka? ar kas klause sirgaliu del nauju taisykliu? ne. tai buvo komandu siulymas - tai ir turim. komandos sake, kad sirgaliai nori greitesniu bolidu ir platesniu padangu, bet sirgaliu paciu niekas neklause. komandos, ypac Red Bull, stume aero pokycius = lenkimu nebus - sirgaliai buvo nesvarbus.

yra Alonso komentaras, kad su siu metu bolidais piloto vaidmuo dar labiau sumazejo:
“The importance of the ‘driver percentage’ that we talk about sometimes, I think with the technology and aero packages we have now, with the power units we have now, the driver is even less important.”
“You need massive power now with this level of drag and downforce, you need good harvesting and deployment because the straights are a little bit longer now than last year. Some corners will disappear, will be flat [out], so the straights will be even longer because of that.”
“So if your are 20 horsepower down last year you were losing two or three tenths, while this year maybe you are losing half a second.”
“I think the importance of some of the technical aspects of the car are even higher this year. The driver can do until one point miracles, cannot do any more.”

Renault is to make changes to its rear wing design before the start of the Formula 1 season, after the FIA advised it that the concept of its support pillar could be in breach of the rules.

Šiaip klausimas, kodėl visi testuoja su vienu bolidu, o tarkim Mercedes ar Renault su keliais?

Testuoti galima tik vienu bolidu - Renault ir Mercedes tik pilotai keiciasi. Komandos pacios renkasi, kada pilotus keisti - ta pacia diena, kas antra diena ir pan.

Kol kas atviriausia nuomone apie situacija po pirmu dienu:
On Day 1 Ferrari and Williams were the only ones to do a ‘step change’ during the day’s running ie run two different fuel levels during the day. This gives us an indication of their higher fuel (70-80kg) and lower fuel (30-40kg) pace. This shows their hand a bit; we can draw some conclusions from that.
In contrast, Mercedes kept a steady fuel load, likely to have been in the 70-80kg range from past experience. So they were not giving anything away. Assuming they were running a similar programme to last year fuel wise (because why wouldn’t they?) it looked like the Mercedes is a good bit faster than the Ferrari.
On Tuesday we got some more information from the second day’s running. Hamilton again looked fast, but Valtteri Bottas seemed to be struggling more for pace. He also had a minor off. When Bottas is in the car, it’s on the same pace as Ferrari. When Hamilton is in the Silver Arrow, it’s faster.
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Qualifying pace has been a real weakness for Ferrari and it will be very interesting to see where they are when they do their first qualifying simulation run in Barcelona.
Red Bull had compara*** long run times with Verstappen so they look reasonably close. But all teams will have some major aerodynamic updates for next week’s test and Melbourne which could be worth up to a second, so it’s still way too early to say how the front three rows of the grid will look in Australia.
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The signs are that the Renault engine is a good step stronger than last year’s motor. And Red Bull has demonstrated that through the speed trap on both days so far. It’s been a very long time since we saw Red Bull among the top three through the speed trap, but they have clearly more power and also a very efficient car aerodynamically. So it’s got plenty of downforce in the corners but without costly drag on the straights.
In contrast, the Toro Rosso looks a decent car, but it’s clearly draggy on the straights.
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It’s very early days, but Mercedes is clearly still the team to beat. Ferrari looks good, especially on long runs and Red Bull has not shown its hand yet on lap times, but the corner speeds and straight line speeds indicate that it’s a competitive car.
Behind them we have what appears a reasonably tight midfield with Williams, Haas, Toro Rosso and Force India probably in that order, very close on pace.
Then comes Renault, with Sauber on its own at the back.

Panasu, kad Williams su strolu bus liudna. Per dvi dienas jau keturi nusirasymai.

Looking at where the car has ended up, it seems that Stroll lost the rear of the car exiting Turn 5 and spun into the barrier.

komentarai buvo, kad Strollas persistengia su korekcijomis, kai bolidas sekmingai istaisytu situacija pats. kazkas tokio

Turint omeny, jog daugiau prispaudžiamosios galios.. GĖDA! : D

astralai,to ir buvo galima tiketis. gerai,kad dar Felipe yra, nes jau primetu,kaip butu koks Pascalis su Strollu testave nauja masina :) We won't be running again today. The #FW40 is back in the garage and we are assessing damage after the car went off track. #F1Testing #F1

https://images.scribblelive.com/2017/3/1/e2eadc21-ebb6-4c09-a38e-c5f59c96934d_800.jpg Williams

Barcelona Testing – Williams will not run on the final day of the first pre-season test due to chassis damage.

uoj tas Strollas!

Sky Sports understands Mercedes have been running their 2017 engine in conservative power modes to be sure of complete reliability.

It’s not known if Mercedes have suffered engine component failures on their factory-based test dynos but a team source confirmed that failures are a desira*** occurrence – the point about running engines on test beds is so that it happens close to home, where quick and accessi*** fixes can be applied, rather than on the track


Mercedes will introduce an upgraded engine for the season-opening Australian GP on March 26, meaning that while Bottas and Hamilton’s lap times in the W08 are already impressive, there is likely to be even more performance gains to come from the world champions –if the engine is relia***.

Prie to pacio: Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday night that the new Mercedes still hadn't been dialled in or run on low fuel.

According to Turun Sanomat, today the track was made wet again on afternoon because of Mercedes, all the other teams didn't want a wet afternoon and their testing programs were planned for dry afternoon but because of Mercedes their programs were ruined.

Early data indicate that difference between medium and soft is about d 1.3 "/ 1.4" and between the soft and super soft 0.6 "

gandu lygyje:
It's one of just a handful of concerns for McLaren with speculation that Honda is una*** to run its new power unit at full power due to reliability fears, with suggestions it is less powerful than their 2016-unit in its current state.

As kai pagalvoju mane nervina kad Mclarenai taip prastai paskutinius sezonus vaziuoja, bet kaip jiem patiem jaustis ir kaip nervint turi..

Japonai protingi žmonės, bet net italiukščių pastaruosius porą sezonų negali sėkmingai pavyt!

na taip. visgi japonai matomai yra stiprus, kai inovaciniai sprendimai vykdomi eile metu, ir neisprausti i tokius remus,kai reikia per keleta metu padaryt produkta. panasu, per silpna Hondos F1 skirta komanda. jeigu praeitais metais jau atrode siek tiek issprende patikimumo problemas, siemet vel atgal. 1 diena, problemos su tepalo skyrium, 2 diena- bendras galios praradimas, ir kol ,japonai dar net nezino, kodel nutiko ta problema. neveltui pries sezona Honda sake, naujos jegaines projektas galingas,bet rizikingas. kol kas nei galios nei patikimumo nematem.