F1 Jerez test: second day still with Vettel and Ferrari

With the time recorded in the morning, 1:20.984, Sebastian Vettel confirms himself as the leader at the wheel of his Ferrari also on this second day of testing in Jerez de la Frontera.
Behind the German in red, Nasr's Sauber, followed by Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen, Maldonado, Button and Kvyat, the latter without a time trial.
Another productive day for the pony men. However, the same cannot be said for Mercedes and McLaren. Hamilton's car suffered a water leak due to a breakage and shortly after the lunch break it never returned to the track. Button, on the other hand, did not go beyond the 6 lap threshold - same number of laps yesterday for Alonso.

News – After a short lunch break the teams immediately get back to work. Hamilton he's the first to go back to turning and clocking up km, and soon after he catches up with him too Bottas. The Williams driver improves and climbs to third position with a time of 1:24.131. A new stint of 19 laps ended Hamilton returns to the pits with the W06 Hybrid; However, the Mercedes driver stops a hundred meters before his pit... Meanwhile, leader Vettel's Ferrari has been in the pits for more than an hour now. To avoid arousing suspicion, the men in red announce that they have brought forward their lunch break, but it is said that perhaps the change on the train has been replaced. SF15-BILLION.

As we approach the end of the fifth hour of testing, Hag goes back to driving the Ferrari. In the meantime we learn that the Mercedes of Hamilton it was stuck along the pit lane due to a small hydraulic problem. Always in mind Ferrari, followed by Mercedes, Williams, Toro Rosso, Sauber, McLaren and Red Bull, without wing and without time trial.

Twenty minutes after 14.00 pm it starts raining in Jerez. The single-seaters hole up in the pits and away McLaren they let it be known that the problems should be solved. After almost an hour of stopping there Clean di Nasr he breaks the silence and, lapping in 1:23.762, climbs to third place. The Brazilian, however, is put aside by Bottas, who returned to the track with a time of 1:23.049 and returned to third, improving further and shortly thereafter dropping below the 1:23 mark.

When there is just under an hour and a half to go, Maldonado with the Lotus calls the first red flag of the day on the track. The Venezuelan stopped in the last sector but once the track was cleared we set off again and Vettel was the first to take advantage. In the ranking, Hamilton is bypassed first by Nasr and then from Bottas, both with soft. There Mercedes, which has been stopped for a while, announces that it has finished its second day of testing. Mechanics are working to fix a break in the cooling system.

One hour from the end of the second day, these are the laps completed: Hamilton (91), Nasr (73), Vettel (71), Bottas (61), Verstappen (58), Maldonado (41), Kvyat (18) and Buttons (5). The rain returns to visit the Jerez circuit. The time table sees now Hag in front, followed by Nasr, Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen, Maldonado and Button.

While everyone returned to the pits, Mercedes let it be known that the water leak is the consequence of a breakage that is a little more serious than expected. Even if it stops raining, the team won't be back on track until tomorrow.

With half an hour to go the two rookies Verstappen a Nasr they put their helmets back on to gain some experience with wet asphalt. Fifteen minutes from the end McLaren di Button re-emerges from the pits for a brief appearance on the track. Meanwhile we learn that the Lotus di Maldonado it had previously stopped on the track due to transmission problems.

The time available is running out and Hag he joins the two young drivers for a few last laps while the track is drying.
The checkered flag is waving and the pilot of the Ferrari he also ends the second day in the lead.

F1 Test Jerez 2015 – Times day 2