BARCELONA TEST, DAY ONE: SEB TOPS THE TIMESHEETS
Overnight rain in Spain gave the team a chance to trial the Pirelli intermediates this morning as we started our final pre-season European test.
Sebastian was the man in the cockpit at the Circuit de Catalunya which began damp and steadily dried throughout the day.
He completed 37 laps and, of the 13 drivers on track, recorded the fastest time of the day with a best of 1:24.374.
He had a couple of minor offs in the morning session, prompting the team to complete some precautionary checks over lunch.
Afterwards Sebastian said: “Unfortunately, we didn’t complete many laps today, as we had a long break – longer than expected. It wasn’t anything big; nothing broke, but at the test if you think there might be a problem then you’d rather take the car apart and check. The boys did their best and we still got some runs towards the end of the day – not as much as we’d like, but the car feels good and hopefully we’ll do more tomorrow.”
Ian Morgan, our Head of Race Engineering, said: “It was frustrating today, as we lost some time making checks to the car during lunch. It’s what testing is for, but we would have liked to complete more laps today.”
Sebastian is back behind the wheel tomorrow.
Unofficial Times from Barcelona:
1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:24.374
2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:25.485
3. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:25.638
4. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:25.641
5. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:26.365
6. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:26.575
7. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:26.912
8. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:27.512
9. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 1:28.393
10. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus, 1:30.065
11. Jerome d’Ambrosio, Virgin, 1:30.950
12. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:35.174
13. Nick Heidfeld, Renault, 1:44.324
Credit: Red Bull Racing Formula one Team (www.redbullracing.com)
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