Formula 1 Pre-Season Testing 2016: Times and Wednesday Analysis from Barcelona

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Published: March 2, 2016

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Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets in his Williams ahead of world champion Lewis Hamilton on Day 2 of the final round of pre-season testing in Barcelona, Spain. 

Hamilton used the soft tyres for the first time on Wednesday, but he was significantly slower than his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was on the same compound a day earlier.

The Englishman was the quickest car in Day 2's morning session in Jerez, posting a time of one minute, 23.622 seconds, but he was six-tenths slower than his rival, with Rosberg lapping in 1:23.022 on Tuesday morning. The Brit did manage to get 73 laps done, though.

Only Bottas was able to eclipse Hamilton's time in the afternoon, as he posted a 1:23.261 on the supersoft tyres.

Meanwhile, Mercedes again decided to share their running, and Rosberg took over from his team-mate in the W07 for the afternoon, getting in a significant number of laps and finishing ninth fastest.

 

Afternoon Recap Formula One's official Twitter account provided the final standings from Wednesday's action:



It was a good day for Williams as they began to show the pace of their new car, and Bottas got in a decent amount of running on the soft and supersoft tyres.

As was their strategy on Tuesday, Mercedes opted for long-running in the afternoon session, and Rosberg completed a full race simulation, hence he did not trouble the top of the timesheets.

The same was true for Renault's Kevin Magnussen, who was the closest to Hamilton in the morning's action before he got some laps under his belt in the afternoon:



Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finished fourth after setting his fastest time in the morning, managing to complete 151 laps after a decent run in the afternoon.

However, there was no such luck for Haas, as Esteban Gutierrez failed to record a single timed lap because of ...
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