Nico Rosberg beat his pole position lap time from Saturday and covered more than two race distances as he led the first day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.
The Mercedes driver logged 146 laps at the venue where he won on Sunday, totalling over 670 kilometres of testing.
Non one else came within two seconds of Rosberg pace, as Sauber driver Marcus Ericsson posted the second-fastest time. Raffaele Maricello, who will drive the C34 tomorrow, was third-quickest at the wheel of Ferrari today.
Pierre Gasly had a busy day with Toro Rosso, completing 139 laps before stopping on track around the time the chequered flag came out. Nick Yelloly also completed more than 100 laps on his first day driving for Force India.
McLaren test driver Oliver Turvey completed the equivalent of a race distance in the MP4-30 despite being delayed by a sensor problem in the morning.
Driver | Car | Best time | Laps | Difference | ||
1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes W06 | 1’24.374 | 146 | ||
2 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari C34 | 1’26.624 | 98 | 2.250 | |
3 | Raffaele Marciello | Ferrari SF15-T | 1’26.648 | 125 | 2.274 | |
4 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull-Renault RB11 | 1’26.904 | 101 | 2.530 | |
5 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Mercedes E23 | 1’27.338 | 60 | 2.964 | |
6 | Nick Yelloly | Force India-Mercedes VJM08 | 1’27.396 | 109 | 3.022 | |
7 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Renault STR10 | 1’27.639 | 131 | 3.265 | |
8 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes FW37 | 1’27.911 | 54 | 3.537 | |
9 | Oliver Turvey | McLaren-Honda MP4-30 | 1’28.542 | 68 | 4.168 |
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watty (@watty)
12th May 2015, 17:53
Errr… A bit late Keith?!
watty (@watty)
12th May 2015, 17:54
Oh there actually was a test.. I thought this was from winter testing haha
dam00r (@dam00r)
12th May 2015, 21:04
n00b
stefano (@alfa145)
12th May 2015, 23:22
just delete it
Wesley (@)
13th May 2015, 23:01
First line in the article:
“Nico Rosberg beat his pole position lap time from Saturday and covered more than two race distances as he led the first day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.”
Did you even read that before commenting? jeez
rm
12th May 2015, 18:31
What’s the story with engines at this test? Are the teams using one of their four allotted power units or can they use a different one here? And if the latter, can that PU utilize engine tokens or are they confined to start-of-the-season specs?
sato113 (@sato113)
12th May 2015, 18:49
Pretty sure test engines are separate from rave weekend engines. Otherwise no one would run at tests!
Sam
12th May 2015, 19:16
rave weekend
https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t1HRm3Mz90AK5mCz34wZ6A–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MTE1Mjtjcj0xO2N3PTIwNDg7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTM1NTtpbD1wbGFuZTtxPTc1O3c9NjMw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/dance-1-2048×1152-20150501-122510-581.jpg
Iosif (@afonic)
12th May 2015, 19:00
@keithcollantine I am reading elsewhere that Rosberg was testing tyres for Pirelli and set his best time with an unmarked set of dev tyres.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
12th May 2015, 19:13
Autosport: “Mercedes were one of the four teams helping tyre manufacturer Pirelli test new rubber over the course of the two days (Ferrari, Red Bull and Toro Rosso the others). Rosberg’s leading time of 1m24.374s came via an unmarked compound”
Robbie (@robbie)
12th May 2015, 19:19
I sure hope so. Anything to help cars get within 2 seconds of the bloke ahead without destroying one’s tires would help F1 imho. Not that the tires tested would necessarily have been for this year though…just saying.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
12th May 2015, 21:16
Not Sauber? Where on earth did Ericsson’s time come from then?
Christopher Rehn (@chrischrill)
13th May 2015, 7:31
He ran the soft tyre, not the super soft, so it’s a pretty decent improvement from what he managed to do in quali. Perhaps the track was simply better suited for the Sauber. That car seems to have a very narrow working range. Sometimes, Nasr is a second behind Ericsson, other times it’s the other way around. Simply because they get the setup a slight bit off.
Christopher Rehn (@chrischrill)
13th May 2015, 7:32
When they do get their setups right, they are usually right behind each other in quali and in race.
Biggsy
12th May 2015, 19:23
Stellar pace by McLaren! They’re giving Manor a run for their money!
Simon (@weeniebeenie)
12th May 2015, 23:08
It’s testing……
Woody (@woodyd91)
12th May 2015, 23:47
To be fair Mclarens whole season is testing.
Biggsy
13th May 2015, 4:08
Tell that to Mercedes.
Todfod (@todfod)
13th May 2015, 7:10
I’m just glad they did more than 10 laps without breaking down, and that they are within 107% of Mercedes’ times.
Good Job Mclaren… another decade before the podium is within reach
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
12th May 2015, 23:33
Sauber, 98 laps, I’m glad to this.
erix
13th May 2015, 15:53
Nico Rosberg vs test driver..please..come on?