Second day of private testing today in Barcelona. After detecting a “flaw” in its new chassis and diagnosing a more serious problem, Lotus has canceled its week of testing and neither Romain Grosjean nor Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen will be driving this week.<\/p>\n
Also victim of mechanical issues with his Caterham, Heikki Kovalainen hands over the wheel of the CT01 to Vitaly Petrov today, which he will reclaim on Friday.<\/p>\n
At Mercedes, after having handed the reins to Michael Schumacher, it will be Nico Rosberg’s turn to discover the Mercedes W03, while at Williams, the third driver, Valtteri Bottas, will take the wheel of the FW34 for the first time, which he is expected to drive in about fifteen free practice sessions this season.<\/p>\n
For the rest, we take the same ones and start again, and it’s to be followed live, with casinoenligne.uk.com<\/i>.<\/p>\nKey Facts:<\/h2>\n
09:00:<\/b> Start of session<\/p>\n
09:32:<\/b> Red flag caused by Daniel Ricciardo due to a fuel shortage. The track was reopened at 09:42, and the Australian was able to resume at 10:23.<\/p>\n
09:59:<\/b> Vitaly Petrov completes his first timed lap behind the wheel of a Caterham.<\/p>\n
10:26:<\/b> Vettel achieves the best time so far with 1:23.056.<\/p>\n
12:27:<\/b> Nico H\u00fclkenberg takes the best time on soft tires with 1:22.608.<\/p>\n
1 PM-2 PM:<\/b> Lunch break!<\/p>\n
14:35:<\/b> Red flag once again caused by Daniel Ricciardo, whose Toro Rosso is stopped at the end of the pit lane.<\/p>\n
Note: The teams are working a lot on long runs during the afternoon! At 4 PM, only Hamilton had improved his morning time.<\/p>\n