(Motorsport-Total.com) – In terms of timing, Mercedes has held back a bit on the second design of the Formula 1 test drives in Barcelona, but in terms of laps they have Silver Arrows once again demonstrated strong reliability. Proud 183 laps could be reeled off on Thursday and again demonstrated its stability. Together with the first day of testing, Mercedes is already on 356 laps.
Lewis Hamilton in particular proved to be a kilometer-eater today and put 106 Circulations on the asphalt. And he seems to have a lot of fun with the new car, because after half his test day you hear unusual tones from the other test muffle: “Today is probably the first test day that I can remember that I wanted to continue driving after the end”, he says.
“Us remained 20 minutes and I wanted the Make the best use of time and do more laps, but the tires ran out, “said Hamilton. “It felt like a good designate and I'm physically in fantastic shape. It's a great feeling to have done a racing simulation and still feel like I have more 100 to be able to drive laps. “
Valtteri Bottas shot more in the afternoon 77 Rounds – actually also a strong value. However, Mercedes 'working day ended prematurely because an ERS relate had occurred on Bottas' vehicle. “We are all a little disappointed,” says technical manager James Allison about the Relate.
“But we can comfort us so that we can solve the Relate quickly and by then we 183 laps. That's exactly why we do test drives, “he says.
Nevertheless, there is the silver arrows basically satisfaction. You could learn a lot about the DAS-Machine , and the bad placements of Hamilton (9.) and Bottas (13.) are to be explained by racing simulations. “All in all, it was a good design to learn more about the car,” says Bottas.
“We drove many kilometers and I almost ran a complete simulation of the race we learn a lot of lessons and a lot of data that we will look at usabis tomorrow. I myself can learn a lot from the racing simulation and analyze it further. The car felt intestine and I look forward to continuing the take a look at tomorrow. Hopefully then we expect a smooth designate. “
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