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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

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Air temperature is at 8 degrees

09:08

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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

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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

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Button pits after 4 timed laps

09:57

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Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:40.213

09:59

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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
Massa / Ferrari 1:27.919
Hamilton / Mercedes 1:31.920
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:34.286
Vergne / Toro Rosso 1:36.628
Bianchi / Force India 1:37.769
Button / McLaren 1:37.949
Grosjean / Lotus 1:40.068
Chilton / Marussia 1:42.178
van der Garde / Caterham 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

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Fastest laptimes at midday
Hamilton / Mercedes 1:23.282
Button / McLaren 1:25.313
Bianchi / Force India 1:25.732
Massa / Ferrari 1:27.919
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:34.286
Grosjean / Lotus 1:34.800
Vergne / Toro Rosso 1:36.628
van der Garde / Caterham 1:36.675
Chilton / Marussia 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
Hamilton / Mercedes 1:23.282
Button / McLaren 1:23.633
Vergne / Toro Rosso 1:24.071
Bianchi / Force India 1:25.732
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:26.239
van der Garde / Caterham 1:27.429
Massa / Ferrari 1:27.553
Webber / Red Bull 1:27.616
Chilton / Marussia 1:29.902
Grosjean / Lotus 1:34.800
Note: Drying track

13:04

NewsOnF1:

Bottas didn't set a time and will handover to Maldonado

13:04

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Most laps by Gutierrez with 51, least laps by Grosjean with 19

14:08

NewsOnF1:

Afternoon session gets underway

14:12

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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

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And we have the second red flag of the afternoon (7 in total today)

16:36

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Hamilton has stopped on the track

16:40

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16:41

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16:43

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Session resumes with under 20 minutes remaining

16:43

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The times set in the morning will not be challenged

16:44

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Massa, Vergne and van der Garde are on the track

16:49

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Grosjean joins in the action

16:51

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Grosjean is currently the quickest on the track with a 1:41.702

16:54

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It seems neither Bottas nor Maldonado will set a lap time today! They are focusing on pit stops

16:59

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Gutierrez completes 5 timed laps that are all in the mid 1:43s

17:00

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And it is the 8th red flag (and final) of the day!

17:00

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Bianchi stops on the track

17:00

NewsOnF1:

And this marks the end of the session

17:02

NewsOnF1:

Fastest laptimes
Hamilton / Mercedes 1:23.282
Button / McLaren 1:23.633
Vergne / Toro Rosso 1:24.071
Bianchi / Force India 1:25.732
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:26.239
van der Garde / Caterham 1:27.429
Massa / Ferrari 1:27.553
Webber / Red Bull 1:27.616
Chilton / Marussia 1:29.902
Grosjean / Lotus 1:34.800
Bottas / Williams No time
Maldonado / Williams 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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