Tuesday 16 November 2010

Young drivers test: Day 1+2

Only 2 days after the curtain came down on the 2010 season and off season testin is already underway. Today and tomorrow presents an opportunity for those who have not done more than 2 races in F1 to get a chance to experience some running in a F1 car. Lets be clear, it is difficult to assess exactly who is doing the best job in these tests as fuel loads, programmes, tyres may vary. However it is interesting to see who is doing what and of course the test is in Abu Dhabi where the Formula 1 field have just raced around. The track is in good condition, Karun Chandhok reckoned earlier that it would be quicker than it was on Saturday by over a second and with over 800 laps on it today it will have increased in pace. Here's a look at day 1 times complete with comparison's with the times from the weekend.

UPDATE: This post now includes times from day 2 of the test. That concludes the young drivers test. The next Formula 1 running will be in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday when the teams will be testing the new tyres from Pirelli for the first time.

Red Bull

Best qualifying lap - 1.39.394
Best race lap - 1.41.739
Daniel Ricciardo (Day 1) - 1.39.616
Daniel Ricciardo (Day 2) - 1.38.102

McLaren

Best qualifying lap - 1.39.425
Best race lap - 1.41.274
Oliver Turvey (Day 1) - 1.40.725
Gary Paffett (Day 2) - 1.39.760

Ferrari

Best qualifying lap - 1.39.792
Best race lap - 1.42.447
Jules Bianchi (Day 1) - 1.43.894
Jules Bianchi (Day 2) - 1.39.916

Mercedes

Best qualifying lap - 1.40.060
Best race lap - 1.41.711
Sam Bird (Day 1) - 1.42.985
Sam Bird (Day 2) - 1.39.220

Renault

Best qualifying lap - 1.40.658
Best race lap - 1.41.753
Mikhail Aleshin (Day 1) - 1.42.073
Jerome D'Ambrosio (Day 2) - 1.38.802

Williams

Best qualifying lap - 1.40.203
Best race lap - 1.42.397
Dean Stoneman (Day 1) - 1.41.522
Pastor Maldonado (Day 2) - 1.40.944

Force India

Best qualifying lap - 1.40.914
Best race lap - 1.42.695
Paul di Resta (Day 1) - 1.42.736
Antonio Felix da Costa (Day 1) - 1.41.381
Paul di Resta (Day 2) - 1.40.901
Yelmer Buurman (Day 2) - 1.41.178

Sauber

Best qualifying lap - 1.40.783
Best race lap - 1.42.673
Esteban Gutierrez (Day 1) - 1.41.432
Sergio Perez (Day 2) - 1.40.543

Toro Rosso

Best qualifying lap 1.41.707
Best race lap - 1.42.573
Jean-Eric Vergne (Day 1) - 1.42.489
Jean-Eric Vergne (Day 2) - 1.40.974

Lotus

Best qualifying lap - 1.43.516
Best race lap - 1.45.378
Rodolfo Gonzalez (Day 1) - 1.44.924
Vladimir Arabadzhiev (Day 2) - 1.45.723

Hispania

Best qualifying lap - 1.45.085
Best race lap - 1.46.255
Pastor Maldonado (Day 1) - 1.43.750
Josef Kral (Day 2) - 1.44.143
Davide Valsecchi (Day 2) - 1.43.013

Virgin

Best qualifying lap - 1.44.095
Best race lap - 1.46.126
Rio Haryanto (Day 1) - 1.49.439
Jerome D'Ambrosio (Day 1) - 1.43.518
Luiz Razia (Day 2) - 1.43.525

1 comment:

  1. So Pastor went a ton faster than Bruno and CK? Happy Lou! :)

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