Valtteri Bottas retains Sunday's best time

The final afternoon of winter testing in Barcelona, ​​Spain, saw no changes to the leading trio established this morning. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) maintains the best Sunday performance with 406 thousandths ahead of la Ferrari de Sebastian Vettel. Felipe Nasr (Sauber) completes the top three.

Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso), as Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), improved their best time, despite an engine problem for the Dutchman. Sergio Pérez (Force India) precedes Nico Rosberg, 7th, and the McLaren by Jenson Button, who covered around thirty laps after a morning punctuated by only two loops.

Pastor Maldonado completes the ranking. The Venezuelan from Lotus caused a red flag during the afternoon leaving the track at turn 4.

The F1 version 2015 will now return to the track on the weekend of March 15, for the first round of the season in Melbourne, Australia.

Ranking Day 4 Barcelona 2:

1. Valtteri Bottas (Williams): 1’23″063? 89 rounds
2. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari): 1’23″469? 129
3. Felipe Nasr (Sauber): 1’24″023? 159
4. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso): 1’24″527? 85
5. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull): 1’24″638? 72
6. Sergio Pérez (Force India): 1’25″113? 130
7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes): 1’25″186? 148
8. Jenson Button (McLaren): 1’25″327? 30
9. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus): 1’28″272? 36

Find the report on the Barcelona tests, in issue 2001 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version, and on newsstands this Wednesday.