PRE-SEASON TEST #2 - DAY #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES
Bottas set the bar high early in the day, leaving the pits at the start of the morning session to run fast laps, but he still had to fend off Williams’ Felipe Massa, Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as they both set times to challenge the Finn’s. He eventually ended the spat top with a time of 1:19.310, which wouldn’t be beaten through the rest of the day, though Massa did come close.
Noticeable for their absence from the battle were Ferrari. Kimi Raikkonen had been out early on in the session, but spent two hours in the pits as the team conducted fluid system checks. Raikkonen did managed to get back out before the end of the session.
Red Bull were also having problems. Verstappen was granted an extended lunch break as the team changed his Renault engine. Four hours later, he managed to get back on track and began a race simulation. Two laps before the end of the simulation, Verstappen stopped in the run off at turn 12, the same problem the team had seen in the morning reoccurring.
Raikkonen’s off was a little more spectacular. The Finn span at the exit to turn three and hit the barrier. The Ferrari was left with a damaged front wing and left front suspension, bringing an end to the team’s day, but that wasn’t before Raikkonen managed to set the third fastest time of the day.
The afternoon session mainly saw team’s focus on longer stints, with Hamilton completing 20 laps on ultrasoft tyres. One team that didn’t put too many laps in were McLaren. Though there were no obvious problems for the team for most of the day, the team still conducted less laps than any other.
TIMES:
1. Valtteri Bottas (AM) - 1:19.310 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 70 Laps
2. Felipe Massa (AM) - 1:19.420 / Williams-Mercedes / 63 Laps
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:20.406 / Ferrari-Ferrari / 53 Laps
4. Max Verstappen - 1:20.432 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / 102 Laps
5. Lance Stroll (PM) – 1:20.579 / Williams-Mercedes / 59 Laps
6. Lewis Hamilton (PM) - 1:20.702 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 79 Laps
7. Nico Hulkenberg (AM) - 1:21.213 / Renault-Renault / 61 Laps
8. Sergio Perez - 1:21.297 / Force India-Mercedes / 100 Laps
9. Carlos Sainz - 1:21.872 / Toro Rosso-Renault / 92 Laps
10. Romain Grosjean - 1:21.887 / Haas-Ferrari / 96 Laps
11. Pascal Wehrlein (AM) - 1:23.000 / Sauber-Ferrari / 59 Laps
12. Fernando Alonso - 1:23.041 / McLaren-Honda / 46 Laps
13. Marcus Ericsson (PM) - 1:23.384 / Sauber-Ferrari / 46 Laps
14. Jolyon Palmer (PM) - 1:24.774 / Renault-Renault / 29 Laps
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Article Written By: Bethonie Waring
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