Formula 1 Third Test: Times from Day Two at Barcelona

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Published: March 2, 2012

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Dense fog greeted the drivers at the start of the second day of the third test at the Circuit de Catalunya, near Barcelona.

As the medical helicopter would have been unable to take off in the reduced visibility, the teams had to wait half an hour for the fog to clear before they were allowed to venture out. 

Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Kamui Kobayashi, Michael Schumacher, Nico Hulkenberg and the recovered Heikki Kovalainen replaced their team mates.  Romain Grosjean and Jean-Eric Vergne continued for a second day, while Williams ran a single car shared between their two race drivers.

The best time of the day was a 1:22.614, set on soft tyres by yesterday's pace-setter Grosjean.  Vergne was half a second back in second, having topped the timesheets for most of the session.

# Driver Team Time Laps 01 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:22.614 123 02 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:23.126 31 03 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:23.361 85 04 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:23.447 124 05 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:23.828 104 06 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:23.836 77 07 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:23.893 33 08 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:23.978 79 09 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:24.111 65 10 Bruno Senna Williams 1:24.925 48 11 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:25.801 20

Eight cars—Vergne in second to Hamilton in ninth—were separated by less than one second, but the stand-out time is that of Kovalainen for Caterham. 

The Finn reported on Twitter that he'd lost 3kg battling food poisoning on Thursday, and his 1:23.828 was 1.6s faster than Caterham's best time in qualifying for the 2011 race.  The compound used was softer (super-soft today, soft last year), but it still represents what appears to be an admirable step forward.

A mixture of reliability issues and different priorities meant Friday saw fewer laps than Thursday, only three men excee...
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