Barcelona Testing Live – Day 1

After ten days spent planning in the factories, the teams are back on track today in Barcelona for another day of testing, which will be an opportunity for Mercedes and Michael Schumacher to take the new Mercedes W03 for its first official spin.

Absent in Jerez, along with his team, Charles Pic will be back in the Marussia MVR-02 from last year for the first of his three scheduled test days this weekend.

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Nico Hülkenberg, Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo, Bruno Senna and Heikki Kovalainen will take the wheel of their respective cars, which will probably feature some developments.

casinoenligne.uk.com therefore invites you to experience this new day of testing live and almost in full, along with our editors.

Highlights:

**08:20:** Mercedes presents its new car

**09:17:** Charles Pic sets the first time of the day at 1:52.041

09:44: Schumacher completes his first lap with the W03

11:07 AM: Red flag caused by a mechanical issue on the rear suspension of Kovalainen’s Caterham.

12:45 PM: Sebastian Vettel records the fastest time with 1:23.343

**3:23 PM:** Anti-roll bar problems on Perez’s Sauber where the gearbox also needs to be dismantled.

15:30: Vettel improves the best time of the day to 1:23.265

**3:50 PM:** Ricciardo parks his Toro Rosso on the side of the track, causing a new red flag.

Note: Romain Grosjean (Lotus) had only completed 7 laps by noon. However, the French driver and his team detected a problem with the E20-02 chassis and ended their day.

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2012 Private Tests – Barcelona – Day 1