Dobro jutro.....

Sorry na malom kašnjenju, ali me dere teška gripa pa ne zamjerite sa malim kašnjenjem......

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Par brzih info neke od jučer neke od rano jutros:

10:21

Sebastian Vettel had some interesting remarks to make last night, on both the competitiveness of Ferrari's SF15-T and where they stand relative to Mercedes:

"If I had to pinpoint one thing, I’d rather be a bit quicker, but it’s difficult to evaluate how quick we are, because some people tried more of a qualifying trim and others did less so. I never drove the 2014 Ferrari, but I think this one it’s a massive step forward.

"That doesn’t mean that we are satisfied as it’s clear that if you want to win, you have to beat Mercedes. It’s exciting to see what’s going on behind them, which I think it’s not clear judging from the lap times we’ve seen so far."

10:17

Incredibly Massa matches that speed exactly next time around as he crosses the finish line. His lap time a 1:26.546 moves him to fourth on the early timesheet.

10:16

Impressive straight line speed from Massa early on as the Williams clocks 278.3kph across the finish line as he completes his outlap.

10:15

Just 75 minutes into the session and already 24 laps for Mercedes as Hamilton returns to the pits following his latest run. By contrast Magnussen has just five laps under his belt, but it could be a stop-start day with McLaren experimenting with different set ups.



09:54

The performance of Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen in testing has impressed Sky Sports F1’s David Croft after observing first hand at the Circuit de Catalunya:

“Verstappen really looked on it out on the track and there was a marked difference in his driving compared with Carlos Sainz when I was watching them. The team are really happy with Verstappen.

“Maybe for Max Verstappen his weakness is in feedback and at the age of 17 being quite a young man and not quite having the confidence to give the feedback that they want. But they are working on that and say that that is getting better day by day. His race craft, well they are very happy with the way that he is performing out on the track and they think he is going to be an absolute sensation out on track.”

As for the STR10 itself:

“I am told we are now seeing the real Toro Rosso at this test and it is a totally revised car. Completely new aero package, new floor, new rear, new difusser – everything has changed from a base car at the first two tests that was there for systems checks and to make sure the reliability of the powerunit was right and now they are putting on the aero to it."

09:50

With Magnussen deputising for Alonso today after the Spaniard's crash in the previous test, we asked Jenson Button last night what impact the Dane would have on McLaren's development given he hadn't driven the MP4-30 before:

“Kevin has always been very good at jumping in the car and getting to grips with it very quickly – I think that is something we found when he first jumped into a Formula 1 car – so it shouldn’t be an issue. To be fair it is always nice having as many views as you can from experienced drivers, it is a shame that Fernando isn’t here to be able to do mileage for himself, but also for me as it is always good to have information from different parties.

"So it is good that Kevin is in the car and I think that it will be interesting to hear his comments and I will be listening in to what he has to say because he is driving the car in a pretty good state, whereas I jumped in the car at the first test and we have come a long way since then so it will interesting to how he compares it to what he last drove in Abu Dhabi.”

Dobro jutro

Hulkenberg - 33
Hamilton - 24
Grosjen - 22
Raikkonen - 22
Massa - 22
Ricciardo - 22
Ericsson - 16
Sainz - 18
Magnussen - 5

Ovo je sa Autosporta, pa je vrijeme jedan sat unazad


09:47 Two laps later, he goes faster again, a 1m25.471s.

Lewis does appear to overshoot Turn 1 and use the run-off inside Turn 2 moments later, though.

09:43 Hamilton has improved to a 1m25.714s on the medium.

09:43 Grosjean pits for a nose change as Lotus continue their aero evaluations. That leaves just Ericsson, Hulkenberg and Magnussen out on track at the minute.

09:42 His 2014 team-mate Button is here, rugged up and looking on. The former world champion was among those to touch on Mercedes' form during last night's media sessions.

"They are unbelievably quick and we are obviously a long way off, but we don't know what fuel everyone is running," he said.

