Pre-Season Testing has officially launched and the first four days of testing have gone underway. With that being said, times are up on the board and the competition is looking more fierce than ever before. The first day consisted of all the drivers acclimatising to the track, doing long heavy fuel runs on the hard compound tyre. All the drivers struggling to begin with, tweaking around with the setups of their cars, but everyone managed to find their comfort zone very quickly. Ferrari driver and STSF1 rookie RGF321 was one of the first to set a time on the medium compound on a basic 7 lap run, being one of the first to scrape into the 1:23.x's, As the drivers got more comfortable with the track and setups, they began doing qualifying simulation runs, with both Renault drivers (STSF1 Alonso14 and CS Akihiro) hitting the top very early on with 1:22.x's on the soft compound. All drivers began improving drastically over time and the reigning champion TheFlyingFinn08 (McLaren) managed to get into the fast 1:21.x's. CS Akihiro was +0.4s off, having decided not to run on the last day at Barcelona. The mid-low pack are all very close being within tenths of each other, creating a lot of speculation ahead of what could be a very exciting season. Updated Driver RosterA couple of changes have been made since last month's news blog regarding driver and team updates in STSF1. However, recently there have been quite a few changes with new drivers quickly becoming interested in competing. STSF1 Wehrlein is now partnered by RGF321, a rookie driver who has never competing in league racing but has plenty of track experience in the real world and a lot of simulation experience too. The Scuderia driver has been looking very comfortable in pre-season and with that comes high expectations for the man in red. FCGOscar picks up where the current champ, TheFlyingFinn08, left off at Mercedes. Another driver with a bit of experience who's looking relatively competitive as a potential front runner in our current grid in pre-season testing. He'll be looking to pick up some good points in the early part of the season and make an impression from the get go. x Zexyyy shall now be paired up with another rookie driver to join STSF1 by the name of JIM rPg45, who has been struggling a little bit with the banned assists in pre-season testing. It's about the long game for him as he learns more about the car and carries on improving his consistency and getting comfortable with the gruelling challenge of driving an F1 car with no assists whatsoever. jgroves1996 has made his return and now has a teammate in Iron Weasel 54. With the help of his experienced teammate, these two will surely be hot contenders in the Constructors' Championship, especially with jgroves1996 already proving his pace in pre-season so far. The grid had better watch out! RDD Renard joins the league with Sahara Force India, he would be partnered with Fisichella09 who joined last month, however he left due to unforeseen circumstances. iTomSmiith, an experienced league racer who formerly drove in XFOC back in 2013-2014 is back and will be driving alongside STSF1 Alonsloth for the 2016 season. The Red Bull driver hasn't yet tested the car, but knowing his success in the past he could become one of the front runners in time.
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