and among all the renault teams, Caterham by far made the most mileage...

Vettel hails 'better' day | Planet F1 | Formula One | News, Standings, Results, Features, Video

Things slowly coming together for the Bulls.

and looks like the son is far more superior than the father

Magnussen-tops-second-test-day-in-bahrain/


still have to wait until the actual season but it looks pretty good so far for him and McLaren. :icon17:

Yes! Mclaren and Williams just might fully surprise the Bulls and Ferrari. Very very impressed with Mag!

and unless Renault can iron out all the issues with their engine, it's going to be Mercedes and Ferrari, at least for the first couple races

Yes agree'd. They should not be so smug early on though. I think alot of issues are going to come up for all of them and just wait till they get to Sepang and the heat/humidity there!
Plus now the drivers have to deal with harder torque friendly tires with less grip. Mistakes will be common more so than last Im betting!

The driving will be different, but we are looking at 20 best drivers in the world, they can adapt to the new driving quick and easy.


If you look at all the teams powered by renault, many of those are still having issues, even renault had the last 2 weeks to try to solve the problems.

The good is, they are getting more mileage and hopefully the 3rd/last one will be a smooth one. :tup:

Today's report - Lewis Hamilton ups the pace in Bahrain on day three of the test - First Bahrain Test - Day Three | Formula 1 | Formula 1 news, live F1 | ESPN F1

Last day of this test is tomorrow!

Final test day for this week in Bahrain
 

meanwhile at Ferrari:

Kimi 'wouldn't say' it was his fault | Planet F1 | Formula One | News, Standings, Results, Features, Video

I think Alonso crashed his couple days ago too...

It just put itself into the wall....sad. He caused it by using too much throttle. Period :)

good to have this happen in preseason than actual race. :icon17:

We will see it in races! Tires are so diff this season.

Ten things learned in Bahrain - Planet F1.com
 

Ten Things We Learned From Bahrain | Planet F1 | Formula One | Features | Editorial


Mercedes on top, Red Bull still struggling, Williams have two Felipes and everything's taking a lot more time...

-When Marussia decided they needed to change the engine on Max Chilton's car after four laps on Friday, it wasn't the work of a couple of hours. That was it for the rest of the day. Although repairs and engine fixes are going to come down as teams learn to shortcut the time, such is the complexity of the new engine systems that everything is taking around double the time it took before. So if teams get engine problems in final practice (FP3) on a Saturday morning, it may be impossible to get the car ready in the time left before Qualifying.

-Thus on Friday when Ferrari had some telemetry issues, what would have been a routine fix for the team in 2013 with telemetry equipment that hasn't changed from 2013 to 2014, became a much longer process, sidelining Kimi Raikkonen for a lot of Friday. An engineer from a rival team also revealed that both Sauber and Ferrari were suffering misfires, as fuel was getting into the exhaust, something that hadn't happened in Jerez.

-Williams have now got two Felipes in their car with Brazilian Felipe Nasr signing up as their reserve and test team driver. He put in a lot of mileage on Saturday. Having a namesake in the team will make it a lot easier to swap drivers in and out if they put the name 'Felipe' next to a Brazilian flag on the side of the car. However should Valtteri Bottas fall ill and need to be replaced then it could be fun having two Felipes racing and could lead to the team radio message "Felipe, Felipe is faster than you."

-The new quieter engines make it easier for drivers to hear messages on team radio - but on the downside, there is so much electrical activity going on in the engine compartment that the signals are getting a lot of interference.

-For those doubters who thought that F1 cars would be a lot slower in 2014, Nico Rosberg's 1:33.283 on Saturday morning was less that a second off his 2013 pole of 1:32.330. Lewis Hamilton confirmed that the new cars are losing out in the fast corners, thanks to the removal of downforce and exhaust blowing, but gaining on the straights.

-The best news from Saturday was that Lotus bounced back with some last-minute parts flown in and a haul of 59 laps making them by far the strongest Renault runner at the end of the test. The four Renault teams managed just 114 laps between them on the final day, against 92 for the three Ferrari teams and 261 for the Mercedes engined teams.