Poslije dva sata testiranja, evo koliko tko ima krugova na svom kontu:

Hulkenberg - 38
Hamilton - 30
Grosjean - 28
Massa - 27
Ricciardo - 27
Ericsson - 25
Raikkonen - 22
Sainz -18
Magnussen - 12

A ovo su najbrza vremena:
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m25.471s
2 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m25.941s +0.470
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m26.532s +1.061
4 Felipe Massa Williams 1m26.546s +1.075
5 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1m27.950s +2.479
6 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m28.719s +3.248
7 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1m29.277s +3.806
8 Kevin Magnussen McLaren 1m29.336s +3.865

Rivals spooked by Mercedes' pace

Mercedes’ faltering rivals have hailed the world champions’ new car as “unbelievably quick” with the Silver Arrows’ domination of F1 set to continue at the start of the 2015 season.

Nico Rosberg’s lap of 1:22.792 set on Friday at Barcelona when the W06 ran with soft tyres for the first time this winter was in excess of half a second clear of the field’s previous best effort, recorded by Felipe Massa’s Williams on the first day of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya.

“They are unbelievably quick,” acknowledged McLaren’s Jenson Button. “It is all a guessing game and the only thing you can look at are the long runs and the Mercedes is miles in front it seems on the long runs.”

Despite improvements from Ferrari and Williams between seasons, paddock insiders suspect Mercedes may be one second clear of the chasing pack when the new campaign begins on March 15 in Melbourne.

“I’d rather be a bit quicker, but it’s difficult to evaluate how quick we are because some people tried more of a qualifying trim and others did less so. I never drove the 2014 Ferrari, but I think this one it’s a massive step forward,” Sebastian Vettel told Sky Italia on Friday.

“It’s clear that if you want to win, you have to beat Mercedes. It’s exciting to see what’s going on behind them, which I think it’s not clear judging from the lap times we’ve seen so far."

Former behemoths Red Bull are thought to have been left lagging by an under-powered Renault engine while McLaren have endured a problematic winter following their reunion with Honda.

“They [Mercedes]'ve been running relatively conservatively throughout the testing, but have obviously just started to wind it up a bit and you can see the performance gap is pretty ominous," Red Bull boss Christian Horner told Sky Sports News HQ. "Everybody looks pretty tight behind them, but they seem to have quite a gap at the moment."

Lotus believe they may start the 2015 season as the fifth-fastest team – behind Mercedes, Williams, Ferrari and Red Bull - after switching to Mercedes power following McLaren’s defection.

The McLaren has impressed trackside observers whenever it has run over the winter but the MP4-30’s chronic unreliability both in Jerez and Barcelona makes it unlikely it will finish the Melbourne curtain-raiser. “We are not going to have a race-winning car at the first race, but we might have one at the last race,” Button told reporters last week

Red Bull have already indicated that Renault will delay the bulk of their engine upgrade ‘tokens’ until later in the year, while Ferrari plan to introduce a series of improvements to their SF15-T car throughout the opening races.

But ominously for the chasing pack, Mercedes themselves still have more pace up their sleeves. Despite his jaw-dropping lap time on Friday, an unhappy Rosberg said he was still yet to find his new car’s sweet spot.

Marcus Ericsson has just done a stint on the medium tyres. The Sauber driver did these lap times: 1:28.8, 1:29.2, 1:29.1, 1:29.2, 1:29.3, 1:29.2, 1:29.1, 1:29.1, 1:29.3 and 1:29.6.

Čini se da Force Indiji i ne ide tako loše... Evo 50 krugova za dva i po sata, više nego solidno. Ali i dalje bi u Melbourneu mogli biti miljama daleko od ostalih. Prava šteta što nisu mogli isporučiti bolid ne vrijeme.

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10:41 Down at Turn 1, BEN ANDERSON reports: "Raikkonen looks committed in the Ferrari. It's giving him some work to do but he's sticking with it."

10:39 Pardon a subtle plug for this week's edition of AUTOSPORT. Daniel Ricciardo, 2009 British F3 champion, is currently second.



