Vettel Fastest On Final Day of Barca Test
Sebastian Vettel was once again fastest on the final day of testing in Barcelona.
The young German was comfortably quickest ahead of Bourdais and Buemi in the Scuderia Toro Rosso’s.
Gary Paffett was 4th for McLaren, he had a KERS device onboard, as did Christian Klien who was 6th.
Jenson Button was high in 5th for Honda, Senna down in 8th completing his first test of an F1 car.
“Driving a Formula One car is really, really nice. And I was enjoying myself more and more each lap. Pushing harder and harder makes you find the edge and when the laptime comes from your effort that’s pretty good.” Senna commented after his test.
He added: “I’m happy. As I said, there was not a lot of pressure on me being matching Jenson or being super close to Jenson. They wanted to see what kind of information I could provide and if I was consistent and if I was quick on my own. I think I ticked all those boxes. I have to see how highly I have ticked those boxes but that’s all I could do in my first day.”
Badoer was 11th for Ferrari, but he was not speed testing, emerly testing the reliability of new products.
The Force India’s propped up the table.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:19.295 75
2. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:19.839 122
3. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:20.154 115
4. Paffett McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.140 81
5. Button Honda (B) 1:21.387 94
6. Klien BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.534 88
7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.592 106
8. Senna Honda (B) 1:21.676 107
9. Piquet Renault (B) 1:22.148 94
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.410 52
11. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:22.866 120
12. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.086 93
13. de la Rosa Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.103 88
Bruno Senna testing for Honda
Gary Paffett running KERS and Slicks in the 2008 spec McLaren
Giancarlo Fisichella
Honda's 2009 front wing detail
2009 BMW Sauber being driven by Nick Heidfeld
Luca Badoer put new parts through serious mileage in the Ferrari
Barcelona Testing 1st Day – MORNING REPORT
The morning in Barcelona hearalded a new era of Formula One, and BMW Sauber alongside Williams have brought out their 2009 specification cars. Takuma Sato is testing for Scuderia Toro Rosso, in an attempt to get his seat. Luca Badoer is testing 2 different Ferrari’s, one in 09 spec and another in 08 spec with slicks. McLaren are slick tyre testing. Red Bull Racing are testing Sebastian Loeb.
FULL REPORT THIS EVENING WITH TIMES.
PHOTOS OF 2009 SPECIFICATION CARS
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber Front Wing Close-Up
Williams
Williams
Photos, timesheets and report to all come tonight.
