Barcelona Private Testing 1 Live – Day 3

Third and penultimate day of testing in Barcelona. Most teams are changing drivers, with Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Paul di Resta, Pastor Maldonado, Kamui Kobayashi, Michael Schumacher, and Jean-Eric Vergne taking the place of their respective teammates.

After discovering his new work environment yesterday, Vitaly Petrov continues today with Caterham, while at Marussia, Timo Glock will take the wheel of the MVR-02 for his only scheduled testing day this week.

Lotus having canceled its participation in the tests until the end of the week, Kimi Räikkönen will therefore not take the wheel as initially planned.

Highlights:

09h00: Start of session

09:28: Paul di Resta sets the first timed lap of the day.

11:12: Michael Schumacher improves the best time to 1:24.176 on hard tires.

11:37 AM: Red flag caused by debris on the track from Paul di Resta’s Force India.

**11:58:** On medium tires, Pastor Maldonado takes the best time with 1:23.338.

12:05 PM: Red flag caused by Timo Glock. The German has restarted and no issues are reported on his Marussia.

12:35 PM: Maldonado improves the best time to 1:22.391. It is the fastest time in these tests so far.

12:58 PM: Red flag caused by Kamui Kobayashi, due to an intentional fuel shortage.

1 PM-2 PM: Lunch break

**2:27 PM:** Vitaly Petrov claims the provisional best time with 1:22.268… but it’s due to a timing error! The Russian actually completed a lap in 1:27.268.

16:36: Red flag caused by Mark Webber, whose Red Bull stopped in turn 8. He returns to the pits all smiles.

4:58 PM: Red flag caused by Felipe Massa with his Ferrari stopped at the end of the pit lane. The session ends.

Note: Studious afternoon in Barcelona as teams focus on long runs and some on race simulations.

Live commentary

Private Tests 2012 – Barcelona – Day 3

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