F1 Silverstone Test, Day 2: Ocon's Mercedes leads the pack in the morning

Mercedes in the lead on the second morning of testing a Silverstone, with Esteban Ocon who achieved the best time of 1:31.212 – 78 thousandths less than the best time of Alonso to Tuesday – preceding the Ferrari di Kimi Raikkonen , Red Bull di gasly, which jumped to third place in the final minutes of the session. Palmer, Vandoorne, Ferrucci, Mazepin, Camara, Wehrlein, Bottas and King complete the ranking. Many kilometers have already been clocked up Mercedes 2014 of pascal wehrlein, at work for Pirelli, which recovered compared to yesterday, closing the first hours of work at 61 sessions.

News – In addition to the first guides Raikkonen, Bottas and Palmer, the second day sees Esteban Ocon busy with the Mercedes, Pierre Gasly on Red Bull, Nikita Mazepin with the Force India, Sergio Sette Camara for the Toro Rosso, Stoffel Vandoorne with the McLaren, Jordan King for Manor and Santino Ferrucci with the Haas. Pascal Wehrlein also continues his work as a tester for Pirelli. When the traffic lights come on in track lane Bottas is the first to launch for the usual installation laps, followed immediately after by Palmer, Vandoorne, Gasly and Wehrlein. Lots of aerotests with raked wings early in the morning. Thirty minutes from the start, the only driver who has not yet shown himself on the track is Kimi Raikkonen. Still no time trial but Ocon is the leader with 13 laps. Kimi's Ferrari finally leaves the pits with ten minutes left until the first hour.

The first time goes to Palmer's Renault, which clocks 1:34.767. Shortly after, Raikkonen overtook him in 1:34.006, on the white compound. The Finn then drops to 1:33.667, followed by Palmer, Mazepin, Ocon, Bottas, Wehrlein, Gasly and Sette Camara. Still without a time Vandoorne, Ferrucci and King. Palmer's Renault sets the pace again in 1:33.470 but then Mercedes arrives with Ocon placing higher than everyone else with a time of 1:31.664. In the meantime, Vandoorne is added to the timed list. Two hours from the start Ocon leads the group ahead of Palmer, Raikkonen, Mazepin, Sette Camara, Gasly, Bottas, Wehrlein and Vandoorne.

With just one hour left until the lunch break, Raikkonen took second place, 1 seconds behind Ocon, Vandoorne moved up to fourth place, while Ferrucci set his first time, settling in sixth place. Shortly after, King's Manor also joins the end of the list. Ocon improves the time to beat, dropping to 4:1 and remains in front even with the number of laps completed, 31.461.

Thirty minutes from the checkered flag, with Ocon chased by Raikkonen, Palmer, Gasly, Vandoorne, Mazepin, Ferrucci, Sette Camara, Wehrlein, Bottas and King. Vandoorne returns to fourth position and Ferrucci overtakes Mazepin in the standings. The checkered flag marks a well-deserved lunch break for everyone, but not before Gasly manages to leap into third position. Mercedes ends the morning at the top ahead of Ferrari and Red Bull.

Test F1 Silverstone – Times, results and laps Day 2 – Morning