2016 Car Launch and Pre-season Testing

Looks like we’re in for another round of sandbagging from all the teams tomorrow...

except for McLaren!

At least spring is right around the corner—plus, the race is in Los Angeles...

That new/old Sauber C35 (honestly sounds like some outdated flip phone from 2005):

The images turned out a bit larger than I was expecting...

N/A 😁

I mean, wouldn't it be something if they actually had General Electric as a sponsor?

That Suber car looks absolutely sluggish out there.

Timothy Castillo6 said:Suber just looks sluggish—it’s really lacking that spark.

I honestly think Haas is going to eat them alive.

jadeseal7 said:McLaren MP4-26 😁

best phone ever! 🙏

James Walker57 said:best phone ever! 🙏

Well, it slipped into a puddle and died—game over. 😁

I'm pretty sure I sent about a million texts from that thing...

McLaren looks totally fine to me

Seems like by this third season, nose designs have just become standardized across the whole grid naturally.

Pretty sure they all look more or less identical at this point.

Interesting...
Fastest times on the medium tire so far:

Nico Rosberg - 01:24.867 (1 test)
Kimi Räikkönen - 1:24.907 (just now...)
Sebastian Vettel - 01:24.939 (1 test)

So either Kimi suddenly woke up from his nap, or Ferrari brought an upgrade compared to the first test.🤔
Or maybe they were running way heavier than anyone thought during that first session...
Still, it's pretty weird seeing Kimi suddenly outpacing Vettel...

There's zero doubt the Bear is hiding its true pace, but if Kimi is hitting these numbers, Seb is definitely faster.😁

The more teams fighting for those split seconds, the better the show gets...

So, Alonso ends up 0.6 seconds slower than Kimi's best lap...

At this rate, I might as well be driving for Cilley GP myself...

I really need to get my eyes checked—Alonso was on softs while Kimi had mediums...

Push rod ☕

Nico Rosberg dropped it into second gear... and boom, he just clocked a 1:24.329 on the mediums.

Man, Lewis Hamilton on that same tire compound was pulling a 0.6 second gap over Sebastian Vettel...

stormybadger8 said:Lewis Hamilton dropped it into second gear... and—boom—just clocked a 1:24.329 on the mediums.

Hahahaha...👍

Looks like you beat me to the punch by about 0.6 seconds on the comment...

Hahahaahahahahahahah

And here comes the storm 🙂
Lewis Hamilton on softs... once the weather gets even faster than Sebastian Vettel's lap on ultrasoft, we can probably expect the Ford crew to just pack up and head for the nearest diner 😬

EDIT:
Dammit, I couldn't even finish typing before the session ended...
Lewis Hamilton 1m23.022s - soft 😢
Sebastian Vettel's best on ultrasoft was 1:22,810, while Kimi Raikkonen was actually slower at 1:23,477 on ultrasoft 😢

Total disaster for Fernando Alonso and General Motors...
Alonso is sitting exactly 2.5 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton on the same tires... same target, same gap.

That’s just awful. I wouldn't even go there.
It was probably just an American vehicle running on a much lower tank than usual.

-Kimi Raikkonen just clocked a new personal best in the first sector. He's running on mediums.
-Another best sector for Kimi...
-Red flag
-Word is Fernando Alonso has stalled right at the pit exit.

Fernando Alonso is totally sabotaging Kimi 😬