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

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Published: March 4, 2016

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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finished the quickest on Friday in Barcelona, Spain, on the final day of 2016's pre-season winter testing.

The German set a fastest time of one minute, 22.852 seconds on supersoft tires in Jerez during the morning session, as he edged out Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr. and Sergio Perez of Force India, who both finished within a second of the four-time world champion.

The trio were the only drivers to set a time of sub-1:24 during the morning, with Lewis Hamilton finishing fourth in his final pre-season outing for Mercedes—though a transmission problem stopped him on the main straight of the track to prompt a red flag just before lunch. His team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg focused on simulations during the afternoon session.

Felipe Massa also ducked under 1:24 in the afternoon, pushing his Williams into third place on the timesheets. Here is the classification and a closer look at Friday's action:

 

Afternoon Recap Here's a look at the final results from Friday, courtesy of Formula 1's official Twitter account:

After clocking the fastest time during the morning session, Vettel continued to impress on Friday, leading the pack or drivers in laps during the long runs.

With Mercedes focusing on simulations and handing laps to both their drivers, Vettel didn't have to worry about the timesheets all that much. Instead, he took got the chance to run some simulations, as well as fiddly with the different tyre sets.

Vettel also tried his hand at the new 'halo,' device, and per NBC Sport's Luke Smith, the German is a proponent:

Well I think first of all to go around is OK. You can see what you need to see.

I think we can improve the system in terms of aesthetics and also in terms of how much visibly is in your way. Tested as well in the simulator and I think we will see probably evolutions of it very soon.<...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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