Pos Name Team Overall Fastest Laps Morning Fastest Afternoon Fastest 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:19.310 67 01:19.310 2 Felipe Massa William – Mercedes 01:19.420 63 01:19.420 3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:20.406 53 01:20.406 4 Max Verstappen Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:20.436 102 01:20.432 5 Lance Stroll Williams – Mercedes 01:20.579
Valtteri Bottas’s fastest time stood after the afternoon session on the second day of the second test at the Circuit de Catalunya – Barcelona. The afternoon was interrupted serval times by red flags meaning some were unable to complete their long runs. Morning Report Bottas set a 01:19.310 going almost a tenth faster than former
Pos Name Team Overall Fastest Laps Morning Fastest Afternoon Fastest 1 Felipe Massa Williams – Mercedes 01:19.726 168 01:19.726 NO data 2 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:19.900 89 01:19.900 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:19.906 168 01:20.456 01:19.906 4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:20.456 49 01:20.456 DNS 5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 01:20.924 86 DNS
Williams’s Felipe Massa was fastest on the first day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya. The Brazilian set his best lap, a 1:19.7, on the supersoft tyres just before the lunch break. The Brazilian looking in strong form going one tenth up on Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, and completed
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Over the last four days, teams have been testing their new cars for the first time in Barcelona. While we can’t read too much into these times they can give us our first hint for the season ahead! McLaren Woes The first day didn’t start well for McLaren of Fernando Alonso, who suffered an oil
Pos Name Team Overall Fastest Laps Morning Fastest Afternoon Fastest 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:20.872 93 01:22.305 01:20.872 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:21.769 85 01:22.739 01:21.769 3 Jolyon Palmer Renault 01:22.778 39 DNS 01:22.778 4 Romain Grosjean Haas – Ferrari 01:22.309 118 01:23.920 01:22.309 5 Antonio Giovinazzi Sauber – Ferrari 01:22.401
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