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2013 Pre-season testing - Barcelona

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1st Barcelona Pre-season Test - 4th Test Day
(22/02/2013) 
09:02
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 4th day of testing from Barcelona
09:04
NewsOnF1: 
It is cold and cloudy this morning! Rain is also forecast
09:05
NewsOnF1: 
Air temperature is at 8 degrees
09:08
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne, van der Garde and Chilton go out on their installation laps
09:10
NewsOnF1: 
Today Jules Bianchi takes over at Force India. The final remaining vacancy in F1 is to be decided soon and it is between Bianchi and Sutil
09:11
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes out onto the track
09:13
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes out for an installation lap
09:15
NewsOnF1: 
Session stopped!
09:15
NewsOnF1: 
Massa have gone off on his installation lap!
09:16
NewsOnF1: 
The track is slippery and that is most likely why Massa spun off
09:45
NewsOnF1: 
The session has resumed and it has been raining lightly
09:46
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers are on the intermediates
09:51
NewsOnF1: 
The drivers today are:

Mark Webber - Red Bull
Felipe Massa - Ferrari
Jenson Button - McLaren
Romain Grosjean - Lotus
Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber
Jules Bianchi - Force India
Valterri Bottas - Williams
Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso
Geido van der Garde - Caterham
Max Chilton - Marussia
09:52
NewsOnF1: 
Jenson Button sets a 1:40.746
09:56
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean sets a 1:40.870
09:56
NewsOnF1: 
Button pits after 4 timed laps
09:57
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:40.213
09:59
NewsOnF1: 
Second red flag of the session!
10:00
NewsOnF1: 
van der Garde goes off
10:35
NewsOnF1: 
Soon after the session goes green, Webber stops on the track forcing the 3rd red flag of the day! Gutierrez has spun off too!
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
No sooner has the session been cleared that Vergne goes off and forces the 4th red flag
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
It isn't raining and there are parts of the track that are dry
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Session resumes
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes out on dry tyres
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:31.920 for Hamilton
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez sets a 1:34.286
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
Now Massa on the track
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:31.298 for Massa
11:27
NewsOnF1: 
Massa sets a 1:28.234
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne goes back out
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
Webber has been doing out/in laps and practicing pit stops
11:30
NewsOnF1: 
Massa is on a long run, currently he is lapping in the 1:28s
11:31
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez is back out
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
Massa improves with a 1:27.919
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
Fastest laptimes at 11:30 am local time
1:27.919
1:31.920
1:34.286
1:36.628
1:37.769
1:37.949
1:40.068
1:42.178
1:48.215
Note: Drying track
11:36
NewsOnF1: 
Webber and Bottas have yet to set a time
11:38
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne pits after 4 laps on the intermediates
11:39
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton on the track
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton sets a 1:27.351
11:42
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton improves with a 1:25.929
11:43
NewsOnF1: 
We are starting to see times close to those set yesterday
11:44
NewsOnF1: 
Massa pits after a 16 timed lap run
11:44
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton does a slow lap then puts in a 1:25.779
11:45
NewsOnF1: 
Bianchi betters that with a 1:25.732
11:50
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean sets a 1:34.800
11:50
NewsOnF1: 
Button sets a 1:27.679
11:52
NewsOnF1: 
Now Button goes quickest with a 1:25.313
11:55
NewsOnF1: 
Button puts in a slow lap then sets a 1:25.435
11:56
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton on the track
11:56
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:23.282 for Hamilton
11:58
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps so far by Gutierrez with 38. Least by Chilton with 13. We are approaching midday
12:01
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton on his 4th timed lap is down in the 1:27s
12:01
NewsOnF1: 
Fastest laptimes at midday
1:23.282
1:25.313
1:25.732
1:27.919
1:34.286
1:34.800
1:36.628
1:36.675
1:38.684
Note: Drying track
12:01
NewsOnF1: 
Still no times from Webber and Bottas
12:02
NewsOnF1: 
Just then Webber sets a 1:29.746!
12:03
NewsOnF1: 
Webber improves with a 1:28.301
12:05
NewsOnF1: 
And now Webber sets a 1:27.616
12:05
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez sets a 1:26.675
12:06
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne and Button on the track
12:06
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne sets a 1:24.071
12:07
NewsOnF1: 
Button sets a 1:23.633
12:07
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pits after 3 timed laps
12:07
NewsOnF1: 
Button pits after just 1 timed lap
12:08
NewsOnF1: 
Massa now on the track
12:08
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez improves with a 1:26.239
12:13
NewsOnF1: 
After a couple of slow laps, Massa improves slightly with a 1:27.666
12:14
