Day 4 of testing saw Ferrari on top at the end of the session with Raikkonen behind the wheel of the SF16-H. Kvyat followed close behind in the Red Bull and Alfono Celis in third, driving the Force India.
Mercedes debuted a new nose that morning and opted to run both drivers again with Hamilton running in the AM session and Rosberg in the PM session. Both finished in the top 10 but not in the top 3, which despite it only being early in the pre-season, might spell trouble.
McLaren suffered a troublesome day due to a coolant leak. Alonso went out for a few installation laps but never set a time as the team was unable to send him back out for the rest of the day.
Rio Haryanto caused a Red Flag when he crashed near turn 5, as he did the previous day. He was OK but did not come back out for the rest of the session. The other Red Flag was caused when Kevin Magnussen stopped on track in the last hour.
Here are the times from the session.
TIMES/LAPS
1. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:23.477 / Ferrari-Ferrari / 78 Laps
2. Daniil Kvyat - 1:24.293 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / 95 Laps
3. Alfonso Celis - 1:24.840 / Force India-Mercedes / 75 Laps
4. Kevin Magnussen - 1:25.263 / Renault-Renault / 153 Laps
5. Max Verstappen - 1:25.393 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / 110 Laps
6. Felipe Nasr* - 1:26.053 / Sauber-Ferrari / 121 Laps
7. Nico Rosberg (AM) - 1:26.187 - Mercedes-Mercedes / 86 Laps
8. Lewis Hamilton (PM) - 1:26.295 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 99 Laps
9. Felipe Massa - 1:26.463 / Williams-Mercedes / 54 Laps
10. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:27.802 / Haas-Ferrari / 89 Laps
11. Rio Haryanto - 1:28.266 / Manor-Mercedes / 51 Laps
12. Fernando Alonso - NO TIME SET / McLaren-Honda / 3 Laps
* - Notes running 2015 car
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