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Result of the 3rd practice session ( dry condition ) :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:25.624
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 1:25.800 +0.176
3. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:25.852 +0.228
4. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:26.257 +0.633
5. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:26.435 +0.811
6. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:26.701 +1.077
7. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:26.730 +1.106
8. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:26.768 +1.144
9. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:27.151 +1.527
10. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:27.242 +1.618
11. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:27.263 +1.639
12. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:27.341 +1.717
13. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:27.430 +1.806
14. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:27.659 +2.035
15. Kevin Magnussen - Renault 1:27.871 +2.247
16. Nico Hülkenberg - Force India 1:27.988 +2.364
17. Jolyon Palmer - Renault 1:28.117 +2.493
18. Esteban Gutierrez - Haas F1 1:28.284 +2.660
19. Romain Grosjean - Haas F1 1:28.292 +2.668
20. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:28.293 +2.669
21. Pascal Wehrlein - Manor F1 1:29.046 +3.422
22. Rio Haryanto - Manor F1 1:29.272 +3.648

Next : qualifying at 07.00u CET

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2016 F1 SEASON - RACE 1 : AUSTRALIAN GP (MELBOURNE) :

Circuit Length : km 5,303

Number of Laps : 58

Km Total : 307, 574

2015 Podium : 1. L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes
2. N. Rosberg GER Mercedes
3. S. Vettel GER Ferrari

Result of the 2nd wet practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:38.841
2. Nico Hülkenberg - Force India 1:39.308 +0.467
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:39.486 +0.645
4. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:39.535 +0.694
5. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:39.694 +0.853
6. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:39.895 +1.054
7. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:40.008 +1.167
8. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:40.761 +1.920
9. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:41.256 +2.415
10. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:42.411 +3.570
11. Esteban Gutierrez - Haas F1 1:42.891 +4.050
12. Pascal Wehrlein - Manor F1 1:43.401 +4.560
13. Romain Grosjean - Haas F1 1:43.731 +4.890
14. Rio Haryanto - Manor F1 1:44.304 +5.463
15. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 1:47.356 +8.515
16. Jolyon Palmer - Renault - no time set
17. Felipe Massa - Williams - no time set
18. Kevin Magnussen - Renault - no time set
19. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - no time set
20. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso - no time set

Next : 3rd practice session at saturday morning 04.00u - 05.00u CET

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Result of the 1st practice session ( - variable -wet condition )

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:29.725
2. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:30.146 +0.421
3. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:30.875 +1.150
4. Nico Hülkenberg - Force India 1:31.325 +1.600
5. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:31.720 +1.995
6. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 1:31.814 +2.089
7. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:33.060 +3.335
8. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:33.129 +3.404
9. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:33.370 +3.645
10. Kevin Magnussen - Renault 1:34.060 +4.335
11. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:34.550 +4.825
12. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:34.679 +4.954
13. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:34.796 +5.071
14. Jolyon Palmer - Renault 1:35.477 +5.752
15. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:37.956 +8.231
16. Pascal Wehrlein - Manor F1 1:40.401 +10.676
17. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:40.754 +11.029
18. Esteban Gutierrez - Haas F1 1:41.780 +12.055
19. Rio Haryanto - Manor F1 1:43.372 +13.647
20. Romain Grosjean - Haas F1 1:43.443 +13.718
21. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - no time set
22. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso - no time set

2nd practice session : 06.30u - 08.00u CET

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Ps : result of the 2nd practice session will be posted in the late evening after my work !

And the 1st " wet " practice session has begun

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Here's the schedule for this weekend openings race in Australia of the Formula1 season 2016 :

Friday 18/03
1st practice session : 02.30u - 04.00u CET
2nd practice session : 06.30u - 08.00u CET

Saturday 19/03 :
3rd practice session : 04.00u - 05.00u CET
qualifying : 07.00u - 08.00u

Sunday 20/03 :
Race : 06.00u

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NUMBERS, DRIVERS & TEAMS FOR THE 2016 SEASON :

44 L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
6 N. Rosberg GER Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

5 S. Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari
7 K. Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari

