Inside testing: A world of unknowns
As Formula 1 winter testing came to an end, Jonathan Noble tried to nail down the pecking order heading to Melbourne, but found only confusion in the paddock - and that, he argues, is a very good thing
Sunday - Test day 4 by Jonathan Noble
"There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - there are things we do not know we don't know."
After 12 days of pre-season Formula 1 testing, and a day of wandering around the Circuit de Catalunya paddock speaking to team bosses, engineers and drivers to find out their opinions, it was hard not to keep thinking of those infamous words of former United States Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld.
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