Formula One’s 2011 Season Draws Ever Closer as the Final Test Concludes in Spain

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Published: March 12, 2011

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After the turmoil in the Gulf States, the scheduled test and race in Bahrain had to be cancelled.  This left a bit of a break between the last test in Barcelona and the new Formula One opener in Australia.  This short gap was filled though with one final trip to Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber had done very well on the final day last time out in Barcelona, but he was just beaten by Ferrari’s Filipe Massa.  

With Ferrari choosing to carry out some promotional filming on the first day, Webber had one fewer competitor to deal with on Tuesday.  However, he still did a fantastic job, despite tricky cold conditions, to open Red Bull’s test with a pole time of 1:22.544.

I suppose technically McLaren must have been pleased to finish day one in second place. However, Jenson Button was almost four-tenths of a second slower than the Red Bull and was less than optimistic about his team’s new updates.

Things look better for Renault who managed to finish third and fifth.  Nick Heidfeld showed yet again how worthy a replacement he is for Robert Kubica by putting in a strong performance to finish fifth despite a pretty nasty cold.

Vitaly Petrov took over in the afternoon and evaluated significant aerodynamic set ups for Australia.  The R31’s new rear wing and floor seemed to be working as Petrov finished in a very interesting P3.

Sauber, Force India and Lotus all had clear days.  Sergio Perez finished with his Sauber in fourth.  Nico Hulkenberg ran for the first time in the new Force India in the morning and finished ninth, whilst Paul di Resta took over in the afternoon and managed to get up to P6.  Lotus gave GP2 drivers Davide Valsecchi and Luiz Razia an oportunity to test the T128 and they finished P7 and P10 respectively.  


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