19 F. Massa BRA Williams Martini Racing
77 V. Bottas FIN Williams Martini Racing

3 D. Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing
26 D. Kvyat RUS Red Bull Racing

11 S. Perez MEX Sahara Force India F1 Team
27 N. Hulkenberg GER Sahara Force India F1 Team

14 F. Alonso ESP McLaren Honda
22 J. Button GBR McLaren Honda

9 M. Ericsson SWE Sauber F1 Team
12 F. Nasr BRA Sauber F1 Team

55 C. Sainz jr. ESP Scuderia Toro Rosso
33 M. Verstappen NED Scuderia Toro Rosso

8 R. Grosjean FRA Haas F1 Team
21 E. Gutierrez MEX Haas F1 Team

30 J. Palmer GBR Renault Sport Formula One Team
20 K. Magnussen DEN Renault Sport Formula One Team

94 P. Wehrlein GER Manor Marussia F1
88 R. Haryanto INA Manor Marussia F1

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Barcelona F1 test week 2 : Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari end wintertest on top :

Sebastian Vettel concluded Formula 1 pre-season testing as he started it, by posting the quickest time for Ferrari. Of his four days overall in the SF16-H, Vettel topped the Barcelona timesheet on three occasions. With team-mate Kimi Raikkonen leading the way on two of his four outings, it means Ferrari was fastest on five of the eight days overall. On the Friday of the second test, Vettel's lap of 1m22.852s proved to be the best seen on the super-soft compound across both weeks. That time was set in the morning run, with the four-time champion embarking on a full race simulation in the afternoon on his way to 142 laps overall, the highest total of the day. Vettel finished 0.282 seconds clear of Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr, whose lap of 1m23.134s was posted before lunch on Pirelli's new-for-2016 ultra-soft compound. Felipe Massa leaped from 10th in the times in the morning to third come the end courtesy of a super-soft tyre run that put him 0.792s behind Vettel. Like Vettel and Sainz, the best lap from Force India's Sergio Perez was also done in the morning, with the Mexican using super-softs to finish 0.889s down on Vettel. On his final test outing in the morning, Lewis Hamilton was denied the "knife-edge" run he had hoped for as Mercedes kept the true potential of its W07 Hybrid under wraps. Come the end of his 638th lap in the car over the two weeks, Hamilton broke down with a transmission problem that delayed team-mate Nico Rosberg's running in the afternoon. Hamilton finished fifth quickest, with Rosberg down in 13th, and with neither driver using any of the soft compounds, as was predominantly the case across the eight days. Rosberg still managed 70 laps on Friday, but in appearing to concentrate on high-fuel runs the German finished 4.599s behind compatriot Vettel . Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was sixth quickest on a set of softs, followed by the McLaren of Jenson Button who found himself still almost two seconds off the pace, despite his best lap being on ultra-softs. Jolyon Palmer suffered yet another issue on his final day in the car. A hydraulic problem limited his Renault to just 31 laps in the morning, the Briton added another 59 in the afternoon to finish eighth best on a super-soft lap. Sauber's Marcus Ericsson was ninth courtesy of a soft tyre outing, 2.1s behind Vettel, and just ahead of Haas drivers Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez. Grosjean completed 66 laps in the morning after being plagued by brake-by-wire woes on Thursday before handing over the car to Gutierrez for the afternoon. The Mexican managed just 25 laps, with his super-soft blast still 0.167s behind Grosjean's best effort on a set of softs.
Following mechanical issues in the morning that confined Rio Haryanto to a solitary installation lap just before lunch, the Indonesian rookie managed a further 57 across the afternoon, but three seconds down even using ultra-softs.

1 : Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1m22.852s laps 142
2 : Carlos Sainz - Toro Rosso/Ferrari - 1m23.134s + 0.282s laps 133
3 : Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m23.644s + 0.792s laps129
4 : Sergio Perez - Force India/Mercedes - 1m23.721s + 0.869s laps 60
5 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m24.133s + 1.281s laps 69
6 : Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull/TAG Heuer - 1m24.427s + 1.575s laps 123
7 : Jenson Button - McLaren/Honda - 1m24.714s + 1.862s laps 121
8 : Jolyon Palmer - Renault - 1m24.859s + 2.007s laps 90
9 : Marcus Ericsson - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m25.031s + 2.179s laps 132
10 : Romain Grosjean - Haas/Ferrari - 1m25.255s + 2.403s laps 66
11 : Esteban Gutierrez - Haas/Ferrari - 1m25.422s + 2.570s laps 25
12 : Rio Haryanto - Manor/Mercedes - 1m25.899s + 3.047s laps 58
13 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 1m26.- 140s + 3.288s laps 70

Next appointment 18th march Melbourne Australia

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Barcelona F1 test week 2 : Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari on top at day 3 of testing :

