Bojan Vrbnjak
Yes teams Formula 1 they shall carry out their pre - season testing at Circuit of Barcelona-Catalonia, is no case. Because floor plan of the Spanish track offers a good mix of slow, medium and fast corners as well as two relatively long planes where race cars reach - on the finish plane - speeds over 300 km/h. On the other plane a little less.
Ta combination from different trail characteristics this racetrack in front of the door Catalan capitals gives good reference point, as teams learn a lot about form of their race cars in different situations. This includes, for example balance racing cars and handling tires. Teams use this information to find it for their race cars best settings.
However, in these tests in Barcelona there is also a drawback and that is Geographical location trails. This means that it can be times under certain conditions quite difficult. Let's remember winter testing from 2018, then the teams lost one day because there was a track covered with snow. This year, the forecast for both test weeks is quite promising. Meteorologists count on relatively mild temperatures and sun. However, they can also have temperatures on a beautiful day from under those, which the teams have on their return to the race in Spain in May.
V cold and cloudy the day is asphalt temperature they rarely rise above during winter testing 20 degrees Celsius and even on a mild and sunny day the temperature rises at most to 25 or 30 degrees Celsius. On a sunny day in May, during the race, the asphalt heats up easily 40 or more degrees Celsius. This, of course, has a big impact on race car and even more so on gume.
