...F1 test days coming to Supercars.......

[retro]

F1 test days where every team has to turn up are coming to supercars as soon as this year or next year.

All session to be timed with transponders.


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[Guest]

I agree with the part of all cars officially timed with transmitters, (not transponders) but I disagree with making them all travel to the same track. They should be able to choose where and when they want to test.

[touring fan01]

Originally Posted by retro

F1 test days where every team has to turn up are coming to supercars as soon as this year or next year.

Errrr....there is no such thing as an "F1 test day where every team has to turn up".

[retro]

Originally Posted by touring fan01

Errrr....there is no such thing as an "F1 test day where every team has to turn up".

Sorry, I've miss-quoted Mr Gordon Lomas.....I'm going to the sin bin for a week.

V8 SUPERCARS will adopt Formula One-style testing with the managing body set to mandate official test days.

[touring fan01]

Originally Posted by retro

Sorry, I've miss-quoted Mr Gordon Lomas.....I'm going to the sin bin for a week.

Even then, Mr Lomas has got it wrong.

There are no mandated official test days in F1...none at all.

There is a restriction on the number of test days they can do (as with V8's), but that's all.

[GTRMagic]

But isnt this what we have been saying about test days for years? I should start charging for some of these ideas...

I dont think the concept they are on about is a mandated test day, its more that there is an official test day on a circuit on a certain number of days per year, on a come one come all basis

If you think about it, as we have discussed to death previously, TEGA will get a cost saving from not having to send a technical delegate from its HQ to attend every single test... if they mandate the tests, any runs outside of these days will mean the teams are being naughty... and therefore the policing can also improve

Win win... as we have been saying forever....

[Monaro]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

But isnt this what we have been saying about test days for years? I should start charging for some of these ideas...

I dont think the concept they are on about is a mandated test day, its more that there is an official test day on a circuit on a certain number of days per year, on a come one come all basis

If you think about it, as we have discussed to death previously, TEGA will get a cost saving from not having to send a technical delegate from its HQ to attend every single test... if they mandate the tests, any runs outside of these days will mean the teams are being naughty... and therefore the policing can also improve

Win win... as we have been saying forever....

Didn't they have a test day at EC a few years ago before the season started.It was the debut of the AU.Only cost $10 for the day.Cheapest AVESCO meet I ever went to.

[blaarg]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

But isnt this what we have been saying about test days for years? I should start charging for some of these ideas...

You know what they say, if you throw enough ****, surely some has to stick.... and 15,000 posts is a fair share!

[Venom XR]

There was a collection of teams at Winton on Monday, a few teams at QR more recently, so are we really that far away from it anyway?

[Guest]

There are only two test tracks in the country now. Queensland and Winton.

[Vanilla Dice]

Originally Posted by Guest

There are only two test tracks in the country now. Queensland and Winton.

As if the Toll sponsored 4 car Walkinshaw empire would test on a Linfox owned test track at Phillip Island..

Winton: SCAR, HRT, HSVDT, JDR, Tasman, GRM FPR, Britek, BJR,
Phillip Island: RNR
Willowbank: PMM, TKR SBR, 888, DJR, WPS, PCR

[Vanilla Dice]

Originally Posted by blaarg

You know what they say, if you throw enough ****, surely some has to stick.... and 15,000 posts is a fair share!

Mr GTRMagic is a nice bloke (suck suck, please dont ban me again!!)

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Vanilla Dice

As if the Toll sponsored 4 car Walkinshaw empire would test on a Linfox owned test track at Phillip Island..

Winton: SCAR, HRT, HSVDT, JDR, Tasman, GRM FPR, Britek, BJR,
Phillip Island: RNR
Willowbank: PMM, TKR SBR, 888, DJR, WPS, PCR

Has any pressure been brought to bear on Mr Nash's team to test at Winton??

Back to the subject at hand... the only real stipulation about F1 test days is the total number each year.... which is in the gentleman's agreement that Ferrari conveniently choose to ignore each year

Other than that there is NO FIA or FOCA intervention to them

They just happen to occur with a group of teams agreeing to test at a particular circuit on a particular date. They provide their own timing (FIA or FOCA do NOT get involved in this part of it either and there is no Official Timing) and not all teams are required to turn up either. I

Indeed there have been instances where two tracks will actually be used at the same time - with one or more teams actually turning up at both tracks on the same day.

Ferrari, BMW-Williams and McLaren have all doen this in the past 12 months - in fact Ferrari appeared at 3 tracks over the space of a 3 day test last year (include Fiorino - their own track across the road from the race HQ).

The bottom line is - there are only a limited number of tracks where F1 cars are permitted to test and indeed have the slots available - so it appears as if everyone has an organised test at those tracks whereas in reality they are just pooling resources.

[Vanilla Dice]

Why IS ol' Nashie running at Phillip Island? Will Paul Morris slip into the driver's seat during one of those tests?

[Guest]

He would be paying a lot of money to test there wouldn't he? He would have nobody to share the cost of the track hire with. I am guessing track hire at PI is not that cheap either???

[Vanilla Dice]

Its around $5,000 a day with medical and fire attendance...

They should group him with Morris and make them test at Willowbank

[Dirk]

More like $7,000