multi21

We'll see how Alonso and Schumacher fair tomorrow when they hit the track at the same time along with Jensen Button.

Pos. Driver Team Tyres Time Laps
1 F. Massa Ferrari 01:11.722 124
2 K. Kobayashi Sauber 01:12.056 96
3 L. Hamilton McLaren 01:12.256 108
4 R. Kubica Renault 01:12.426 119
5 N. Rosberg Mercedes Grand Prix 01:12.899 119
6 R. Barrichello Williams 01:13.377 102
7 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 01:13.823 107

WHB Porsche

Go Kobayashi!

BlueRiver86

Good to see Kubica moved the R30 up.

RajDatta

Not anymore, Alonso is the fastest guy so far, on his 1st ever outing in the new Ferrari, Nice!!
Go Alonso...

Flying Finn

Holy crap Ferrari look good....

Alonso just did this week's fastest time, 1.11,470. He did 8 laps after that so the tank wasn't at least completely full.

I think Ferrari's performance is real, at least that's what I've heard from the reports on track. Besides the fast lap times, the car handles great and looks fast.

LDadrenaline

Just wait for Jenson Button's times. Here comes world championship number 2

ltc

Where is Red Bull Racing ?

Flying Finn

Well...

Times at 5pm.

1. Alonso/Ferrari 1.11,470 (91 lap)
2. De la Rosa/Sauber 1.12,094 (57)
3. Schumacher/Mercedes 1.12,438 (82)
4. Alguersuari/Toro Rosso 1.12,576 (68)
5. Button/McLaren 1.12,951 (58)
6. Petrov/Renault 1.13,582 (58)
7. Hülkenberg/Williams 1.13,669 (118)

At Newey's drafting table... Will be there at next test.

BlueRiver86

Alonso

Patrick E

What's with the extended antennas above the airboxes (particularly Ferrari)? Are these for testing only or will we see them during the races?

rickmdz

Those are pitot tubes, used to meassure airspeed more accurately. That's all I know, anybody with more knowledge and insight?

ltc

^ + 1

multi21

We're still waiting on a few teams, mainly Red Bull who finished the 2009 season on a high, but thus far, the page Ferrari took out of the Honda playbook of starting their next year's car early is playing off. No one is even close to the Scuderia this week.

Next week we'll see Red Bull and Virgin at the very least at Jerez for a 4 day test.

ltc

If that is correct, then the pending success for Ferrari in 2010 will have nothing to do with Little Miss Sunshine, since the car will have already been developed (as you pointed out above) and she can not bring to bear her "best in F1 car development skills".

Obviously, the 2010 Ferrari is a complete dog and only with Little Miss Sunshine behind the wheel is the car even competitive.

multi21

I think it's quite clear that Ferrari's engineers have to be given a HUGE amount of credit for the development of the F10. Alonso has had absolutely NO INPUT in this car as today is his his first time in it!!! Couple that with the fact that Massa has not been in it until Monday and you can see that the factory has done a great job.

The key now is to stay in front. Ferrari will have to keep making the car better as Schumacher with Mercedes, to say nothing of McLaren will keep on making improvements as well.