Barcelona Friday: Grosjean puts Renault on top again
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| Romain Grosjean |
Romain Grosjean topped the times on the second day of F1 testing in Barcelona Friday. Grosjean completed a full 60-lap race simulation in the Lotus, using Pirelli's soft and hard compounds.
He then went out and did a series of fast laps, setting the best time of time of 1m22.614s with just minutes remaining, on a set of soft tires.
Jean-Eric Vergne ended the day second, followed by twice World Champion Sebastian Vettel in 3rd with a time of 1m23.361.
Behind Vettel it was Fernando Alonso, who was using soft and medium compound tires.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Grosjean | Lotus | 1m22.614s | +0.000s | 123 |
| 2. | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1m23.126s | +0.512 | 31 |
| 3. | Vettel | Red Bull | 1m23.361s | +0.747 | 85 |
| 4. | Alonso | Ferrari | 1m23.447s | +0.833 | 124 |
| 5. | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1m23.828s | +1.214 | 104 |
| 6. | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1m23.836s | +1.222 | 77 |
| 7. | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1m23.893s | +1.279 | 33 |
| 8. | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m23.978s | +1.364 | 79 |
| 9. | Hamilton | McLaren | 1m24.111s | +1.497 | 65 |
| 10. | Senna | Williams | 1m24.925s | +2.311 | 48 |
| 11. | Maldonado | Williams | 1m25.801s | +3.187 | 20 |