After Fast times yesterday with Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Gary Paffett (McLaren) and Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP), the second day of testing is underway with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) taking the wheel of the new McLaren for the first time. Also, for the first time in a Sauber the mighty Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi takes to the track.
Today the FIA has confirmed the change in the scoring system. On the other hand, the FIA have also approved the pilots arriving in the Q3 will have to use the same tires bearing at the time the race starts. The new points system was originally 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1 but is now 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. The main change being 2nd place now has more incentive to go for the win.
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Valencia, Day 2 - F1 Testing 2010, 2nd February, 2010
UPDATES:
17:06 h Good time to look at the final times and laps made:
UNCONFIRMED FINAL TIMES FOR VALENCIA TEST DAY 2:
- F. Massa (Ferrari) 1:11.722 (124 laps)
- K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) 1:12.056 (96 laps)
- L. Hamilton (McLaren) 1:12.256 (108 laps)
- N. Rosberg (GP Mercedes) 1:12.426 (119 laps)
- R. Barrichello (Williams) 1:12.899 (119 laps)
- R. Kubica (Renault) 1:13.377 (102 laps)
- S. Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:13.823 (107 laps)
17:05h Kubica stopped on tracked leads to Red Flag. Session wont be restarted. End of Valencia test day 2 for all drivers
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16:56 h Problems for Kubica. His car is stuck in the final minutes of the session. Promising times throughout the session for Hamilton as his lap times on long stints have been consistent in the high 1:12s and low 1:13s.
16:53 h Buemi 1:13.823 which is an encouraging time for Toro Rosso.
16:52 h Kobayashi finishes a short stint and he's back in the pits as is Hamilton
16:46 h 1:12.426 Kubica, with his best of the day
16:34 h Massa and Kobayashi are rolling in 1:12s high and low, respectively, while Rosberg is at low 1:15
16:35 h Robert Kubica finally shows some Renault potential with a 1:12.501s.
16:08 h Felipe Massa also enters the pit and, as with Rosberg, after a stint of 19 laps, 15 of them timed, and record near the high 1:15s to low 1:16s .
15:58 h The times of the riders on the track (Massa, Rosberg, Kubica and Buemi) remain in the high 1:14 s and 1:16 s low.
15:39 h Sorry about the lack of update. Here is the timesheet:
- F. Massa (Ferrari) 1:11.722 (87 laps)
- K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) 1:12.056 (66 laps)
- L. Hamilton (McLaren) 1:12.256 (95 laps)
- N. Rosberg (GP Mercedes) 1:12.899 (73 laps)
- R. Barrichello (Williams) 1:13.377 (69 laps)
- R. Kubica (Renault) 1:13.659 (82 laps)
- S. Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:14.862 (74 laps)
13:11 h Robert Kubica is also back to the pits after 7 laps. The Pole remains his best time in 1:13.659. Buemi 1:14.862
13:10 h Felipe Massa returns to the pits after his stint of 10 laps. The Brazilian has gone to improve time to first thing in the morning but now is more focused on testing all aspects of the Ferrari F10 and exit testing
BREAKING NEWS:
Stefan GP (SGP), the Serbian based team, become the first team in F1 history who did sent a 40 foot container full of equipment to the race in Bahrain without having entry for 2010 season!
"On Friday 29-th January we showed our spirit, and how serious our management and our employees are when they say that we are pushing to get the entry, and that they want to race in 2010 season."
Does this spell the end for Campos Meta, for SGP to take over. They have already bought the Toyota factory in Cologne.
12:53 h Rosberg 1:15.892. Massa now on heavy fuel lapping in 1:15s, 1:16s.
12:42 h 1:12.508 for the 2008 world champion
12:34 h Latest Times
- F. Massa (Ferrari) 1:11.722 (45 laps)
- K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) 1:12.056 (29 laps)
- L. Hamilton (McLaren) 1:12.614 (36 laps)
- N. Rosberg (GP Mercedes) 1:12.899 (28 laps)
- R. Barrichello (Williams) 1:13.377 (13 laps)
- R. Kubica (Renault) 1:13.659 (40 laps)
- S. Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:14.862 (41 laps)
12:10 h Felipe Massa returns to the track
12:07 h All the drivers to the pits but Barrichello improves his best time and achieves 1:14.567
12:03 h Buemi into the pits. They continue on track Kubica and Barrichello, running in 1:14 high
11:24h Hamilton personal mark in the second timed lap of his short stint as the next turn enters the pits, 1:12.930. Still behind Rosberg.
11:20h PROVISIONAL TIMES:
- F. Massa (Ferrari) 1:11.722 (25)
- K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) 1:12.384 (20)
- N. Rosberg (GP Mercedes) 1:12.899 (20)
- L. Hamilton (McLaren) 1:13.161 (11)
- R. Kubica (Renault) 1:14.714 (22)
- S. Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:14.928 (23)
- R. Barrichello (Williams) 1:15.493 (13)
11:14 h Kobayashi in the Sauber improves again! He has now turned in 1:12.384.
11:12 h Kamui Kobayashi is able to improve his time, ranking second with a lap of provisionally 1:12.458, 7 tenths off the time of F10 driven by Felipe Massa.
11:10 am With just one hour session, Massa, Rosberg and Kubica had improved their personal time on the day yesterday. Buemi is two tenths and Barrichello to second.
11:02 h Felipe Massa 1:11.722 for which is still flying with his F10. It is followed by Rosberg 1:12.964
10:35h Felipe Massa has gone even faster than yesterday: 1:12:393. Incredible time this early on.
10:33 h 1:13.161 for Lewis Hamilton and 1:14.036 for Rosberg. Good times. Hamilton already 7 tenths up on Paffetts best yesterday
10:24h 1:16.154 for Buemi and 1:16.681 for Hamilton
10:00 h Lewis Hamilton, Sebastien Buemi and Kobayashi have done installation warmup laps at the Valencia circuit.
09:23h Video footage of Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes GP yesterday at Valencia (in German).
PHOTOS FROM DAY 1 of Valencia
YESTERDAYS LAP TIMES:
1 MASSA Ferrari 1m12.574s (102)2 DE LA ROSA Sauber 1m12.784s (74)
3 SCHUMACHER Mercedes 1m12.944s (40)
4 ROSBERG Mercedes 1m13.543s (39)
5 PAFFETT McLaren 1m13.846s (86)
6 BARRICHELLO Williams 1m14.449s (75)
7 BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m14.762s (18)
8 KUBICA Renault 1m15.000s (68)
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