Sebastian Vettel sets the pace, McLaren is cut short

In much milder weather conditions than during the first round of driving last week, the teams and drivers returned to the track this morning in Barcelona, ​​for the last winter tests before the Australian Grand Prix, on March 25 in Melbourne.

A morning session which saw Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) be the fastest with a best time established in the last hour in 1'20″396. The four-time world champion, long in the fight for the best time with the Mercedes W09 from Valtteri Bottas, ahead of the Finn by two tenths. The two drivers combined 86 laps, the best total of the morning.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) climbs to third place, less than three tenths from Vettel and with 85 laps covered. These three drivers clearly stand out in terms of mileage covered compared to the rest of the peloton entered this morning.

Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) concludes with the fourth time in 1’20″973 and 53 laps completed. Next Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Nico Hulkenberg (Renault), who despite a less productive start to the session than his opponents, finished with 48 loops completed.

Sergey Sirotkin (Williams), Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) and Sergio Pérez (Force India), author of a small off-trajectory excursion which caused a red flag to clean the track, follow in the ranking, completed by the McLaren MCL33 from Stoffel Vandoorne.

The Belgian and the Woking team got off to a bad start this second week, with a premature stop on the track after four laps, following a power cut on the track. car British. Vandoorne was finally able to return to the track at the very end of the session for an installation lap.

A quick rundown of this morning's scores on the board

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