Official Pre-season Testing Thread

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Times updated 11:36

1. Alonso-1 :32.820-16 laps

2. Coulthard-1 :32.924-16 laps

3. Rosberg-1 :33.227-20 laps

4. Webber-1:33.333-11 laps

5. Nakajima-1 :33.764-30 laps

6. Trulli-1 :33.969-29 laps

7. Piquet -No time- 1 lap

8. Kobayashi -No time- 1 lap

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It is raining now

Toyota is testing a new rear wing that resembles the Mclaren wing.

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Did williams have a problem in the pits?? Seems to be a lot of smoke??

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Times updated 13:02

1. Alonso-1 :32.820-16 laps

2. Coulthard-1 :32.924-21 laps

3. Rosberg-1 :33.227-26 laps

4. Webber-1:33.333-12 laps

5. Nakajima-1 :33.764-35 laps

6. Trulli-1 :33.969-29 laps

7. Piquet-1 :40.073-7 laps

8. Kobayashi -No Time- 1 lap

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Did williams have a problem in the pits?? Seems to be a lot of smoke??

There were not any reports of any problems, maybe there was just to much oil.

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Once again thanks for all the updates and the pics!!

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Maclaren were suppose to test today, but they decided to skip today because of the weather. They will see how the weather is tomorrow, if the weather is good enough they will also be testing tomorrow.

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Update: 14:34 - f1today.nl

1. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:32.189 40 pit

2. K. Nakajima Williams FW30 1:32.370 +0.181 52 pit

3. F. Alonso Renault R28 1:32.820 +0.631 16 pit

4. D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB4 1:32.924 +0.735 21 pit

5. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB4 1:33.333 +1.144 12 pit

6. J. Trulli Toyota TF108 1:33.969 +1.780 29 pit

7. N. Piquet Jr. Renault R28 1:40.073 +7.884 7 pit

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1. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:32.189 40 pit

2. K. Nakajima Williams FW30 1:32.370 +0.181 52 pit

3. F. Alonso Renault R28 1:32.820 +0.631 16 pit

4. D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB4 1:32.924 +0.735 21 pit

5. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB4 1:33.333 +1.144 12 pit

6. J. Trulli Toyota TF108 1:33.969 +1.780 29 pit

7. N. Piquet Jr. Renault R28 1:40.073 +7.884 7 pit

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Alonso is not goin to test further today. He has changed his clothes and started giving out autographs to fans.

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Times at 16:31(f1today.nl)

1. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:32.189 69 pit

2. K. Nakajima Williams FW30 1:32.370 +0.181 83 pit

3. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB4 1:32.599 +0.410 25 pit

4. F. Alonso Renault R28 1:32.820 +0.631 16 pit

5. D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB4 1:32.924 +0.735 21 pit

6. J. Trulli Toyota TF108 1:33.969 +1.780 29 pit

7. N. Piquet Jr. Renault R28 1:40.073 +7.884 7 pit

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Apparently the F2008 will have 38 wings, fins and flaps if the planned update is included.

Ferrari Schedule:

Day 1: Massa & Badoer
Day 2: Kimi & Massa
Day 3: Kimi & Massa

There is only one updated package available now, which as already reported Massa will be testing this week.

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Look at that old bugger Coulthard...still getting the girls after all these years...schwing!

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SAF1 did have some running with the RA107 in the pre Christmas tests so the car won't be all that foreign for them but yeah your right they will be lacking in knowledge of the intimate details in setting it up, the fatory team had a whole year and they couldn't make the bugger of a car work, so god help them I guess.

From the article above:

Last week in Jerez, the team's two drivers, Takuma Sato of Japan and Briton Anthony Davidson, drove a hyrbid version of their 2007 car with several technical improvements.

A hybrid version of their car mostly would not be the final 08 version...

This is what Aguri gets for outclassing his parent team with inferior machenary....

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I don't see why SA can't get themselve some decent sponsorship... If Minardi could survive SA should be able to.

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1. J. Trulli Toyota TF108 1:35.524 7 pit

2. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:47.436 +11.912 16 pit

The weather is worst then yesterday they are out on full wets.

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Ferrari seems to have a rear wing simular to that of Maclaren.

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Look at that old bugger Coulthard...still getting the girls after all these years...schwing!

Yup! That's the pic that caught my eye too.

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1. Massa - 1:30.673 16 laps

2. Coulthard - 1:32.465 -24 laps

3. Badoer - 1: 32.627 - 21 laps

4. Webber - 1:32.672 - 18 laps

5. Trulli - 1:32.886 - 26 laps

6. Rosberg - 1:33.235 - 39 laps

7. Alonso - 1:35.314 - 4 laps

8. Glok - 1:35.422 - 9 laps

9. Hulkenberg - 1:35.659 - 10 laps

10. Nakajima - without time - 33 laps

11. Piquet - without time - 1 lap

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15:14 times

1. F. Massa Ferrari F2008 1:30.673 23 pit

2. F. Alonso Renault R28 1:31.731 +1.058 9 pit

3. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:31.963 +1.290 50 pit

4. D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB4 1:32.465 +1.792 29 pit

5. L. Badoer Ferrari F2008 1:32.627 +1.954 22 pit

6. J. Trulli Toyota TF108 1:35.349 +4.676 19 pit