Valtteri laps the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 139 times on the second and final day of in-season testing
Date: Wednesday 16 May 2018
Driver: Valtteri Bottas
Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Circuit Length: 4.655 km
Laps Completed: 139
Distance Covered: 647 km
Best Lap Time: 1:16.904
The #barcelona in-season #test concluded on Wednesday, with #valtteribottas taking over the reins of the Mercedes-AMG #f1w09eqpower. The Finn completed 139 laps in total and ended the day at the top of the timesheets.
Valtteri Bottas
Today was really interesting and we got through our programme fairly smoothly. We had a good baseline from last weekend and used it to work on different set-ups, trying out bigger changes than we normally would on a race weekend.
We also tried to gather some information on the tyres, as we will see similarly smooth tarmac at Silverstone and Paul Ricard. I enjoyed being back in the car today, I’m looking forward to being back in action next week in Monaco.
Andrew Shovlin
We’ve had Valtteri in the car today and have had another very useful day of testing, with the car running faultlessly throughout. We had a fairly similar programme to Lewis, using the early part of the day to do a number of the aerodynamic #test items, then getting into a programme of short run work before lunch and longer runs in the afternoon.
There were a few cars that stopped on track in the afternoon causing red flags, which does impact on your plans. But, we have been able to complete almost all the important work we had planned and have made some good progress in further understanding the car and tyres. We have a very busy few days coming up, finishing our analysis from the race and #test and getting stuck into preparations for Monaco to ensure we are ready for its unique challenges.
Position | Driver | Team | Laps Completed | Best Lap Time |
1 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport | 139 | 1:16.904 |
2 | Antonio Giovinazzi (99) | Ferrari | 148 | 1:16.972 |
3 | Lando Norris (47) | McLaren | 80 | 1:18.039 |
4 | Kevin Magnussen (20) | Haas | 75 | 1:18.274 |
5 | Nikita Mazepin (34) | Force India | 112 | 1:18.344 |
6 | Jack Aitken (45) | Renault | 120 | 1:18.942 |
7 | Charles Leclerc (16) | Sauber | 139 | 1:18.993 |
8 | Robert Kubica (40) | Williams | 123 | 1:19.253 |
9 | Pierre Gasly (10) | Toro Rosso | 39 | 1:19.410 |
10 | Stoffel Vandoorne (2) | McLaren* | 96 | 1:19.914 |
11 | Jake Dennis (25) | Red Bull | 75 | 1:20.440 |
12 | Sean Gelael (38) | Toro Rosso | 83 | 1:20.763 |
13 | Nicholas Latifi (42) | Force India* | 121 | 1:21.412 |
*Conducting tyre testing with Pirelli
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