Productive morning for Max on penultimate test day

Published on 08 March 2018 by Stefan Meens

On the penultimate day of pre-season testing in Barcelona, Max Verstappen enjoyed a productive morning, completing 77 laps of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. His quickest lap was a 1:19.842.

At the start of the session, the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing youngster heads out for the customary installation lap, before embarking on a long stint on the medium Pirellis. After 26 laps, Max reports back to the team.

As the sunshine is replaced by more and more clouds, the RB14 hits the circuit for a second stint, again on medium tyres.

At quarter to twelve, Max switches to the soft Pirellis, resulting in the Dutchman’s fastest time of the morning (1:19.842). Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel sets the pace on the quickest compound available, the hypersofts. The Ferrari driver laps the Catalunya based circuit in 1:17.182. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) is the most productive driver in the morning with 96 laps.

Pre-Season Test 2 - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya - Thursday 8 March 2018

   Driver 		Team 		  Time 		         Laps
1  Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		  1:17.182		 84
2  Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1		  1:18.360	+1.178	 76
3  Nico Hülkenberg	Renault 	  1:18.675	+1.493	 79
4  Pierry Gasly		Toro Rosso	  1:18.758	+1.576	 67
5  Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren 	  1:18.855	+1.673	 48
6  Marcus Ericsson	Sauber		  1:19.244	+2.062	 72
7  Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	  1:19.532	+2.350	 97
8  Robert Kubica	Williams	  1:19.629	+2.447	 73
9  Sergio Perez		Force India	  1:19.634	+2.452	 71
10 Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	  1:19.842	+2.660	 77