2019 F1 Season

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Last week and this morning saw renderings and/or unveiling the cars for the 2019 Season and today is the first day of pre Season Testing with the exception of Wiliams who haven't finished their car yet.

Having posted a couple of "funny" videos and a shake down lap viewed from the Visor on line Daniel Ricciardo gets his first running this afternoon (their time!) after Nico Hulkenberg was given the morning session in the RS19. Must admit it looks like a Donkey just hope it goes like a Race Horse ...

Following it on line here.

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End of Day 1 :

1 Vettel (Ferrari), 1m18.161s (169 laps)
2 Sainz (McLaren), 1m18.558s (119)
3 Grosjean (Haas), 1m19.159s (65)
4 Verstappen (Red Bull), 1m19.426s (128)
5 Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo), 1m19.462s (114)
6 Kvyat (Toro Rosso), 1m19.464s (77)
7 Perez (Racing Point), 1m19.944s (30)
8 Bottas (Mercedes), 1m20.127s (69)
9 Hamilton (Mercedes, 1m20.135s (81)
10 Hulkenberg (Renault), 1m20.980s (65)
11 Ricciardo (Renault), 1m20.983s (44)

Tyres used (Softest to Hardest):
C4 Sainz Kyvat
C3 Vettel Grosjean Verstappen Raikkonen Perez
C2 Bottas Hamilton Hulkenberg Ricciardo

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Day 2 on line here.

Close call for Dan!

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1 ... .mp4?tag=9

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Had to have a laugh at this one :

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1 ... .mp4?tag=9

What a Tool!

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From Red Bull :

"Pierre and the #RB15 back in the garage for the day after completing 92 laps with a best time of 1:19.814 before a late spin cut his final run short "

That Red Bull is obviously full of Bull$#!+ as that wasn't just a Spin - he punted it into the barrier. Hope they don't have spares to fix it straight away ...

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End of Day 2 :

1 Leclerc 1m18.247s 157 laps
2 Norris 1m18.553s 104 laps
3 Magnussen 1m19.206s 59 laps
4 Albon 1m19.301s 132 laps
5 Giovinazzi 1m19.312s 101 laps
6 Bottas 1m19.535s 89 laps
7 Gasly 1m19.814s 92 laps
8 Hulkenberg 1m19.837s 95 laps
9 Ricciardo 1m19.886s 28 laps
10 Hamilton 1m19.928s 74 laps
11 Stroll 1m20.433s 79 laps
12 Fittipaldi 1m21.849s 13 laps



Or in order of Laps on their own :

Leclerc 157
Albon 132
Norris 104
Giovinazzi 101
Hulkenberg 95
Gasly 92
Bottas 89
Stroll 79
Hamilton 74
Magnussen 59
Ricciardo 28
Fittipaldi 13



So over the two days thus far Dan has done 44 + 28 = 72 to Hulk's 65 + 95 = 160.
So well down -not even half - compared with his Team mate.

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Day 3 on line here.

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Looks like the Hulk (Green one not Nico) has diarrhea :

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Just realised what Autosport put up here is from their Live Twitter Feed :

https://twitter.com/autosportlive?lang=en

so if you think they are being overly silly you can Tweet something equally as stupid back to them live and they may even put it up here .

[BradG]

Maybe if Claire Williams worried more about getting the car ready than what their engineers are wearing, they'd be good to go and not languishing on the bottom.