As for the Honda Engine being a donkey – they clearly have some issues to sort out, but Gary Anderson was saying on Autosport today, that Alonso wasn't able to use all the power it had because the chassis couldn't handle it.

"McLaren can't complain about a lack of Honda power. Alonso just can't get on the throttle properly between Turn 2 and Turn 3 because of a lack of overall grip. There's plenty more of the old gee-gees available if the chassis was stronger."

He thought that the Ferrari looked the most planted and consistent through the corners, Merc next, but not quite so solid.

Mercs lulling Ferrari into false sense of security, by using conservative engine (modes) and higher fuel loads.
Sandbagging.

Final test next week they'll probably start to show their hand...

I'm not sure about Ferrari, they always do well in testing, same thing happened last year, and look where they ended up. I think Mercedes are just hiding their true pace and so are Red Bull.

Williams looking competitive in second test of past two days but they've admitted using low fuel on softest compound of tyre, whilst Mercedes are still using medium to high fuel.
Still at least 2-3 more seconds to bring out for Red Bull & Mercedes.

Honda *sigh*

Just a shambles.

Disgrace Alonso third season running in that car hugely down on (engine) power.

Testing ends.

Fastes lap per tyre:

Kimi - Ultrasofts - 1:18.911
Kimi - Supersofts - 1:18.634
Kimi - Softs - 1:19.267
Vettel - Mediums - 1:21.609

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Fastest lap per team:

Kimi - Supersofts - 1:18.634
Bottas - Supersofts - 1:19.310
Massa - Ultrasofts - 1:19. 420
Verstappen - Supersofts - 1:19.438
Sainz - Ultrasofts - 1:19.837
Hulkenburg - Ultrasofts - 1:19.885
Perez - Ultrasofts - 1:20.116
Magnussen - Supersofts - 1:20.863
Vandoorne - Ultrasofts - 1:21.348
Ericsson - Supersofts - 1:21.670

Red Bull and Mercedes giving nothing away.
Ferrari have pretty shown their hand, as they did last season topping times in testing.

Every driver fastest time:

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Day Eight, Supersofts, 1:18.634
Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:19.024
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, Day Six, Supersofts, 1:19.310
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Day Seven, Ultrasofts, 1:19.352
Felipe Massa, Williams, Day Six, Ultrasofts, 1:19.420
Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Day Eight, Supersofts, 1:19.438
Carlo Sainz, Toro Rosso, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:19.837
Nico Hulkenberg, Renault, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:19.885
Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, Day Five, Ultrasofts, 1:19.900
Sergio Perez, Force India, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:20.116
Esteban Ocon, Force India, Day Seven, Ultrasofts, 1:20.161
Jolyon Palmer, Renault, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:20.205
Lance Stroll, Williams, Day Eight, Softs, 1:20.335
Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, Day Seven, Supersofts, 1:20.416
Kevin Magnussen, Haas, Day Seven, Supersofts, 1:20.863
Romain Grosjean, Haas, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:21.110
Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren, Day Seven, Ultrasofts, 1:21.348
Fernando Alonso, McLaren, Day Eight, Ultrasofts, 1:21.389
Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, Day Eight, Supersofts, 1:21.670
Pascal Wehrlein, Sauber, Day Seven, Ultrasofts, 1:22.347
Antonio Giovinazzi, Sauber, Day Four, Ultrasofts, 1:22.401
Alfonso Celis, Force India, Day Three, Ultrasofts, 1:23.568

They all seem to be on top of reliability, apart from Mclaren.

R.I.P Sir John Surtees.

What we learnt from testing....Ferrari, Mercedes and Redbull will most likely battle it out for drivers and constructers. Williams will be just behind and McLaren will do less laps than the safety car spending more time in the garage than the track. It's been 3 years with Honda, and they've gone backwards. A team with their budget doing this badly is a joke really. Ditching the Merc engine for Honda was a big mistake.

With Manor defunct, there's a spare Mercedes engine...

McLaren may well go back to Mercedes, If no significant improvement through the season with Honda.

Look at 1:18s for majority of the field Australian qualifying. Possibly low 1:17s (from top 3).

Super quick.

On second thoughts:
1:20s majority.
1:19s top 3.

Conservative estimation.

Force India looking pretty in Pink

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/3/force-india-unveil-startling-new-pink-livery-for-2017.html

comment by Chelseamf™®© (U1677)
With Manor defunct, there's a spare Mercedes engine...

McLaren may well go back to Mercedes, If no significant improvement through the season with Honda.
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And so it begins:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39290908

comment by Chelseamf™®© (U1677)
Mercs lulling Ferrari into false sense of security, by using conservative engine (modes) and higher fuel loads.
Sandbagging.
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Surprise surprise:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128549/mercedes-commits-to-latestspec-engine

Normal service resumed. Mercedes way ahead.

Bottas struggling so far to keep up with Hamiltons pace.

Vettels record time getting destroyed come qualifying.