NewsOnF1: 
And he improves again with a 1:27.553
12:14
NewsOnF1: 
Webber on the track
12:15
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton has completed 14 timed laps so far, his laptimes are now in the low 1:27s
12:18
NewsOnF1: 
van der Garde sets a 1:27.429
12:21
NewsOnF1: 
Webber does a single timed lap and pits
12:21
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas is the only driver yet to set a time
12:22
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton pits after 16 timed laps, he started with a 1:23.282, quickly dropped into the 1:26/27 and finished with a 1:27.710
12:22
NewsOnF1: 
Webber back on the track
12:23
NewsOnF1: 
6 timed laps from Massa then he pits
12:23
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean on the track as well
12:25
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas will hand over to Maldonado at lunch just as they did yesterday (but the other way around)
12:29
NewsOnF1: 
Button back on the track
12:30
NewsOnF1: 
Many are practicing pit stops. The conditions aren't ideal for proper testing so the teams are working on optimising their pit stops
12:30
NewsOnF1: 
Button sets a 1:27.833
12:31
NewsOnF1: 
30 minutes to lunch
12:31
NewsOnF1: 
Button improves with a 1:26.298
12:33
NewsOnF1: 
Button sets a 1:26.790
12:34
NewsOnF1: 
And he pits
12:35
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps so far by Gutierrez with 49 laps
Least laps by Grosjean with 19 laps
12:39
NewsOnF1: 
It is raining again
12:39
NewsOnF1: 
Just light rain though however the track is getting what
12:41
NewsOnF1: 
Webber is on the track on intermediates
12:42
NewsOnF1: 
Webber sets a 1:39.847
12:42
NewsOnF1: 
Massa and Hamilton head out
12:46
NewsOnF1: 
Webber improves with a 1:38.914
12:47
NewsOnF1: 
Massa pits without setting a time
12:47
NewsOnF1: 
And we have a red flag!
12:48
NewsOnF1: 
van der Garde's Caterham has stopped
12:48
NewsOnF1: 
With just over 10 minutes to lunch
12:52
NewsOnF1: 
The Caterham is now on the back of the truck
12:53
NewsOnF1: 
5 red flag periods so far today
12:57
NewsOnF1: 
Session goes green
12:58
NewsOnF1: 
Only 3 minutes remain before lunch
12:58
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne goes out on the track
13:00
NewsOnF1: 
Bianchi on the track as well
13:02
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
13:02
NewsOnF1: 
Neither Vergne nor Bianchi set a time
13:03
NewsOnF1: 
Fastest laptimes at lunch
1:23.282
1:23.633
1:24.071
1:25.732
1:26.239
1:27.429
1:27.553
1:27.616
1:29.902
1:34.800
Note: Drying track
13:04
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas didn't set a time and will handover to Maldonado
13:04
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps by Gutierrez with 51, least laps by Grosjean with 19
14:08
NewsOnF1: 
Afternoon session gets underway
14:12
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez is the first driver on the track
14:17
NewsOnF1: 
The track is very wet
14:21
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez sets a 1:50.289
14:22
NewsOnF1: 
Now Grosjean on the track
14:25
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean sets a 1:49.487 then pits
14:28
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez goes back out
14:34
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez sets a 1:50.546
14:35
NewsOnF1: 
Still only Gutierrez on the track
14:37
NewsOnF1: 
Webber, Button and Vergne on the track
16:15
NewsOnF1: 
Apologies for the long interruption
16:17
NewsOnF1: 
To recap, Gutierrez was on a long run in the wet and after 13 timed laps he spun off and the session was red flagged
16:18
NewsOnF1: 
Since the session was restarted, a number of driver have gone out. As the track remains wet, the times are in the 1:40s
16:21
NewsOnF1: 
In terms of laps completed, Gutierrez completed the most number of laps so far with 85 followed by Vergne and Massa with 70 laps each
Least laps by Maldonado with 7 (he took over from Bottas after lunch) then Bottas with 23 laps then Grosjean with 31 laps so far
16:22
NewsOnF1: 
The drivers are currently lapping around the 1:40 mark
16:34
NewsOnF1: 
6 cars are currently on the track and under these conditions, Massa is quickest with a 1:41.570
16:36
NewsOnF1: 
And we have the second red flag of the afternoon (7 in total today)
16:36
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton has stopped on the track
16:40
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16:41
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16:43
NewsOnF1: 
Session resumes with under 20 minutes remaining
16:43
NewsOnF1: 
The times set in the morning will not be challenged
16:44
NewsOnF1: 
Massa, Vergne and van der Garde are on the track
16:49
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean joins in the action
16:51
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean is currently the quickest on the track with a 1:41.702
16:54
NewsOnF1: 
It seems neither Bottas nor Maldonado will set a lap time today! They are focusing on pit stops
16:59
NewsOnF1: 
Gutierrez completes 5 timed laps that are all in the mid 1:43s
17:00
NewsOnF1: 
And it is the 8th red flag (and final) of the day!
17:00
NewsOnF1: 
Bianchi stops on the track
17:00
NewsOnF1: 
And this marks the end of the session
17:02
NewsOnF1: 
Fastest laptimes
1:23.282
1:23.633
1:24.071
1:25.732
1:26.239
1:27.429
1:27.553
1:27.616
1:29.902
1:34.800
No time
No Time
Note: Wet track
17:03
NewsOnF1: 
This concludes our coverage of the 1st test at Barcelona. The 2nd and final test at Barcelona commences on the 28th of February
17:03
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2013

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