1 March, 2013 First day at Barcelona was wet The Formula 1 world was lamenting the cold and wet Barcelona weather on Thursday, as the last days of preseason testing began a fortnight ahead of the 2013 season opener. 'I do wonder why we come here to test every winter,' Pirelli's Paul Hembery is quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport. 'In the past we have talked about going to Bahrain. Maybe that makes more sense,' he said. With more bad weather forecast, Hembery's frustration was widespread in the paddock. 'Teams have never gone into a new season so unprepared,' said Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt. Agreed Sauber designer Matt Morris: 'It's virtually impossible to size up the...
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