nojvnof1 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 It's been a pretty weird off season with some teams dominating early then falling back. I think Honda and Renault were consistently on the pace all winter. I think Williams have shown good one lap speed whilst BMW Sauber have proved very respectable in both the speed and reliability stakes. I think Toyota started off brilliantly but have now faded into the midfield, whilst the opposite happened to McLaren, what with their myriad of engine dramas combined with a lack of pace. However they've seemed to clawed back alot of the deficit. Ferrari and Red Bull Racing have had numerous technical problems, with the latter not yet completing a race distance, whilst the others (Toro Rosso, Midland, Super Aguri) really didn't do that much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben_3001 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 Honda and BMW-Sauber were the big surprises for me. Honda for having such a good, reliable and fast package with great drivers now did marvels in testing BMW-Sauber under such a short time-frame built a pretty competitive team and have shown good speed and incredible reliability. Again the drivers here are very good and will surprise us I think As for Renault they are still on winning pace. Ferrari, Toyota and Red Bull are not impressing me at all. Testing for these teams have not been very good As for Williams they only seem to have good fume times and the cossie engine as powerfull as it is has had some problems in the past Anyways only 3 days left till friday test! Got the TV all set up and everything for that!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jem of the Shire 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 I cant bear it. I'm trying not to think about it, but its impossible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pumpdoc 2 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 Back to the general population Thanks to everyone again for making this thread so interesting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jem of the Shire 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 must be the longest thread totalf1 has ever seen? correct me if I'm wrong senna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jenson_Rules 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 C'mon guys, post your opinions on who have been surprising, dissappointing and so fourth in pre-season testing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jem of the Shire 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 I dont think anyone has been disappointing. Obviously Aguri are way off but thats only to be expected. I'm pleasantly surprised by Honda's reliability and speed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix07 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 With regard to Ferrari's off season pace; It has been good. Period. Not as quick as Renault or Honda (although Ferrari have been quicker by half a second in bahrain before they had their new front wing installed). (I do realise that they tested in Bahrain for longer tho) Anyway my point is that Ferrari have never been astonishingly quick in off season testing but they are fast when it counts!!! (excluding any season which forbids tyre changing of course...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clay 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2006 i dont think toyota are as bad as everyone thinks. i looked at the barcelona laptimes with alot of fuel onboard and they have good race pace compared with renualt and honda, not faster but still up there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
F1 FANatic 1 Report post Posted March 8, 2006 I think ferrari is one of those teams you cant count out, they didnt look all too strong in testing but they never do. in 04 they were close to the top but never the ultimate prevailers, then race time and look what happened. then again it could be another 05 but 2 years with such bad luck is almost braking the laws of the space time continuam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narain fan 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2006 Circuit De catalunya..... 11/4/06 1 Marc Gene ( Ferrari B 1'16.122 53 - 218.8 55 2 Nico Rosberg ( Williams B 1'16.313 42 +0.191 218.3 45 3 Narain Karthikeyan ( Williams B 1'16.440 49 +0.318 217.9 55 4 Luca Badoer ( Ferrari B 1'16.700 47 +0.578 217.2 48 5 David Coulthard (M) Red Bull M 1'17.152 16 +1.030 215.9 47 6 Christian Klien (M) Red Bull M 1'17.888 25 +1.766 213.9 26 7 Neel Jani (M) ToroRosso M 1'19.185 50 +3.063 210.4 51 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cavallino 2 Report post Posted April 11, 2006 They actually let Narain drive the car Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pumpdoc 2 Report post Posted April 11, 2006 We at least once or twice a month, to make TATA happy.................. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cavallino 2 Report post Posted April 12, 2006 To keep Narain happy I guess, TATA must be pretty happy with the sponsorship anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites