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Complicating the picture further, the cars are not yet in the specifications in which they will start the season.
Headline lap times in testing are a notoriously unreliable guide to form, as it is impossible to know the specifications in which the teams are running their cars.
Lap times in winter testing are a notoriously unreliable means of predicting true form as it is impossible to know the specifications in which the cars are running.
Pre-season testing is notoriously unreliable as an indicator of competitive form, as fuel loads and tyres have a dramatic effect on lap times and it is impossible to know the specifications in which the cars are running.
The headline lap times are not necessarily an accurate comparison of relative pace because it is impossible to know the specifications in which the teams run the cars, with fuel loads, tyre choice and a number of other factors all having a significant effect on performance.
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Lap times in testing are rarely accurate indications of form as teams do not reveal the specification in which they were running their cars.
But they are essentially meaningless, as it is impossible to know the specification in which the cars were running - and there are so many variables, whether it be fuel load, tyres, engine mode or whatever.
McLaren have a raft of new parts to try out at this test as they run the car close to the specification in which it will appear at the first race on 18 March in Melbourne, Australia.
So what the race runs by Webber and Grosjean proved is that, in the specification in which the cars were running at the second test, there is virtually nothing to choose between Red Bull and Lotus.
Headline times in pre-season testing are notoriously unreliable indicators of form as it is impossible to know the specification in which the teams are running their cars. 1 Felipe Nasr (Brz) Sauber-Ferrari 1 21.545. 2 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1 21.750.
HDMI devices are manufactured to adhere to various versions of the specification, in which each version is given a number and/or letter, such as 1.0, 1.2, or 1.4b.
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