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F1 Testing Analysis: Weather woes cause headaches for teams
After a damp, cold afternoon of running in Barcelona on Monday, there were a few concerned faces spotting the sleet gently falling when departing the Formula 1 paddock that evening. The concerns only grew this morning as ice was scraped off car windscreens and heaters were put on, with the temperature reading just before the start of play at 9 a.m. being 0.3ºC and just 2.8ºC on-track. It all served to further the headache which had been building throughout testing so far, making on-track activities in the morning effectively worthless due to the low temperatures. A paltry 16 laps were completed in the opening hour, and it wasn’t until 10:15 a.m. that the first timed effort was...
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