Caterham CT03

[The King of Spa 637]

I primi effetti della presenza di Kovalainen?

[Lorenzo359 37]

I primi effetti della presenza di Kovalainen?

eh questo è certo direi... lui ha esperienza al contrario dei due titolari e magari nelle libere ha saputo dare indicazioni importanti...

[NEGRO 27]

E in Spagna arriva la nuova vettura...ma non mi faccio illusioni.

Spero solo che la presenza di Kovalainen non innervosisca troppo VdG.

[Villeneuve 89]

Io credo che Kovalainen sia venuto per sostituire Van Der Garde in corso di stagione... se si fa un po' di politica nella squadra, si potrebbe pensare che lo hanno preso apposta per far andare VDG fuori strada ed avere la motivazione per sostituirlo.

[NEGRO 27]

Io credo che Kovalainen sia venuto per sostituire Van Der Garde in corso di stagione... se si fa un po' di politica nella squadra, si potrebbe pensare che lo hanno preso apposta per far andare VDG fuori strada ed avere la motivazione per sostituirlo.

 

Probabile!

Però mi chiedo il perché. Potevano tenerselo dall'inizio ma hanno scelto i soldi di VdG. Con questo scenario perderebbero lo sponsor e "brucerebbero" VdG che è uno cresciuto nel team. Poi le sue prestazioni finora non sono state proprio da buttare per un deb (Chilton e Gutierrez hanno fatto peggio...).

Spero sia solo un discorso tecnico e un modo per mettere pressione agli sponsor probabilmente poco felici delle prestazioni della Caterham (per evitare un'altro Petrov).

[The King of Spa 637]

Test di Magny-Cours Modificato 2 Maggio, 2013 da The King of Spa

[S. Bellof 1345]

Spero sia solo un discorso tecnico e un modo per mettere pressione agli sponsor probabilmente poco felici delle prestazioni della Caterham (per evitare un'altro Petrov).

 

Un altro che rischiava di portare la Caterham a punti? Speriamo che riescano ad evitarlo

[NEGRO 27]

Un altro che rischiava di portare la Caterham a punti? Speriamo che riescano ad evitarlo

 

Un altro che non ha avuto sponsor così affidabili da giocarsi una riconferma che doveva essere scontata dopo l'ultima gara corsa.

[S. Bellof 1345]

Un altro che non ha avuto sponsor cos? affidabili da giocarsi una riconferma che doveva essere scontata dopo l'ultima gara corsa.

 

In quel senso indubbiamente

[Visitatore Rhobar_III]

Oggi quindi hanno provato il Vanity Panel.

 

Da quello che ho letto in giro però questo è molto più che uno step evolutivo per loro, perchè la macchina con cui avevano corso finora era una specie di parente di quella dell'anno scorso, mentre la nuova macchina (quella vera) arriva in Spagna.

[The King of Spa 637]

 

 

 

Via F1Technical

Modificato 10 Maggio, 2013 da The King of Spa

[Visitatore Rhobar_III]

Credo che possano stare davanti alle Marussia anche in questo week end.

[The King of Spa 637]

Spanish GP: Caterham qualifying quotes Saturday, May 11th 2013, 16:21 GMT

 

 

Charles Pic - 22nd: "It's been a bit of a tough weekend so far. We've put a few new parts on the car and have tried several setup options to get the most out of them and find a balance I can use, but it hasn't worked yet. FP3 was ok - I didn't have a completely clean lap so we knew there was a bit more time to come after that session, but in qualifying the car just didn't feel like it was working as well as it had in the morning session. I'm not too sure why but we'll go through all the data and find out if there's anything we can do for tomorrow.

 

"On the positive side, we know we have good long run pace and I think we can have a decent race tomorrow. The weather's supposed to be a bit warmer and that'll suit our car better than the cooler conditions we've had so far this weekend. Our pitstops have been good all year and our tyre degradation here has not been too bad on both compounds, so I think we should be ok for the race."

 

Giedo van der Garde - 19th: "I'm obviously really pleased with how today's gone, both in FP3 and qualifying. We made a few changes to the car overnight to try and find a balance with the new parts and it's worked out really well. I'm not running the same package as my teammate here - I have most of the new package except the front wing so we went a slightly different way than Charles on setup and even though I didn't get a really quick lap in during FP3 I could feel we were going in the right direction. In qualifying it came good and on the second run I had a clean outlap, got the tyres working well, and then a really good run to set my best quali time of the season so far.

 

"Days like today show how my learning curve keeps improving. I'm working better with the engineers in every session on track and they are finding out more about how to help me get the most out of the car. This is the sort of performance I'd targeted for when we had new parts on the car so I'm really pleased for me, the whole team and everyone who's backed me that we can deliver like we did today. There's more to come, in the race tomorrow and with more new parts for the rest of the year and this is a great way to kick off the European season."

[The King of Spa 637]

Spanish GP: Caterham race quotes Sunday, May 12th 2013, 16:31 GMT

 

 

Charles Pic - 17th: "I'm really happy with today's performance. Finishing 17th doesn't really tell the whole story as we ended the race right behind one of the Williams cars which shows that we've made some good progress this weekend. The blue flags didn't help as without them I'd have had a much better chance of overtaking him, but it was still good that I could attack him in the last few laps. The car felt great for the whole race, particularly after my third stop when we went for a 25 lap final stint on the hard tyres and I was able to manage the degradation levels well which meant I could push right to the flag.

