F1 Test Report: Barcelona Day Two

Location: Circuit de Catalunya
Driver: Sergio Perez
Track Length: 4.655km (2.892mi)
Laps: 97
Km covered: 452 (279mi)
Best Laptime: 1m21.848s 

Sergio concluded his running at the Circuit de Catalunya, racking up 97 laps after an extremely productive day.

As usual, the morning kicked off with a series of shorter runs, aimed at gaining the engineers a better understanding of the car’s track-to-tunnel aero correlation and its reaction to a series of mechanical set-up changes.

Into the afternoon, the team ran through a number of longer runs – these were aimed at providing Sergio with a better understanding of the methods and systems that will be used by the race team during a race weekend, including cockpit switch adjustments and understanding radio messaging.

What’s next
Jenson kicks off his running at Barcelona tomorrow. His program will pick up where Checo’s left off, including further correlation and set-up work. With poorer weather on the horizon for Friday, the team will monitor the forecast and may choose to adapt the program in order to optimize track time over the next two days.

Test dates

Four days (February 19-22)

Wednesday times
1. Perez, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, 1m21.848s, 97 laps
2. Vettel, Red Bull Racing, 1m22.197s, 84 laps
3. Raikkonen, Lotus-Renault, 1m22.697s, 43 laps
4. Hamilton, Mercedes AMG, 1m22.726s, 121 laps
5. Alonso, Ferrari, 1m23.247s, 76 laps
6. Bottas, Williams, 1m23.561s, 98 laps
7. Ricciardo, Scuderia Toro Rosso, 1m23.718s, 70 laps
8. Di Resta, Force India, 1m23.971s, 62 laps
9. Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1m24.205s, 88 laps
10. Chilton, Marussia, 1m25.115s, 66 laps
11. Pic, Caterham, 1m26.243s, 102 laps