Kevin Magnussen confirmed to drive alongside Mick Schumacher for Haas this year.

Thats a good move, my interest is comparing Mick to him

The testing should be on F1TV which you get with Spark Sport for free.

Benoire:

 

The testing should be on F1TV which you get with Spark Sport for free.

 

Yeah i was looking at this this morning. For some reason I thought its not on Apple TV but I see it is now

Any feedback on it? Works well? I will check the ATV and iPad apps as I have an iPad Pro 12.9

UK Sky TV commentary the same as the usual feed?

F1 TV is a bit crappy. The clips have no date. Is it yesterday or 1995???  No testing, Bahrain

Spark Sport has no testing, Bahrain

Interesting.  I've found the recaps from Barcelona so hopefully we may see something pop up there soon but its quite surprising that its not being aired.

F1TV | 2022 Season (formula1.com)

Here you go, its in there under testing.

Benoire:

 

F1TV | 2022 Season (formula1.com)

 

 

 

Here you go, its in there under testing.

 

Cheers. Cant see a Testing session, just some feed with no date! But its on!

I didnt bother with the previous testing highlights, but has Mercedes come out with a totally new sidepod design?? AS they say, Merc vs Ferrari is like two different formulas. Alpha Tauri has huge air intakes.

Williams is a hybrid, large air intakes but it tapers away to a Merc type of design

Hopefully the design philosophy difference will create wild variations in performance across the different circuits. I'd love to see 10+ different drivers on the podium this year and not simply 3 or 4.

insane:

 

Hopefully the design philosophy difference will create wild variations in performance across the different circuits. I'd love to see 10+ different drivers on the podium this year and not simply 3 or 4.

 

Agree. Horsepower matters but Red Bull minimised that last season. At time McLaren were quick. Tsunoda held up Mercedes

With ground effect being the next big thing, will DRS be less effective? 

I feel that in race trim and the variation between side pods and air intake design, that there will be winners and losers, and first few races will probably be set in stone as to who got it right. Id also wager that all teams are computer testing the other designs they can now see. Williams I think it was, has a mix of traditional sidepods and the Merc design, imagine if that was the best example? So, perhaps races 1,2 and 3 will get very similar results and the rest will frantically be changing the sidepods designs. Hopefully there will be outlier points scored early season, and as time goes by the cream will rise to the top, but we may see the Constructor and Drivers points quite compressed.

Bigger question; if someone shows up with a Brawn-style grey-area piece of kit, will the FIA learn their lesson and just ban it outright at the start of the season?

That diffuser arms race in 2009 was crazy, but a huge waste of money.

I suspect not because grey areas are not technically illegal or against the rules per se and they'd need to give the team time to adapt and develop something to replace it.  FIA has a history of allowing them to last for the season, e.g. DAS.

Mercedes have just turned up with a basically completely different back half of the car, with incredibly narrow side pods that make the car dramatically more streamlined overall.