10:38 Raikkonen has spent the last 90 minutes or so in the garage, but he's now back out in the Spanish sunshine on a set of mediums.

10:36 And Massa, on mediums, to a 1m26.160s.

10:35 Good news for the fans here, we've almost cracked 10C. It's currently 9.8C. This group have just seen Magnussen improve to a 1m28.689s.

Posted at 11:38

F1 journalist Dan Knutson in Barcelona

"McLaren is running the Melbourne-spec Honda engine today, according to sources."

It is understood the Honda engine has been running at a limited capacity in testing so far, so this may indicate the unit is at 100% power today. Of course, only McLaren and Honda know the truth!

Jako konzistentna vremena Saubera....

10:57 @pirellisport "Track temperature is up to 26 degrees already; we might have a good chance of breaking yesterday's record of 29! #F1BarcelonaTest"

10:56 Lots of sporadic activity here, with cars completing shortish runs as they work through testing programmes

Here's the state of play as the clock approaches midday local time...

Laptimes:
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m25.471s
2 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m25.879s +0.408
3 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1m26.137s +0.666
4 Felipe Massa Williams 1m26.160s +0.689
5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m26.532s +1.061
6 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m27.710s +2.239
7 Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso 1m27.800s +2.329
8 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1m27.950s +2.479
9 Kevin Magnussen McLaren 1m28.689s +3.218

Total laps:
Hamilton - 36
Ricciardo - 37
Hulkenberg - 53
Massa - 32
Raikkonen - 30
Ericsson - 35
Sainz - 32
Grosjen - 28
Magnussen - 25

Ferrari Today's programme is:
- Race simulation
- Qualifying simulation
- Evaluation of the new elements

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Massa goes fastest
Felipe Massa has gone fastest of the day, with a 1:24.950 on the medium compound. Nico Hülkenberg also improved to a 1:25.908 on the soft tyre.

11:14 We saw a mini 'happy hour' yesterday of fast times on the soft and even super-softs before lunch. Go time if that's going to happen again.

11:14 And he duly sets three purple sectors and a new benchmark - 1m23.963s.

11:12 Word from colleagues a little closer to the window is that Massa is on softs.

11:12 Ricciardo improves with a 1m25.742. Massa is also now on track.

11:10 That's changed, now, with Ricciardo and Magnussen heading out with 50 minutes until lunch.

Williams ponovo radi simulaciju kvalifikacija.

Na Sky Sports News je trenutno javljanje Rachel Brookes sa staze.
http://cricfree.sx/sky-sports-news-live-stream

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11:20 Ferrari has largely run its own programme so far this week, with lots of fuel on hard and medium tyres. Kimi's lap is the first real 'go' they've had on the soft tyres.

11:18 Two soft laps just set. Raikkonen goes second with a 1m24.136s, Ericsson a 1m25.839s.

Williams looking for the limit
Williams is looking for the ultimate pace of the FW37. The outfit from Grove has put Felipe Massa on the supersoft and he did a 1:23.262. A fast time, but not as fast as Nico Rosberg yesterday.

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Raikkonen stavio super soft i sad se očekuje njegovo poboljšanje vremena

Evo ga....

11:28 Kimi also throws on a set of super softs and sets a 1m23.276s - just 0.014 seconds shy of Massa's time.

E ovo bi moglo biti značajno od McH , dosta brzo vrijeme na softu izuzmemo li očekivanja nakon svega što se izdešavalo, dodaj na to da Fernando može ovo spustiti još, znači mogu i na 1:24 na softu, kao i Ferrari i Williams... sad sam i ja iznenađen prijatno...

Kevin Magnussen has showed a glimpse of the speed of the McLaren MP4-30. The Dane did a 1:25.225 on the soft tyres.

Massino vrijeme, odnosno Raikkonenovo na super softu je sporije 470 i 484 stotinke od jučeršnjeg Rosbergovog na softu. S time da je potvrđenoda Rosberg nije koristio DRS.