Pre-season Tests Barcelona 1 Montmelò, February 25, 2016. Paul Hembery, Pirelli Motorsport Director: There are not too many conclusions you can read into the first test of the season, as teams are all trying different things with different specifications of car, making it quite hard to interpret from the outside the characteristics of each tyre. However, from the inside, all the data we have seen so far indicates that the overall tyre performance is about where we expected it to be, during both longer and shorter runs. Our biggest news was the debut of P Zero Purple ultrasoft tyre, which set the fastest time of the test and provided the extra performance we had aimed for, even though Barcelona is not the type of circuit it is particularly suited to. Please find further information about Pirelli at #F1Testing on the following link: www.pirelli.com
TOP TIMES FULL SESSION Test Day Vettel Ferrari ULTRASOFT 1:22.810 DAY 2 Hulkenberg Force India SUPERSOFT 1:23.110 DAY 3 Raikkonen Ferrari ULTRASOFT 1:23.477 DAY 4 Ricciardo Red Bull ULTRASOFT 1:23.525 DAY 2 Perez Force India SUPERSOFT 1:23.650 DAY 2 Kvyat Red Bull ULTRASOFT 1:24.293 DAY 4 Celis Force India SOFT 1:24.840 DAY 4 Rosberg Mercedes MEDIUM 1:24.867 DAY 2 Ericsson Sauber SOFT 1:25.237 DAY 2 Magnussen Renault SOFT 1:25.263 DAY 4 Sainz J Toro Rosso MEDIUM 1:25.393 DAY 4 Hamilton Mercedes MEDIUM 1:25.409 DAY 1 Gutierrez Haas SOFT 1:25.524 DAY 2 Bottas Williams SOFT 1:25.648 DAY 2 Grosjean Haas SOFT 1:25.874 DAY 3 Wehrlein Manor SOFT 1:25.925 DAY 2 Nasr Sauber SOFT 1:26.053 DAY 4 Button McLaren SOFT 1:26.082 DAY 2 Palmer Renault SOFT 1:26.189 DAY 2 Massa Williams SOFT 1:26.483 DAY 4 Verstappen Toro Rosso MEDIUM 1:26.539 DAY 2 Haryanto Manor SOFT 1:28.249 DAY 3 BEST TIMES BY COMPOUND Compound Driver Team LapTime Test Day ULTRASOFT Vettel Ferrari 1:22.810 DAY 2 SOFT Vettel Ferrari 1:23.741 DAY 2 MEDIUM Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.867 DAY 2 SUPERSOFT Hulkenberg Force India 1:23.110 DAY 3 HARD Massa Williams 1:28.214 DAY 3 LONGEST STINT BY COMPOUND Compound Driver Team Laps Test Day MEDIUM Magnussen Renault 30 DAY 4 HARD Bottas Williams 26 DAY 2 SOFT Bottas Williams 17 DAY 2 SUPERSOFT Vettel Ferrari 8 DAY 2 ULTRASOFT Vettel Ferrari 7 DAY 2
TOP TIMES DAY 1 Vettel Ferrari MEDIUM 1:24.939 Hamilton Mercedes MEDIUM 1:25.409 Ricciardo Red Bull MEDIUM 1:26.044 Bottas Williams MEDIUM 1:26.091 Celis Force India SOFT 1:26.298 Button McLaren SOFT 1:26.735 Sainz J Toro Rosso PROTO M 1:27.180 Ericsson Sauber MEDIUM 1:27.555 Wehrlein Manor SOFT 1:28.292 Grosjean Haas MEDIUM 1:28.399 Palmer Renault MEDIUM 1:29.356 TOP TIMES DAY 2 Vettel Ferrari ULTRASOFT 1:22.810 Ricciardo Red Bull ULTRASOFT 1:23.525 Perez Force India SUPERSOFT 1:23.650 Rosberg Mercedes MEDIUM 1:24.867 Ericsson Sauber SOFT 1:25.237 Gutierrez Haas SOFT 1:25.524 Bottas Williams SOFT 1:25.648 Wehrlein Manor SOFT 1:25.925 Button McLaren SOFT 1:26.082 Palmer Renault SOFT 1:26.189 Verstappen Toro Rosso MEDIUM 1:26.539
TOP TIMES DAY 3 Hulkenberg Force India SUPERSOFT 1:23.110 Grosjean Haas SOFT 1:25.874 Raikkonen Ferrari MEDIUM 1:25.977 Magnussen Renault SOFT 1:26.014 Rosberg Mercedes MEDIUM 1:26.084 Sainz J Toro Rosso MEDIUM 1:26.239 Nasr Sauber SOFT 1:26.392 Hamilton Mercedes MEDIUM 1:26.421 Kvyat Red Bull MEDIUM 1:26.497 Massa Williams MEDIUM 1:26.712 Button McLaren MEDIUM 1:26.919 Haryanto Manor SOFT 1:28.249 TOP TIMES DAY 4 Raikkonen Ferrari ULTRASOFT 1:23.477 Kvyat Red Bull ULTRASOFT 1:24.293 Celis Force India SOFT 1:24.840 Magnussen Renault SOFT 1:25.263 Sainz J Toro Rosso MEDIUM 1:25.393 Nasr Sauber SOFT 1:26.053 Rosberg Mercedes MEDIUM 1:26.187 Hamilton Mercedes MEDIUM 1:26.295 Massa Williams SOFT 1:26.483 Gutierrez Haas PROTO M 1:27.802 Haryanto Manor SOFT 1:28.266
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