Jerez: Day 3 results

Kevin Magnussen was fastest of the day

Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen ensured that McLaren finished at the top of the timesheets for the second day in a row on Thursday by setting the pace on the third day of pre-season testing in Spain.

But there was more frustration for world champions Red Bull as technical issues restricted Daniel Ricciardo to just three laps in the new RB10.

Unofficial Thursday test times from Jerez:
1. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m 23.276s, 52 laps
2. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m 23.700s, 47 laps
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m 23.952s, 62 laps 
4. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m 25.030s, 40 laps 
5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m 25.495s, 58 laps 
6. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m 26.096s, 17 laps 
7. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m 29.915s, 30 laps 
8. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m 30.161s, 34 laps 
9. Robin Frijns, Caterham, No time, 10 laps
10. Max Chilton, Marussia, No time, 5 laps
11. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, No time, 3 laps

Jerez: Day 2 results

Day 2 results:

1 Jenson Button (McLaren) 1m24.165s, 43 laps
2 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1m24.812s, 47 laps
3 Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1m25.344s, 35 laps
4 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1m25.588s, 97 laps
5 Sergio Perez (Force India) 1m28.376s, 37 laps
6 Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 1m33.270s, 53 laps
7 Marcus Ericsson (Caterham) 1m37.975s, 11 laps
8 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1m38.320s, 8 laps

212 laps for Mercedes teams, 100 laps for Ferrari teams and only 19 laps for Renault teams!

What is up with the Renault teams? Is Red Bull getting nervous already?

Today was a good day for me!

Today I finally got it! RUSH was in my mailbox when I came home from work. I should probably watch it right away! After that there's going to be a Formula One show on Finnish TV showing the highlights of today's test session. Waiting forward to it.

The results for today's test session:

 1. Kimi Raikkonen     Ferrari               1m27.104s            31
 2. Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes              1m27.820s  +0.716s   18
 3. Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes     1m30.082s  +2.978s    7
 4. Sergio Perez       Force India-Mercedes  1m33.161s  +6.057s   11
 5. Jean-Eric Vergne   Toro Rosso-Renault    1m36.530s  +9.426s   15
 6. Esteban Gutierrez  Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.257s  +15.153s   7
 7. Sebastian Vettel   Red Bull-Renault      No time               3
 8. Marcus Ericsson    Caterham-Renault      No time               1

By the way! Here's my previous post about Rush if somebody's interested:

http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2013/09/review-of-rush-formula-one-movie-no.html

First tests of 2014 in Jerez!

The tests start tomorrow in Jerez and continues till Friday. Here are the teams, drivers and when they are driving:

Ferrari
Tuesday: Kimi Räikkönen
Wednesday: Kimi Räikkönen
Thursday: Fernando Alonso
Friday: Fernando Alonso

McLaren
Tuesday: Jenson Button
Wednesday: Jenson Button
Thursday: Kevin Magnussen
Friday: Kevin Magnussen

Mercedes
Tuesday: Lewis Hamilton
Wednesday: Nico Rosberg
Thursday: Lewis Hamilton
Friday: Nico Rosberg

Red Bull
Tuesday: Sebastian Vettel
Wednesday: Sebastian Vettel
Thursday: Daniel Ricciardo
Friday: Daniel Ricciardo

Sauber
Tuesday: Esteban Gutierrez
Wednesday: Esteban Gutierrez
Thursday: Adrian Sutil
Friday: Adrian Sutil

Caterham
Tuesday: Marcus Ericsson
Wednesday: Marcus Ericsson
Thursday: Robin Frijns
Friday: Kamui Kobayashi

Marussia
Tuesday: Max Chilton
Wednesday: Jules Bianchi
Thursday: Jules Bianchi
Friday: Max Chilton

Williams
Tuesday: Valtteri Bottas
Wednesday: Valtteri Bottas
Thursday: Felipe Massa
Friday: Felipe Massa

Force India
Tuesday: Sergio Pérez
Wednesday: Nico Hulkenberg
Thursday: Daniel Juncadella
Friday: has not been announced

Toro Rosso
Tuesday: Jean-Eric Vergne
Wednesday: Daniil Kvyat
Thursday: Jean-Eric Vergne
Friday: Daniil Kvyat

Sauber present their 2014 challenger, the C33

Sauber have become the latest team to uncover their 2014 car, after the Ferrari-powered C33 was revealed in a digital launch on Sunday.

With a revised driver line-up of Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez, the Swiss team hope the new machine will help them build on their strong form at the end of last season, when they finished seventh in the constructors’ championship.

The C33 has been designed in accordance with the heavily revised 2014 regulations, arguably the biggest rule changes in Formula One history. They include a move to smaller, 1.6 litre turbo engines, more reliance on energy recovery systems (ERS), and updated aerodynamics. 

“Together, these changes present the engineers with a huge challenge, especially with time pressure also a major factor,” commented Sauber’s chief designer Eric Gandelin. “The path we have followed with the design of the Sauber C33-Ferrari allows us maximum flexibility, so that we can react quickly. It is also clear that reliability will be an important factor in the first few races in particular. So this is an area which we have given very high priority.”

Perhaps the most visually striking element of the C33 is the very low, snout-like nose. The narrower front wing features mounting pylons on the nose that have been moved out as far as possible under the regulations to channel as much air as possible under the car.

“The radical changes to the technical regulations for 2014 mean that it’s even harder than usual to make predictions for the new season,” added Gandelin. “We know what kind of package we’ve put together here, but it is difficult to foresee what shape our rivals are in. The earliest opportunity to gain an impression of where the teams are in relation to one another will come during testing.”

That testing begins at Jerez in Spain on Tuesday. Sauber will use a roll-out version of the C33. This will be fully functional, but without a number of performance parts which will be introduced for the remaining two pre-season tests in Bahrain.

“On the one hand this gives us time to maximise the development of these performance relevant parts, and on the other hand we can run the car during the first test and check all the systems, which we feel is crucial, considering all the technical changes.,” explained Gandelin.

(source: f1.com)

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