Jerez Review: All the numbers from Formula 1's first test of the 2014 season

Saturday, 01 February 2014 at 10:16

Formula 1’s new era got underway with four days of testing at Jerez (to be followed by two more four-day sessions in Bahrain next month) with teams trying out their new cars and the 2014 tyres for the first time.

With such a revolutionary series of technical changes, running was considerably limited compared to last year, and very little tyre work was carried out.

Nonetheless, the teams were able to have their first taste of Pirelli’s 2014 tyre range, which features new compounds and constructions. The teams could also try out the new Cinturato Green intermediate and Cinturato Blue wet on the second day, which was designated as a wet-weather test day. More rain then fell on Friday, providing another opportunity.

Pirelli additionally brought a bespoke ‘winter’ version of the hard tyre to Jerez, designed to enable teams to maximise running even in low ambient temperatures (which dipped down to six degrees centigrade).

Formula One Testing, Jerez, Spain, Day Four, Friday 31 January 2014.

Jerez Testing Facts:

The opening day of running was extremely quiet, with just 93 laps completed from eight drivers and cars on Tuesday. The on-track action then ramped up, with teams attempting longer runs. The final day was the busiest day of the test, with 688 laps completed.
Teams had a maximum of 25 sets of tyres each at their disposal for Jerez. In total, 18 of those sets were selected by Pirelli (six ‘winter’, four hard, two medium, and three each of intermediate and wet). The teams were then allowed to choose in advance seven more sets of tyres to test per car, up to their total maximum of 25. In total, 135 sets of tyres are allowed per team for testing purposes throughout 2014.
Owing to the huge number of new variables at work, and the very wide spread of lap times seen throughout the four days, there was no real significance in the time difference between the compounds that were tested at Jerez. More meaningful tyre data should be seen in Bahrain, with all the teams expected to be present.
A total of 22 drivers took part in the Jerez test, completing 1,470 laps and 6,509 kilometres.
The equivalent Jerez test last year took in 3,531 laps and 15,634 kilometres.
McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen set the fastest time of the Jerez test, with a time of 1m23.276s on Thursday. By way of comparison, the fastest time at the Jerez test last year was 1m17.879s, set by Felipe Massa in a Ferrari.
The highest number of total laps completed at this year’s Jerez test by any one driver was Nico Rosberg, who racked up 188 laps with Mercedes.

Formula One Testing, Jerez, Spain, Day Three, Thursday 30 January 2014.

Best lap times and laps completed by drivers:

	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Best Time	Laps
1	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	MP4-29	Mercedes	1:23.276	162
2	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW36	Mercedes	1:23.700	133
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	W05	Mercedes	1:23.952	121
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-29	Mercedes	1:24.165	83
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F14T	Ferrari	1:24.812	78
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW36	Mercedes	1:25.344	42
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F14T	Ferrari	1:25.495	173
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	W05	Mercedes	1:25.588	188
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM07	Mercedes	1:26.096	17
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM07	Mercedes	1:28.376	48
11	Daniel Juncadella	Force India	VJM07	Mercedes	1:29.457	81
12	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	STR9	Renault	1:29.915	45
13	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	C33	Ferrari	1:30.161	103
14	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	1:32.222	25
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C33	Ferrari	1:33.270	60
16	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	CT05	Renault	1:37.975	12
17	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	RB10	Renault	1:38.320	11
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	CT05	Renault	1:43.193	54
19	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	STR9	Renault	1:44.016	9
20	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	RB10	Renault	1:45.374	10
21	Robin Frijns	Caterham	CT05	Renault	No time	10
22	Max Chilton	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	No time	5

Total laps by team:

	Team	Laps
1	Mercedes	309
2	Ferrari	251
3	McLaren	245
4	Williams	175
5	Sauber	163
6	Force India	146
7	Caterham	76
8	Toro Rosso	54
9	Marussia	30
10	Red Bull	21

Total laps by engine:

	Engine	Laps
1	Mercedes (four teams)	875
2	Ferrari (three teams)	444
3	Renault (three teams)	151

Day 1: Top three testing times

	Driver	Team	Times	Tyre Compound
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:27.104s	Winter, New
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.820s	Winter, Used
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:30.082s	Winter, Used

Day 2: Top three testing times

	Driver	Team	Times	Tyre Compound
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:24.165s	Medium, New
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:24.812s	Medium, Used
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:25.344s	Winter, New

Day 3: Top three testing times

	Driver	Team	Times	Tyre Compound
1	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	1:23.276s	Medium, New
2	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:23.700s	Hard, Used
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.952s	Medium, New

Day 4: Top three testing times

	Driver	Team	Times	Tyre Compound
1	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:28.229s,	Hard, New
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:29.145s,	Medium, Used
3	Daniel Juncadella	Force India	1:29.457s,	Soft, New