 

"It's good to have a Sunday like this as I hadn't really been able to get the most out of the new package on Friday or Saturday, but it felt good right from the first lap today. There's still more to come from the parts we brought here, quite a bit more in fact, so we'll work on that back at the factory and see how much more we can extract for the next race in Monaco. That's obviously going to be busy for me and the whole team, but after seeing the pace we had today, more to come from the race five update and the fact we've been strong there in the past, I think it could be a really interesting weekend for us."

 

Giedo van der Garde - DNF: "It's obviously such a shame that my race ended like it did today, but sometimes these things happen. I'd had a great start and was fighting with Button and both Williams cars through the first couple of stints The car felt great, really good and I was definitely having the best of the season so far. When I came in for my second stop I could feel that there was a problem with the left rear as soon as I rejoined the track. At some point the wheel came off so I tried to make it back to the garage to see if I could continue, but once the team had taken a close look it was clear I had to retire the car.

 

"As I say, it's a shame but it's another lesson for me and the team. Sometimes you don't have the luck, but we have a lot of positives to take from this weekend. The updates on the car are working well, and we have more to come. Our race pace is really good, strong enough to fight with a few cars ahead and my quali performance was easily my best this year. Next up we go to Monaco, a track I know well and one where I was on the podium twice last year in GP2, and in Formula Renault 3.5, so another qualifying performance like I had in Spain, and a race like I had until retiring today, and I think we can do well."

 

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Gli aggiornamenti sembrano funzionare.

[The King of Spa 637]

Caterham multata per la ruota persa in gara

[The King of Spa 637]

Caterham rimane con Renault
I francesi continueranno a fornirle i motori nonostante i costi elevati

[biuspeed 161]

Direi sorpresa Vdg grande qualifica!

[The King of Spa 637]

Bravo

[Lorenzo359 37]

bravissimo VDG

ho addirittura sognao la q3 visto come si stavano evolvendo le cose (ma la speranza è l'ultima a morire ) comunque davanti ad una williams e una sauber

Modificato 25 Maggio, 2013 da Lorenzo359

[The King of Spa 637]

Monaco GP: Caterham qualifying quotes Saturday, May 25th 2013, 16:45 GMT


Charles Pic - 18th: "First I want to say well done to Giedo and the whole team for the job everyone did today. It's obviously a bit disappointing I wasn't with my teammate in Q2 but it was very close and the team did a good job to give us both a chance today.

"This morning, FP3 was all about understeer for me. We started the session with quite a long run on the softs and the car was understeering everywhere, so we spent most of the session trying to dial that out and get a better balance. By the end of the session it was improving but even on the supersofts I still wasn't really getting everything out of it.


"In quali we went out early, first cars on track, and put in a good run on the inters with the times coming down throughout the session. We made the call to come in for a new set of inters with about five minutes left of Q1 but I couldn't quite get enough out in the last sector due to traffic, but 18th is still OK around Monaco. We've had good pace on the long runs here, and very good degradation levels on the tyres, so let's see what happens tomorrow."

Giedo van der Garde - 15th: "I'm obviously very pleased to put my name into the Q2 timesheets for the first time this year and I want to thank Tony, Cyril and the whole team for the jobs everyone did today. Honestly, it's a great feeling, but it's still part of the learning process for me. I've said since the start of the season that I'd make progress, and today showed how far we've all come in just six races, and there's more to come.

"Saturday started pretty well and in FP3 we went out for a long-ish run on the softs straight away but, like Charles, for me the car was understeering a lot. I was having to use throttle to help turn the car so we made a couple of mechanical changes and from then it was a bit better, but the tyres weren't really coming in as much as we'd have liked, so we tried another mechanical change for quali and the results are pretty obvious!

"In Q1 we went out very early as there were reports of more showers coming. As it turned out that wasn't the case, but we timed the stop well and had about four more quick laps on the inters at the end of Q1, enough time to put myself into Q2.

"Q2 started with a bit more rain, so we again went for the inters, but after one lap I thought it was dry enough for slicks so we boxed, went onto the supersofts and was the first car to make the switch. For a while we were looking at Q3, but that's not where we are performance-wise yet, so we're all really happy with Q2.

"Sunday could be very interesting. I start between the two Williams cars of Bottas and Maldonado and I've had good starts all year, so hopefully I can have another good launch, avoid anything like the GP2 mess on Friday, and from there anything's possible. I finished on the podium here last year in GP2 and, while that's not going to happen this year, we will definitely be racing quite a few cars all afternoon."

Cyril Abiteboul, Team Principal: "This is one of the good days, the best so far this year for our team. Personally, I'm proud of the work everyone is doing to give us moments like seeing Giedo's name in Q2. He drove very well, showing how he much he keeps developing and how he's brave enough to be the first driver out there to make the call to go for it on slicks in what were still very tricky conditions on track. Both he and Charles have been driving very well all weekend, minimising the mistakes and pushing when they need to and Charles was unlucky not to join Giedo in Q2. However, he also showed his talent by being right in the mix in Q1 until the flag fell and with the pace and racecraft he's shown all year, particularly in Bahrain and Spain, he'll be right in the action tomorrow.

"This is another small step in our ongoing development, another reason why we are all here working so hard to be part of the show, and I want everyone in our team to use this as another source of motivation for Sunday and the rest of the season. We obviously have the main task ahead of us tomorrow, but days like this are why we're in this sport, and to have our first Q2 of the year when Tony's on track with us makes this a very special day."