Hulkenberg leads the second day of tests at Montmelo F1

Nico Hulkenberg was fastest in the second day of tests at Montmelo Formula 1. The German Force India has registered a best time of 1:22.608. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was fourth

The German Nico Hulkenberg has been the fastest in the second day of tests of Formula 1 in Montmelo . The Force India driver has recorded a time of 1:22.608, the best of the week so far, only forty thousandths ahead of that achieved by Mexican Sergio Perez (Sauber). Note that both achieved their record with the new supersoft tires, the teams are testing for the first time in the Catalan track.

 

The current World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, was the first to lower this morning the best time he had established himself yesterday first day of tests at Montmelo Formula 1 . In the afternoon, the German Red Bull held a race simulation. In the end, his was the third record of the day, just ahead of Fernando Alonso .

 

Ferrari's Spanish set a best time of 1:23.180 15 minutes from the end of the session, which covered a total of 85 laps. Another day, the Italian team focused on the acquisition of data rather than the search time. In addition, changes were made ​​to the configuration of the leaks that had toAlonso stopped for almost an hour and a half.

 

Another prominent note of the day was the lack of Lotus. The team discovered yesterday problems in the second and E20 chassis, although initially intended to return to work today with the first unit, which had been used for two weeks in the Jerez tests, analyzes conducted in Enstone base have revealed that modifications are necessary in both chassis. Lotus will return to work in third tests, which will take place also in Montmelo from 21 to 24 this month.

 

These tests at Montmelo Formula 1 will continue tomorrow. The main teams, Felipe Massa will take over from Fernando Alonso at Ferrari, Mark Webber will do the same with Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull and Jenson Button will take the place of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren.

 

Tests Montmeló -times second day

 

1. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:22.608

2. Sergio Perez (Sauber) 1:22.648 0040

3. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:22.891 0283

4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:23.180 0572

5. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) 1:23.639 1031

6. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 1:23.806 1198

7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:24.555 1947

8. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1:25.738 3130

9. Vitaly Petrov (Caterham) 1:26.605 3997

10. Charles Pic (Marussia) 1:27.343 4735