Barcelona Test: Bottas wraps up testing going fastest on final day

Vatteri Bottas was fastest on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona. The Williams driver was 0.406 faster than the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel on the super soft tyres. Sauber’s Felipe Nasr also managed to get his car within a second of the Fins fastest lap. Bottas, Vettel and Nasr’s best laps were all

BARCELONA TEST: Hamilton shows he remains the man to beat in 2015

Lewis Hamilton has set the pace on the third day of the final preseason test in Barcelona. The double world champion underlined that Mercedes remain the team to beat this season going 0.24 seconds faster than 2008 title rival Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton will not drive the car until first practice in Melbourne

BARCELONA TEST: Rosberg fastest from Bottas

Nico Rosberg has gone fastest on the second day of third pre-season test in Barcelona. The German was over a second faster on than the Williams of Valtteri Bottas in second. The German set his fastest time using the slower medium and hard compounds meant that neither Nico Rosberg nor Lewis Hamilton had truly lit

BARCELONA TEST: Massa fastest on day one as Mercedes and McLaren

Felipe Massa was fastest on the final day of preseason testing for Williams ahead of Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. It was a difficult  day for Hamilton as the team stopped running due to a hybrid issue. Massa set his time while undertaking a qualifying simulation run in the afternoon, clocking

BARCELONA TEST: Grosjean fastest as Alonso crashes out

Romain Grosjean was fastest on the final day of pre season test in Barcelona however, the days event was overshadowed by a crash involving Fernando Alonso who crashed on the exit of Turn Three at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. Nico Rosberg once again under lined Mercedes pace going second fastest by

BARCELONA TEST: Maldonado puts Lotus fastest on day three

Pastor Maldonado was fastest on the third day of preseason testing in Barcelona giving Louts another chance to prove there pace. The Venezuelan driver, quickest on the opening day of the test on Thursday, was four tenths of a second clear of Toro Rosso rookie Max Verstappen. McLaren once again had another difficult day as

Barcelona Test: Ricciardo fastest just as second sperates top five

Daniel Ricciardo led the days pace for Red Bull on the second day of the second pre-season test in Barcelona. It was a tight day as Red Bull, Ferrari, Force India, Williams and Mercedes were all within a second of each other. Ferrari continued there good form with Kimi Raikkonen going ahead of former team-mate

BARCELONA TEST: Hamilton ill, Rosberg resting while Maldonado goes fastest

World champion Lewis Hamilton has been Forced to withdraw from the second pre-season test after feeling unwell. Meanwhile, fellow Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has also withdrawn after being ordered to rest by doctors due to a sore neck. Williams Suise Wolff provided the day’s action after she collided with Saubers Felipe Nasr. Mercedes has replaced

JEREZ TEST: Ferrari has another good day as Mercedes show pace

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen rounded off a successful preseason test for the team making them fastest in three out of the four days. While Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson was second and Lewis Hamilton third. Mclaren had another tough day while they get to grips with the Honda power unit. The car driven by Jenson Button only could

Jerez test: most teams suffer issues on day three

McLaren showed some progress on day three of preseason testing in Jerez with Fernando Alonso completing 32 laps. The team only managed 32 laps at close racing speeds before a water leak brought their day to an end. It wasn’t only McLaren who had problems as both Mercedes and Red Bull also suffered engine problems