F1 Jerez test: Ferrari is the fastest

The curtain falls on the fourth and final day of testing Jerez de la Frontera.
The first virtual step after this intense first winter session goes to Ferrari and others Raikkonen, who finishes in the lead with the best time of 1:20.841. Behind him the Sauber of Ericsson, powered by Ferrari, and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton.
In recent days, teams and drivers have mainly focused on the correct functioning of the single-seaters and on collecting as much data as possible. And even if times don't matter much, in terms of reliability the Ferrari He definitely seems on point. The same cannot be said of the McLaren-Honda, plagued by all kinds of problems. The Woking team only clocked up 79 laps in 4 days, ending today early due to a fuel pump problem.
Some trouble too Red Bull e Lotus, with Grosjean's team withdrawing an hour and a half before the end due to power unit problems. The gold medal for the number of laps goes to Mercedes, which with Nico and Lewis completed over 500 laps.
The next appointment is in two weeks in Barcelona, ​​where teams and drivers will once again be engaged in four days of testing on the Circuit de Catalunya. Stay tuned!

News – Before the teams and drivers retire for a short lunch break, Kimi Raikkonen he's leading with his Ferrari – best time 1:22.537 – followed by Hamilton, Grosjean, Verstappen, Ericsson, Massa, Button and Kvyat. The morning is characterized by two red flags, one for Kvyat – his Red Bull suffers from ERS problems – and one for a spin Hamilton. McLaren again had several difficulties and in the first 4 hours did not capitalize more than 14 laps.

Shortly after 13pm the track falls into silence. The teams appear to have retreated for a short lunch break but shortly after Kvyat brings his Red Bull back to the track, a sign that the ERS problems have been resolved, and Verstappen he follows him, immediately improving his time and moving into second position. Button go back to running with the medium compound, Hamilton with the hard ones, while Sponge rises to fifth place. The fifth hour of tests was also archived, Whom he is still in the lead followed by Verstappen, Ericsson, Hamilton, Massa, Grosjean, Kvyat and Button, who has started lapping with a certain regularity again.

It's time to move on to the medium compound. After the last stint, and the time of 1:21.516, Whom returns to the pits while Hamilton he stays out and returns to occupy second position. The Briton competes for the silver medal with verstappen, also in counting laps. Both have now exceeded 80 rounds. Less than two hours to go Sponge climbs to third place with a time of 1:23.116, while the first withdrawal of the day arrives: it is the Lotus of Grosjean, forced to close the garage early due to power unit problems. Shortly afterwards, McLaren, stopped due to a fuel pump problem, also put an end to the fourth day of testing.

Whom sets the best time of this four-day test, 1:20.841, and in the meantime Hamilton reaches 100 laps. With an hour to go Ferrari is in the lead followed by Mercedes, Toro Rosso, Williams, Sauber, Lotus, Red Bull and McLaren. With soft rubber Ericsson he climbs first to third and then to second place, thanks to a time of 1:22.019. When there are 15 minutes to go, the red flag waves again. One minute and the track is usable again.

Ericsson he is the first to return but shortly afterwards he stops between turns 9 and 10, calling the red flag again. Time passes and the checkered flag puts an end to the last day of testing. Whom confirms himself as the fastest ahead of Ericsson and Hamilton.

F1 Test Jerez 2015 – Times day 4