-After eight days of pre-season testing gone, with four left, only Mercedes and McLaren have run race simulations. In race mode, and adhering to the restriction of 100kgs of fuel, both the W05 and the MP4-29 were lapping eight seconds off their ultimate one-lap pace.

-Red Bull were only the fastest Renault-engined car on Day One. On Day Two it was the Caterham-Renault. On Day Three it was the Toro Rosso-Renault, and on Day Four the Lotus-Renault. Day Two will hurt the most.

-The lack of reliability for the teams may spill out into marshalling problems in the early races or at least safety worries for marshals. In Bahrain, when a car stops, the teams' engineers are coming out to collect their own cars because of the potential safety issues with electricity. When the season starts, the systems are supposedly going to be all sorted. But if the teams cannot get their cars working reliably by Melbourne, can the electricity safety systems in place be trusted? Having had a marshal killed in Melbourne not too many years ago by a flying wheel, the race organisers will want to be assured that the cars are safe to be touched.

-Had the 107% rule been applied to Saturday's best testing times, as though it were the grid, Red Bull would have been ruled out. Daniel Ricciardo's 1:39.837 was more than 107% of Nico Rosberg's blistering 1:33.283

Next test starts tomorrow!
 

It's going to be one hell of a race at Melbourne, can't remember the last time I was this excited for an F1 race.

YES I am ready for this to start Sam!

Its going to be an interesting year. :tup::tup:

I bet we will all have a very clear picture on where the teams will stand at the start of the season after the last testing.

Could Renault solve the reliability issue plays a big role.....




on the other hand:

Formula 1 - Kobayashi: GP2 faster than Caterham - Yahoo Eurosport UK

Koby Krash throwing his team under the bus LOL! Im sure after this next test the press will see much faster cars. By mid season they will be as quick as the 2.4v8's they replaced!

which means..... they'll still sitting at the back.... :icon18:

Lovin it for Williams and Massa!!! Red Bull is having ISSUES!

One more test day and next stop is RACE 1 and Melbourne Australia. BRING IT ON! God knows who will be on the podium eh??

Bahrain F1 test: Massa flies for Williams, more Red Bull trouble - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

This season is really off to an awesome start! Or do you think Red Bull is just hiding the big guns?

Sam I think they have issues for sure. They will get them under control but its going to be crazy in Australia!

Red Bull always come up with a solution, but this time the problem is on the engine...

and it's kinda affecting not only one team but most of the renault powered teams...

I hope issues could be resolved by the 1st race too.

May I speak for Massa and say, "Suck it Ferrari".

BBC analysis and overview of the new season, post testing!

BBC Sport - F1 2014 season: Get ready for the most dramatic start for years

Best looking car on the grid!

Martini lifts Williams off the rocks - Pitpass.com

nice and neat looking :tup:


hope it performs as good as its style :tup:

Hahaha she sure is the winner

Williams to run special Senna logo - GPUpdate.net


damn Williams... if you gonna make this logo thingie such a big matter....

then please make the logo much bigger and put it on a place where people can see....!!!! :wtf:

the "the370z.com" sticker is even bigger than that.

Alonso give his insight into the new season. Im not so pleased to see less than full racing. We shall see I suppose.

Alonso: Grands prix will be different | Planet F1 | Formula One News

I agree and disagree...

F1 always has been involved strategy, not only these couple seasons, but way back to like 1997 when refueling was allowed.

There were so many time, almost every race, we complain about passing can only occurred during a pit stop, the smartest person was Ross Brawn because he always know when to pit and how much fuel to put in, one of the best race strategist during that era.


Although it is boring, but it's also part of the race.

You don't just drive fast but also have to drive smart.

pros and cons... it's up to our interest.

Yes I understand that aspect. But if I want endurance racing Im not that far to LeMans!
Now the focus is on fuel too much and less than full throttle F1 racing. If they cannot then it is endurance. F1 is a sprint race in the world of racing. WE have enough issues with passing etc. Now they might just save fuel rather than race. No...no thanks.

I wonder, while F1 is always talking about cost cutting, but how much money they have put in for the new engine?

Some good reads from Planet F1.com
 

10 Things To Watch Out For In 2014 | Planet F1 | Formula One | Features | Editorial

PlanetF1's 2014 Predictions | Planet F1 | Formula One | Features | Editorial