Barcelona Testing 2 Live – Day 1
MotorsInside is present in Barcelona for the third and final session of private testing, and, as with the first two, we offer you the opportunity to experience these four days of testing live.
The Formula One Circus is back in Barcelona, Spain, like last week, for the continuation and conclusion of the winter testing of the season. All teams will be running their single-seaters, but also, almost all with their lineup for the upcoming season, notably Force India, which is expected to confirm Adrian Sutil as Paul di Resta’s teammate. Uncertainty still looms over Luiz Razia’s seat, due to funding issues.
Motors Inside is present in the paddock of the Circuit de Catalunya for these tests but, as in Jerez and last week in Barcelona, we also offer you a live text to bring you this first day of testing. Feel free to participate in this live by asking your questions throughout the day.
On the agenda today, we have Mark Webber (Red Bull), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Sergio Pérez (McLaren), Romain Grosjean (Lotus), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Esteban Gutiérrez (Sauber), Valtteri Bottas (Williams), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Charles Pic (Caterham), and Max Chilton (Marussia). As for Force India, uncertainty still lingers, although the first day will obviously be between Sutil and Di Resta.
For the record, the Jerez tests had resulted in the fastest overall time by Felipe Massa, and the first tests in Barcelona resulted in the fastest time by Sergio Pérez.
The ranking of the 1st day at 5:00 PM:
| No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
1 | Webber | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:22.693 | 90 | |
2 | Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:24.348 | +1.655 | 113 |
3 | Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:25.017 | +2.324 | 59 |
4 | Bottas | Williams F1 Team | 1:26.458 | +3.765 | 85 |
5 | Perez | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.538 | +3.845 | 100 |
6 | Gutierrez | Sauber F1 Team | 1:26.574 | +3.881 | 92 |
7 | di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:27.107 | +4.414 | 57 |
8 | Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:27.541 | +4.848 | 112 |
9 | Chilton | Marussia F1 Team | 1:28.166 | +5.473 | 78 |
10 | Pic | Caterham F1 Team | 1:28.644 | +5.951 | 83 |
11 | Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 1:34.928 | +12.235 | 52 |
