gav Wrote:
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> Barrichello didn't beat anything - if anything
> they were further back compared to the opposition
> than they were at Barcelona, but I guess that's
> not an issue, as they've not got any data for
> Jerez.
>
> Rubens was 2 tenths off of Vettel's '09 best
> earlier this winter, while Alonso was only 6
> tenths off of Rubens, which is quite a
> improvement... though he did crash (suspected
> suspension failure) and miss all of the morning
> session.
>
> I've seen conflicting reports on McLaren. The
> majority suggest that they never intended to run
> today (instead opting to run Monday to Thursday
> while waiting on new parts, rather than the Sunday
> to Wednesday the others are likely to run), some
> suggest Hamilton did a single installation lap (in
> which case I guess they've lost a day), while a
> couple of reports claim that the car broke on that
> installation lap... though I'd be staggered if
> that was the case - surely they'd have got it
> going in the afternoon.
"Indeed the team has already shattered the benchmark time for a full-spec 2009 car at Jerez this winter, with Barrichello’s best effort of 1m19.236s almost 0.6s faster than Toyota’s Timo Glock managed at the circuit earlier this month." taken from ITV-F1.com wich is obv. not entirely reliable.
Either way the Brawn GP is still quick, if not as quick as it looked in Barcelona, the Renault has not appeared to be hang about so far in testing so to be 6/10s ahead is strong.
It would certainly be a huge blow to McLaren if they lose whole day of testing, I don't believe they did however. Either way it doesn't look good if they're that desperate to delay testing by a day to get work done at the factory (assumedly).