{"id":8821,"date":"2021-03-13T16:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/24765-winter-test-day-2-bottas-finally-in-lead"},"modified":"2021-03-13T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:20:34","slug":"24765-winter-test-day-2-bottas-finally-in-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/24765-winter-test-day-2-bottas-finally-in-lead","title":{"rendered":"Winter Test Day 2: Bottas finally in the lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This second day of winter testing witnessed a battle between Pierre Gasly&#8217;s AlphaTauri and Lando Norris&#8217;s McLaren to determine who would set the fastest time of the day. With 40 minutes remaining, the Frenchman seemed to be the winner of this fight with a time of 1&#8217;30&#8217;413 but ultimately it was Valtteri Bottas&#8217;s Mercedes that came to spoil the party by clocking a time 2 tenths faster.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix also had a real battle on track with Nicholas Latifi&#8217;s Williams as both drivers were on the same lap.<\/p>\n<p>After a difficult first day of winter testing for Valtteri Bottas due to a gearbox issue with his Mercedes, this day was a redemption for the Finn who set the fastest time of the day and completed a total of 58 laps.<\/p>\n<p>Same scenario for Aston Martin who, following a complicated morning also due to gearbox issues, managed to bounce back this afternoon thanks to Lance Stroll&#8217;s efforts. The Canadian completed 71 laps and finished 3rd in the time sheet.<\/p>\n<p>It was a puzzle afternoon for Red Bull mechanics who had to rebuild Sergio Perez&#8217;s engine hood, which had come off in 1,000 pieces when he left the slipstream of the car in front of him. An incident that tarnishes a very good day for the Mexican who completed no less than 117 laps.<\/p>\n<p>The most productive drivers of the day were Nicholas Latifi who completed 132 laps in his Williams, Fernando Alonso 128 and Antonio Giovinazzi 125.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table table-hover\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">N\u00b0<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Driver<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Team<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Times<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Gap<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Laps<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Bottas<\/td>\n<td>Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;30&#8217;289<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Gasly<\/td>\n<td>Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;30&#8217;413<\/td>\n<td>+0.002<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Stroll<\/td>\n<td>Cognizant Aston Martin Racing<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;30&#8217;460<\/td>\n<td>+0.002<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Norris<\/td>\n<td>McLaren F1 Team<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;30&#8217;586<\/td>\n<td>+0.003<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Giovinazzi<\/td>\n<td>Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;30&#8217;760<\/td>\n<td>+0.005<\/td>\n<td>125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Leclerc<\/td>\n<td>Scuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;30&#8217;886<\/td>\n<td>+0.006<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Latifi<\/td>\n<td>Williams Racing<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;31&#8217;672<\/td>\n<td>+0.104<\/td>\n<td>132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Perez<\/td>\n<td>Red Bull Racing<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;32&#8217;682<\/td>\n<td>+0.204<\/td>\n<td>117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Ricciardo<\/td>\n<td>McLaren F1 Team<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;32&#8217;215<\/td>\n<td>+0.200<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Alonso<\/td>\n<td>Alpine F1 Team<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;32&#8217;339<\/td>\n<td>+0.201<\/td>\n<td>128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<p>Tsunoda<\/p>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;32&#8217;684<\/td>\n<td>+0.204<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Schumacher<\/td>\n<td>Haas F1 Team<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;32&#8217;883<\/td>\n<td>+0.206<\/td>\n<td>88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Sainz Jr.<\/td>\n<td>Scuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;33&#8217;072<\/td>\n<td>+0.298<\/td>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Mazepin<\/td>\n<td>Haas F1 Team<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;33&#8217;101<\/td>\n<td>+0.299<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Hamilton<\/td>\n<td>Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;33&#8217;399<\/td>\n<td>+0.301<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Vettel<\/td>\n<td>Cognizant Aston Martin Racing<\/td>\n<td>1&#8217;38&#8217;849<\/td>\n<td>+0.806<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Mercedes drivers struggled with their single-seaters at the start of the day, Valtteri Bottas managed to tame the W12 and set the fastest time of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":35935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[324,1044,1647],"class_list":["post-8821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-essais-hivernaux","tag-moteur-mercedes","tag-bottas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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