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Roundup of Weekend Formula 1 Testing News

The final round of Formula 1 testing is over and all that is left is for the cars to hit the track in Australia in two weeks on March 18.

On Saturday, Sergio Perez in the Sauber was the fastest car on track, but most cars completed large numbers of laps as race simulations. The other major news from Saturday was Red Bull and McLaren revealing the first upgrades to their 2012 cars. The upgraded Red Bull has a new exhaust design and new front wing. While the McLaren received aerodynamic upgrades.

Barcelona Formula 1 Test Day 3 Round 3
Position	Driver	Team	Time	Difference	Laps
1	Perez	Sauber	1m22.094		114
2	Button	McLaren	1m22.103	0.009	44
3	Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1m22.155	0.061	131
4	Massa	Ferrari	1m22.413	0.319	122
5	Di Resta	Force India	1m22.446	0.352	108
6	Senna	Willaims	1m22.480	0.386	111
7	Kovalainen	Caterham	1m22.630	0.536	64
8	Webber	Red Bull	1m22.662	0.568	70
9	Rosberg	Mercedes	1m22.932	0.838	129
10	Raikkonen	Lotus	1m25.379	3.285	43

On Sunday, Kimi Raikkonen in the Lotus was the fastest driver for the day, and the Lotus F1 Team had the fastest car during the final round of testing on three out of four days. Due to gearbox problems, Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull managed just 23 laps.

Barcelona Formula 1 Test Day 4 Round 3
Position	Driver	Team	Time	Difference	Laps
1	Raikkonen	Lotus	1m22.030		121
2	Alonso	Ferrari	1m22.250	0.220	115
3	Senna	Wiliams	1m22.296	0.266	53
4	Webber	Force India	1m22.312	0.282	101
5	Hulkenberg	Sauber	1m22.386	0.356	72
6	Kobayashi	McLaren	1m22.430	0.400	115
7	Petrov	Caterham	1m22.795	0.765	101
8	Schumacher	Mercedes	1m22.939	0.909	100
9	Maldonado	Williams	1m23.347	1.317	48
10	Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1m23.393	1.363	100
11	Vettel	Red Bull	1m23.608	1.578	23

Source: Autosport (Saturday Times), Autosport (Redbull Upgrade), Autosport (McLaren Upgrade), Autosport (Sunday Times)

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2 comments

mario_eb:

OK, everything's set to begin the new season. I think we'll know where each team is exactly during FP3 and qualifying session at Albert Park. Let's see what happen then :)

05.03.2012 @ 02:18