Barcelona Tests 2019
18h
Here are the tires with which the drivers set their best times today:
And the penultimate day of # F1testing comes to a close @Circuitcat_eng – with a surprise right at the end! Here's how it looks at the end of Wednesday # Fit4F1 pic.twitter.com/gRH6sOJawf
- Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport) 20th February 2019
17h
The day ends with the best time signed by Kvyat (Toro Rosso), author of a lap in 1'17"704 where he is ahead of Räikkönen by 6 hundredths. Ricciardo (Renault) follows in 3rd place ahead of Vettel (Ferrari), Verstappen (Red Bull), Hülkenberg (Renault), Grosjean (Haas), Fittipaldi (Haas), Sainz Jr (McLaren), Pérez (Racing Point), Bottas (Mercedes ), Hamilton (Mercedes) and Russell (Williams).
Kvyat also finished at the top of the lap rankings with 137 loops covered. Haas stood out by being the cause of the 3 interruptions of the day.
17h
And the third red flag of the day still goes to the Haas driven by Grosjean. The Frenchman was completing his 3th lap 70 minutes from the checkered flag.
17h
Kvyat has just set the best time in testing with a lap in 1'17"704 at the wheel of the Toro Rosso STR14! The Russian is ahead of Räikkönen's Alfa Romeo by almost 6 hundredths.
17h
Ferrari confirms its end of the day. Vettel completed 134 laps, setting the 4th fastest time, 6 tenths behind Räikkönen's Alfa Romeo.
17h
Hamilton's Mercedes returned to the garage after 85 covered laps.
17h
Grosjean is currently the only one on the track. The Haas driver remains 6th with 54 laps covered.
17h
Hamilton returns to the track at the end of the day. Discreet about the times, the Mercedes driver completed 80 laps this afternoon which are added to Bottas' 88.
17h
Russell (Williams) joins Grosjean (Haas), the only other driver on the track.
17h
Russell returned to the track in the Williams which now has 13 laps on the clock.
17h
The teams began the last hour of testing of the day. Verstappen (Red Bull), Ricciardo (Renault) and Grosjean (Haas) are currently on the track.
16h
Ricciardo improves his personal time but the Renault driver remains 9th for the day. The Australian completed 64 laps.
16h
Russell has completed his stint. The Briton almost made a mistake when he lost the rear of the Williams.
16h
Russell returned to the track and the Williams posted its first rewarding times. The Briton has just finished in 1'26"4 and should continue to improve over the laps.
16h
Grosjean improves and moves to 6th ahead of his teammate Fittipaldi with 2 tenths ahead of the test driver.
16h
Grosjean was finally able to come out of the pits. The Haas driver immediately climbed to 7th place with a lap completed in 1'19″2.
16h
Russell returned after completing his 5th lap. No improvements on the times for the moment on Williams' side.
16h
Russell returned to the track and set his first time on the Williams. The FW42 is still half a minute off the benchmark but it should progress quickly.
16h
Haas will finally line up Grosjean tomorrow morning so that he can recover the time lost following his stop on track this afternoon. The Haas driver has still not returned to the track after his 8 covered laps.
16h
Slight improvement from Ricciardo who moved to 9th place with a lap in 1'19″5. The Renault driver is fitted with C3 tires.
