Pre-Season Test #2 - Barcelona Day 2 - Line-Up

Here is the line-up for Day 2 at Barcelona for F1's Pre-Season testing. 

Mercedes-Mercedes: Nico Rosberg

McLaren-Honda: Fernando Alonso

Red Bull-Renault: Daniel Ricciardo

Lotus-Mercedes: Jolyon Palmer

Ferrari-Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen

Williams-Mercedes: Felipe Massa 

Toro Rosso-Renault: Carlos Sainz

Sauber-Ferrari: Marcus Ericsson

Force India-Mercedes: Sergio Perez

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Pre-Season Test #2 - Barcelona Day 1 - Times & Re-Cap

Lots of action during the first day of testing and some drama as well.

Things started out well for McLaren-Honda when they were able to run smoothly in the AM session. However, their day ended early when something went wrong with the ERS. 

Pascal Wehrlein, who is the Mercedes-Mercedes reserve driver, got to take the Force India out in the AM session and was expected to drive for the rest of the day as well, but a flu-stricken Lewis Hamilton was unable to continue on driving so Pascal was called up to drive for Mercedes in the PM session. Sergio Perez was then called up to drive for Force India.

Lotus endured a few problems when the car stopped twice, causing Red Flags. The team was able to get the car going again both times and Pastor Maldonado finished the day fastest on the time sheets.

Later in the session, Susie Wolff who was driving in the Williams, collided into Felipe Nasr in the Sauber, sending them both spinning into one of the gravel traps. It made unnecessary work for both teams.

Here are the final times from Day 1:

1. Pastor Maldonado - 1:25.011 / Lotus-Mercedes

2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:25.167 / Ferrari-Ferrari

3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:25.547 / Red Bull-Renault 

4. Sergio Perez - 1:26.636 / Force India-Mercedes (PM Session)

5. Felipe Nasr - 1:27.307 / Sauber-Ferrari

6. Max Verstappen - 1:27.900 / Toro Rosso-Renault

7. Jenson Button - 1:28.182 / McLaren-Honda

8. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:28.329 / Force India-Mercedes (AM Session)

9. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:28.489 / Mercedes-Mercedes (PM Session)

10. Susie Wolff - 1:28.906 / Williams-Mercedes

11. Lewis Hamilton - 1:30.429 / Mercedes-Mercedes (AM Session)

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 4 - Times & Re-Cap

Testing in Jerez is officially over, but there's lots more testing to come when the teams head to Barcelona for the second set of testing days.

Day 4 saw multiple Red Flags due to cars stopping on track, including Kvyat's Red Bull and Hamilton's Mercedes. Red Bull was dealing with ERS issues in the late morning.

Here are the times Day 4:

1. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:20.841 / Ferrari-Ferrari

2. Marcus Ericsson - 1:22.019 / Sauber-Ferrari

3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:22.172 / Mercedes-Mercedes

4. Max Verstappen - 1:22.553 / Toro Rosso-Renault

5. Felipe Massa - 1:23.116 / Williams-Mercedes

6. Romain Grosjean - 1:23.802 / Lotus-Mercedes

7. Daniil Kvyat - 1:23.975 / Red Bull-Renault

8. Jenson Button - 1:27.660 / McLaren-Honda

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 2 - Times & Re-Cap

It was another successful day of testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Some teams had a clean and easy day while others struggled with mechanical issues. The weather also made things a bit tricky when it began to rain about 4 hours into the session.

Lotus had arrived and Pastor Maldonado, who didn't get to drive on Day 1, was able to finally get the E23 out on track and take it around for a total of 41 laps.

As for Red Bull, their day of testing was made tricky when Daniil Kvyat had a small off and the front wing was damaged. They continued to run the car without the front wing but Kvyat never set a timed lap. This was also the only front wing Red Bull had brought to Jerez, but they plan to have a new one delivered.

Here are the final session times from Day 2:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:20.984 / Ferrari-Ferrari
2. Felipe Nasr - 1:21.867 / Sauber-Ferrari
3. Valtteri Bottas - 1:22.319 / Williams-Mercedes
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:22.490 / Mercedes-Mercedes
5. Max Verstappen - 1:24.167 / Toro Rosso-Renault
6. Pastor Maldonado - 1:28.802 / Lotus-Mercedes
7. Jenson Button - 1:54.655 / McLaren-Honda
8. Daniil Kvyat - No Time Set / Red Bull-Renault

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 2 - Line-Up

Here is the line-up for Day 2 of testing at Jerez, Spain.

Line-Up:

Merecedes-Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton

Mclaren-Honda: Jenson Button

Red Bull-Renault: Daniil Kvyat

Lotus-Mercedes: Pastor Maldonado

Ferrari-Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel

Williams-Mercedes: Valtteri Bottas

Toro Rosso-Renault: Max Verstappen

Sauber-Ferrari: Felipe Nasr

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