Totally agree about both cars being disgusting! Lets just hope they perform better than they look!

Looks like Nick won't be getting a seat then, only really 2 left. To be honest, he was never really that great a driver. Fair enough he was able to finish races etc, but he never really showed much fighting spirit.

I dunno I like Nick
He was consistant and I do think he was quick, last year he just didn't have the car.
Was really hoping he would have a good seat and am surprised he doesnt'!

i look at the Renault car and cant help think of Transformers

First day of Valencia Testing....

Link

I knew it!
Go Felipe!
Have to put that bet on!

Can't believe Schumi was half a second quicker than Rosberg! Would've thought he'd have had a few teething problems cos of his 3 year break, but WOW!

Gotta say from the side view..I am liking the Torro Rosso

http://www.motorsport-total.com/bild...1265031092.jpg


Think I was reading somewhere Rosberg couldn't properly outta the car, seat was too low...maybe set up for MS.

Still its good that MS did good.

Fisi in Le Mans series 2010

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81183

Looks quite similar to last year lol

Guessing the Red Bull's won't be much different either.

It does, but its the Bull across the back of it
Much better than last year and very cool.

They all need something like that lol

go Felipe! :D

Wow!! how much power does that car have???

~900 hp, why?

Here's today's times:

Link

Two days in a row! Go Felipe :)

When is Jenson going?

Jenson is on today, but Fernando is fastest so far :p

And the new Virgin car
http://cdn.images.autosport.com/edit...1265197067.jpg

Gotta say that is one nice looking car (second to the Ferrari :P)

Between Virgin and McLaren for best looking car me thinks.

Also looks like Sauber are gonna be quite competetive this season, understandable since they kind of 'did a honda' by giving up on '09 and working on this years car a lot earlier than the rest of the teams.

Ferrari on top yet again today :)
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alonso Ferrari (B) 1:11.470 127
2. de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari (B) 1:12.094 80
3. M.Schumacher Mercedes GP (B) 1:12.438 82
4. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:12.576 97
5. Button McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:12.951 82
6. Petrov Renault (B) 1:13.097 75
7. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:13.669 126

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81246

Ferrari are looking very strong this year

Nick has signed to Mercedes as the reserve driver :(

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81267

Was hoping so much he would get a proper drive, even for Stefan GP

Oh Well, at least he has a job for this year ;)

Might even be a great move for him, we never know whats gonna happen in F1 and 2011 is a long way away. He could well be back on the grid by then.

I guess....
Still am sad :(
Love Nick.

Plus who knows MS might not be up to the job all the way through the season?

Apparantly Ralf Schumacher is in talks to race for Stefan GP if they manage to secure a spot on the 2010 grid.

New Force India
http://cdn.images.autosport.com/edit...1265704578.jpg

Spyshot of the new Lotus, its gonna run in Jerez at next weeks test
http://cdn.images.autosport.com/edit...1265734646.jpg



And the driver line up for Jerez this week:


http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81358

The Force India doesn't look much different from last year, but somehow looks better lol.

Is the Lotus Black or Dark Green?

Lol yeah thought the same about the Force India, exact same colours but its got a higher nose and the horrible looking shark fin. Really don't like that shark fin.

Lotus is dark green.

Looking forward to seeing the Red Bull tomorrow.

Of course its green, its Lotus green :D I like the look of it.

New Red Bull:

http://cdn.gallery.autosport.com/pic...e/l__q0c4802-2

Looks the same to me as last year, think the Torro Rosso looks better :)




Rained a lot today in Jerez. Webber stopped with an oil leak and Rosberg stopped on track at the end of the day

1 Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.927s
2 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m21.031s +0.104
3 Hulkenberg Williams 1m22.243s +1.316
4 Alonso Ferrari 1m22.895s +1.968
5 Kobayashi Sauber 1m23.787s +2.860
6 Button McLaren 1m24.947s +4.020
7 Liuzzi Force India 1m24.968s +4.041
8 Petrov Renault 1m25.440s +4.513
9 Webber Red Bull 1m26.502s +5.575
10 Glock Virgin 1m38.734s +17.807

http://cdn.gallery.autosport.com/pic...u_mk1011fe40-2

Sad sad sad.




1 Kobayashi Sauber 1m19.950s
2 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m20.026s +0.076
3 Button McLaren 1m20.618s +0.668
4 Hulkenberg Williams 1m20.629s +0.679
5 Liuzzi Force India 1m20.754s +0.804
6 Schumacher Mercedes 1m21.083s +1.133
7 Alonso Ferrari 1m21.424s +1.474
8 Kubica Renault 1m22.003s +2.053
9 Webber Red Bull 1m22.043s +2.093
10 Glock Virgin 1m29.964s +10.014


Surprised at Kobayashi
Interesting!

I think Sauber are gonna be putting up quite a challenge this year!

I still think its very open at the mo. Having said that Jenson will win :p

Not so sure about Jenson this year to be honest.....

Gotta agree about Jenson.
McLaren will be supporting Hamilton. They've always needed a good second driver.
Looks like they got one.

Thought Felipe was doing well this morning in Jerez. He did drive the equivalent to two GP's though :)


1 Hamilton McLaren 1m19.583s
2 Sutil Force India 1m20.180s +0.597
3 Barrichello Williams 1m20.341s +0.758
4 Kubica Renault 1m20.358s +0.775
5 Schumacher Mercedes 1m20.613s +1.030
6 Vettel Red Bull 1m21.203s +1.620
7 Massa Ferrari 1m21.485s +1.902
8 De la Rosa Sauber 1m22.134s +2.551
9 Di Grassi Virgin 1m22.912s +3.329
10 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1m24.072s +4.489




And a better picture of the new Lotus
http://cdn.images.autosport.com/edit...1265993410.jpg

That Lotus sure does look nice

agreed ;)

Just a shame all the teams can't make nice looking cars.

Slightly off the F1 topic here, but did any of you catch Rally Sweden, sunday night on Dave? Had footage and an interview of Kimi on his first proper Rally.


;)

Vettel fastest today

1 Vettel Red Bull 1m22.593s
2 Hamilton McLaren 1m23.017s +0.424
3 Massa Ferrari 1m23.204s +0.611
4 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m23.322s +0.729
5 De la Rosa Sauber 1m23.367s +0.774
6 Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.803s +1.210
7 Sutil Force India 1m24.272s +1.679
8 Di Resta Force India 1m25.088s +2.495
9 Petrov Renault 1m26.237s +3.644
10 Barrichello Williams 1m27.320s +4.727
11 Fauzy Lotus 1m31.848s +9.255
12 Glock Virgin 1m34.453s +11.860

I think the Ferrari broke today but they fixed
For some reason they are really trying to cover up their diffuser.

Yeah but by the end of the day Vettel could only manage a 1.25 so i think that was just pure luck where as Hamilton improved through out the day :)