Objectives P1: Mechanical set-up and analysis of new aero components (including new front and rear wing)Objectives P2: Tyre evaluation and qualifying preparation
Conclusions - Sam Michael, Technical Director“It was a good practice today, we managed to get through everything on set-up and testing the new aero parts we have here. Everything went well on both fronts. We then spent the afternoon session evaluating the two different tyres, both of which look quite good for us, so from here we will be concentrating on qualifying and refining the set-up for tomorrow. We had no technical problems today.”
Nico RosbergRuns P1: run 1 new prime (1 lap) install, run 2 scrubbed prime (8 laps) baseline,run 3 scrubbed prime (7 laps) mechanical set-up, run 4 scrubbed prime (5 laps) aero testRuns P2: run 1 scrubbed prime (3 laps) baseline, run 2 new option (12 laps) tyre compare,run 3 new prime (12 laps) tyre compare, run 4 new option (2 laps) qualifying practice & aero test,run 5 scrubbed option (3 laps) aero test, run 6 scrubbed option (3 laps) aero test
We have made some good progress today in the sessions, but I don’t yet feel completely happy in the car and I think we can find some more improvement tomorrow. The tyres will be quite interesting to work out as although they are quite close together, the option at the end of a run is obviously a bit slower than the prime. We will have to analyse carefully which way we go in the race and I think that the answer might not be too obvious. We also spent some time testing the new aero parts we have here.
Kazuki NakajimaRuns P1: run 1 new prime (1 lap) install, run 2 scrubbed prime (7 laps) baseline,run 3 scrubbed prime (6 laps) mechanical set-up, run 4 scrubbed prime (5 laps) mechanical set-upRuns P2: run 1 scrubbed prime (3 laps) baseline, run 2 new prime (10 laps) tyre compare,run 3 new option (10 laps) tyre compare, run 4 new option (4 laps) qualifying practice,run 5 scrubbed option (3 laps) damper test
It was a good session today. We recorded some good long runs and although our short runs were not quite as good, if we can fix this by working with the data, we will be looking good for tomorrow.
