Mercedes immaculate again on Wednesday morning

Published on 13 May 2015 by Mike Motilall

As usual, it was Mercedes that was setting the tone. In Barcelona, where all the F 1-teams are busy testing, it wasn’t any different in the morning, on the second test day. This time, Pascal Wehrlein’s name, test driver for the German team, is at the top of the leader board. The 20-year old driver drove 73 laps and noted a 1:26.641 as the fastest track time.

Best of the rest is Jolyon Palmer in the Lotus: he was able to stay ahead of Jenson Button’s McLaren. Esteban Gutierrez ended up fourth for Ferrari in the morning session. Carlos Sainz continued his work for Scuderia Toro Rosso doing aerodynamics tests and finished fifth.

Esteban Ocon, having driven 45 laps in the Force India, was seventh. Raffaele Marciello, who slid off track in turn three and ended up in the tyre wall, lapped the track only eight times. However, Sauber was able to repair the front suspension of the C34 just before lunchbreak.

With Palmer, Alex Lynn, Ocon and Sainz, there were some nice names today on the leader board. They are namely the current Champions in GP2, GP3, European Formula 3-championship and World Series by Renault.

F1 Collective Test  – Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya – Wednesday 13 May

1 Wehrlein 	Mercedes 	1:26.641  	73
2 Palmer 	Lotus 		1:27.439 +0.798 40
3 Button 	McLaren 	1:27.486 +0.845 46
4 Gutierrez 	Ferrari 	1:27.989 +1.348 66
5 Sainz 	Toro Rosso 	1:27.997 +1.356 56
6 Lynn 		Williams 	1:28.419 +1.778 19
7 Ocon 		Force India 	1:29.671 +3.030 45
8 Marciello 	Sauber 		1:34.687 +8.046 8 
9 Gasly 	Red Bull Racing no time set  	22