Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel matched his team mate Mark Webber’s Tuesday success by setting Wednesday’s fastest time as this week’s final pre-season test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya continued. Vettel posted a best of 1m 21.865s to beat the second-placed Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi by half a second and Webber’s Tuesday time by almost seven-tenths.
Renault’s Vitaly Petrov finished in third, ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. Force India took the sixth slot with Paul di Resta continuing his strong form in the VJM04. Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi was seventh ahead of Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg and Lotus’s Jarno Trulli.
Pastor Maldonado for Williams and Virgin’s Jerome D’Ambrosio completed the line-up in tenth and 11th respectively. Testing continues on Thursday.
Full report to follow.
Unofficial Wednesday test times from Barcelona:
1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:21.865
2. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:22.396
3. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:22.670
4. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:22.888
5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:23.324
6. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:24.334
7. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:24.436
8. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:25.807
9. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, 1:26.090
10. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:26.989
11. Jerome D’Ambrosio, Virgin, 1:28.982
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