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Archive for Grand Prix Practice Report
Middle of the Pack for BMW Sauber in Monaco
Posted by: | CommentsMonaco weekend is on so what can we expect from BMW Sauber? The circuit is so slow and twisty that huge downforce is essential to not only stay away from the walls, but place respectably. This could be a problem for the team still suffering with lower downforce than they need. Barcelona saw a huge upgrade that did make a difference, but we really didn’t get much of a look during the grand prix. Qualifying in Spain showed a stepping stone of improvement, but without a good working double diffuser the car is still lacking.
Friday in Spain With BMW Sauber Driver Quotes
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I believe that if this new aero package does improve the car, then this weekend will be just one step one the way back to respectability.
Another Tough Outing for BMW Sauber in Bahrain
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Another difficult race for the team in Bahrain as was expected, but not to this extent. The car is ugly and not in the looks category, but in the performance category as it isn’t as fast and efficient as they and myself originally thought. KERS, the fast declining new innovation seems up until now at least to be the only thing going for the car and even that doesn’t seem to give any meaningful advantage overall throughout an entire race and even in qualifying. Never the less, it has been all they have. What is causing the collection of issues I don’t have an answer to that, but the symptoms are pretty well out there for all of us to see.
BMW Sauber Reactions to Friday Practice
Posted by: | CommentsShanghai (CN). As usual on a Friday, the BMW Sauber F1 Team used both free practice sessions for race preparation. For the first time the kinetic energy recovery system was not only used on Nick Heidfeld’s car, but also on the F1.09 of Robert Kubica. Both 90 minute sessions went without any technical failures.
BMW Sauber F1.09-05 / BMW P86/9 (KERS)
1. Training: 18th, 1:38.463 min / 2. Training: 17th, 1:37.491 min
“We completed our standard Friday programme and tried to learn more about the nature of the track and to understand the tyre compounds. While the option tyres are quite fragile, it is difficult to make the prime tyre work. Additionally, this was the first time I was running KERS at a Grand Prix weekend. There were a lot of tests to do. Now we have to check and evaluate the data.“
BMW Sauber Slow Friday Practice not Surprising
Posted by: | CommentsBy looking at the practice times Heidfeld and Kubica put up, you sort of wonder what happened. It’s always hard to figure out what the team is doing in practice, but if you were to guess it would be race setup situations with long stints on the track. That’s exactly what was going on today and they ended up low on the time sheets because neither driver was going for top lap times.
As expected, Robert Kubica was running both practice sessions without KERS, but Nick Heidfeld who ran KERS in Australia ran the system for practice session 1 only. It hasn’t been decided yet weather Heidfeld will use KERS for the race because the balance of the car is affected quite a bit when using it and they haven’t yet been able to correct that problem.
Australian Grand Prix Friday Report and Quotes
Posted by: | CommentsIt was Friday free practice for the team today and remembering that it is the first practice of the season and a lot of setup work needs to be done so lap times can be unpredictable. In both sessions BMW Sauber were lower in the standings then many expected more so in practice session 2 than earlier in session 1. Nick Heidfeld was driving the KERS equipped car he will be using in the race and as far as that was concerned it was flawless and not a worry at all. There were no technical problems with either car today, but grip was a problem as they worked on the best setup for the grand prix. Nick Heidfeld put it down to a very green track with no rubber to provide the grip while Robert Kubica was more critical saying they simply had no grip.