09-02-2012, 16:21
Por si sirve de "referencia", os dejo las impresiones de un forero de autoridad en Autosport.com
I´ve just been in the circuit for 2 hours and wanted to share some impressions with you guys,
WARNING: This are my personal observations without knowing fuel loads / tyres / etc., so please, if they don´t fit your taste, don´t shoot the messenger
General observations:
- Cars look much better in real live than in photos. The noses are not as bad live. Best looking car award goes to McLaren hands down.
- Less marvels than previous year. Looks like pirelli has done a decent job
- Alonso and Hamilton were the ones pushing harder. It´s hard to say why, but they always look like beeing in the limit
- Fun driver of the morning goes to Hamilton. Some nice slides and locks
Car by Car:
- Red bull: Really nice pace. Stable, good under braking and early on the throtle. Looks like a nice evolution from last year.
- McLaren: Similar to red bull. Looked faster than the Merc.
- Mercedes: They seemed to be doing something with the old blown diffuser. Sound changed a lot from stint to stint. Didn´t impress even if it was last year´s car.
- Renault: Clearly lacks grip in the back. I spotted some slides, blocks rear under braking, etc.
- Sauber: Planted and fast. Looked pretty good in Perez´s hands. Better than the renault IMO.
- Toro rosso: Felt nervous. Slower changing direction and prone to overstear. Seems to lack downforce
- Caterham: Looked ok, but slow. Much better than last years, but clearly slower. Very undramatic.
- Williams: Similar to sauber, but when they pushed the car it began to slide more. I would say slower than the Sauber.
- Ferrari: ok.... i couldn´t watch it as much as i wanted because it was in the garage most of the morning. They had a stint early in the morning (around 10:15 or so) and looked......... bad. I mean, Alonso looked like pushing hard but there was a lot of understeer in the car. As he made a few laps things got sorted. But then I watched two laps before leaving the circuit with more heat and suddenly it looked much better. Particularly i liked the way it went into the corners after the braking zone. as an Alonso fan I would love to say something more, but i just couldnt see the car enough.
I´ve just been in the circuit for 2 hours and wanted to share some impressions with you guys,
WARNING: This are my personal observations without knowing fuel loads / tyres / etc., so please, if they don´t fit your taste, don´t shoot the messenger
General observations:
- Cars look much better in real live than in photos. The noses are not as bad live. Best looking car award goes to McLaren hands down.
- Less marvels than previous year. Looks like pirelli has done a decent job
- Alonso and Hamilton were the ones pushing harder. It´s hard to say why, but they always look like beeing in the limit
- Fun driver of the morning goes to Hamilton. Some nice slides and locks
Car by Car:
- Red bull: Really nice pace. Stable, good under braking and early on the throtle. Looks like a nice evolution from last year.
- McLaren: Similar to red bull. Looked faster than the Merc.
- Mercedes: They seemed to be doing something with the old blown diffuser. Sound changed a lot from stint to stint. Didn´t impress even if it was last year´s car.
- Renault: Clearly lacks grip in the back. I spotted some slides, blocks rear under braking, etc.
- Sauber: Planted and fast. Looked pretty good in Perez´s hands. Better than the renault IMO.
- Toro rosso: Felt nervous. Slower changing direction and prone to overstear. Seems to lack downforce
- Caterham: Looked ok, but slow. Much better than last years, but clearly slower. Very undramatic.
- Williams: Similar to sauber, but when they pushed the car it began to slide more. I would say slower than the Sauber.
- Ferrari: ok.... i couldn´t watch it as much as i wanted because it was in the garage most of the morning. They had a stint early in the morning (around 10:15 or so) and looked......... bad. I mean, Alonso looked like pushing hard but there was a lot of understeer in the car. As he made a few laps things got sorted. But then I watched two laps before leaving the circuit with more heat and suddenly it looked much better. Particularly i liked the way it went into the corners after the braking zone. as an Alonso fan I would love to say something more, but i just couldnt see the car enough.
Con Fernando Alonso siempre: gane, pierda, cometa errores o maraville con su perfección al volante. Soy un fan!