By cryptoandcoffee on Skatehive
source Shake Down Week = Test Week This week is test week at the Catalunya track in Barcelona for all the Formula One teams starting on the 26th till the 30th January. How it works is there are 5 days with the teams allowed to use 3 days for running their cars and no more. They have to state which days they will be using the track and the off days they will spend in the pit garage reading the data gathered and tweaking their cars. The obvious schedule would be to run every other day and gather as much data as possible which will guide them on what needs to change on the car and to learn exactly what type of race car has been developed. Up till now this has all been tested using wind tunnels and simulators so the data will reveal if their information is lining up with each other. This does not always happen and the teams priority is to get the data from the car going around the track matching the data from the simulator. Only then do they have a project that can move forward and why tec