March 3, 2016 – Kimi Raikkonen put Ferrari on top of the times during the third day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as he set the fastest time in all of testing so far.
Raikkonen clocked 1:22.765 around the Spanish circuit on the purple ultra-soft tyres, beating Williams’ Felipe Massa – who used softs on his fastest run – by 0.4 seconds. Ferrari also surprised the paddock by bringing out a halo head protection system for testing.
Installation with the Halo. #Kimi7 tested the cockpit protection system on Catalunya #Redseason pic.twitter.com/yS34fOQTqN
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 3, 2016
The Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso enjoyed the most mileage, with Verstappen managing 159 laps, 15 laps more than the Mercedes, which was shared between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Times | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:22.765 | 136 |
| 2 | F. Massa | Williams | 1:23.193 | 119 |
| 3 | N. Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:23.251 | 137 |
| 4 | M. Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:23.382 | 159 |
| 5 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.126 | 81 |
| 6 | F. Nasr | Sauber | 1:24.760 | 116 |
| 7 | F. Alonso | McLaren | 1:24.870 | 118 |
| 8 | P. Wehrlein | Manor | 1:24.913 | 48 |
| 9 | D. Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:25.141 | 121 |
| 10 | J. Palmer | Renault | 1:26.224 | 98 |
| 11 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.488 | 63 |
| 12 | R. Grosjean | Haas | 1:27.196 | 78 |