Ferrari stepped up its preparations for the new Formula 1 season as Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap seen in testing so far and completed a race simulation on Thursday. After starting his day with a trial run of the FIA's halo cockpit protection system the governing body hopes will be on all F1 cars in 2017, Raikkonen went on to set the pace on the third morning of the second test.
Using Pirelli's ultra-soft tyre, Raikkonen set a time of 1m22.765s, 0.045 seconds quicker than team-mate Sebastian Vettel's benchmark from day two of test one, which was also set on the new-for-2016 rubber. Come the afternoon, the Finn put the SF16-H through its paces with a 66-lap Spanish Grand Prix run around Barcelona's Catalunya track. Raikkonen's laptimes fared well against the simulations of Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton on Monday and Nico Rosberg on Tuesday. The run was put on hold for a short period as Romain Grosjean brought out the red flags for a second time with an excursion across the gravel, as he had done at the very end of the morning session. The Frenchman made it a hat-trick late on to bring the day to an end six minutes earlier than scheduled. Although Raikkonen finished comfortably quickest, Williams's Felipe Massa was only 0.428s adrift with an early afternoon run on soft tyres. Massa managed to get ahead of two other drivers on ultra-softs in Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Max Verstappen in the Toro Rosso, the former just under half a second down, and the latter just over 0.6s adrift. Verstappen finished with the highest lap count of the day on 159, more than the two Mercedes drivers combined after Rosberg had run in the morning and Hamilton in the afternoon, the duo clocking up 144 laps between them. Rosberg opted for a different run programme for his stint, working from a baseline with his car in order to focus on different set-ups. It resulted in Rosberg completing 81 laps, the highest tally in the morning, before Hamilton took over. Rosberg finished up fifth quickest, 1.3s down, with Hamilton down in 11th, 3.7s off the pace. Both set their times on mediums. In between the Mercedes, Sauber's Felipe Nasr finished two seconds off the pace on soft tyres, with McLaren's Fernando Alonso in close attendance on super-softs. Alonso also conducted a heavy-fuel race simulation of his own, and even had a blast on the ultra-softs in a productive afternoon. Pascal Wehrlein posted Manor's best lap of testing to date, using ultra-softs, to finish 2.148s behind Raikkonen, with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat ninth on softs, and a further two tenths of a second down. Jolyon Palmer finally managed to get in some meaningful running in his Renault in the afternoon, after only completing 26 laps in the morning to add to the 79 over two days last week when he encountered a range of issues. A late run on softs elevated Palmer over Hamilton to 10th, with the best of his 98 laps being a 1m26.224s. Grosjean brought up the rear in his Haas, and despite his trio of red flags, still managed 78 laps after the American team finally overcame the turbo problems that had plagued it since Tuesday afternoon.

1 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m22.765s laps 136
2 : Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m23.193s + 0.428s laps 119
3 : Nico Hulkenberg - Force India/Mercedes - 1m23.251s + 0.486s laps 137
4 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Ferrari - 1m23.382s + 0.617s laps 159
5 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m24.126s + 1.361s laps 81
6 : Felipe Nasr - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m24.760s + 1.995s laps 116
7 : Fernando Alonso - McLaren/Honda - 1m24.870s + 2.105s laps 118
8 : Pascal Wehrlein - Manor/Mercedes - 1m24.913s + 2.148s laps 48
9 : Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/TAG Heuer - 1m25.141s + 2.376s laps 121
10 : Jolyon Palmer - Renault - 1m26.224s + 3.459s laps 98
11 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m26.488s + 3.723s laps 63
12 : Romain Grosjean - Haas/Ferrari - 1m27.196s + 4.431s laps 78

Tomorrow final day of testing before heading to Melbourne , Australia

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Barcelona F1 test week 2 : Bottas puts Williams on top on super-softs on day 2 :

Valtteri Bottas put Williams on top for the first time in Formula 1 pre-season testing as he set the pace on day two of the second week at Barcelona. The Finn clocked a 1m23.261s on the super-soft tyres in the afternoon, having completed a series of qualifying simulations on the soft tyres. Mercedes split driving duties again with Lewis Hamilton's leading time from the morning, set on the softs, good enough for second, 0.361 seconds off the pace. His team-mate Nico Rosberg focused on running the mediums in the afternoon and ended the day ninth as Mercedes logged an impressive 164 laps. Ferrari had comfortably its most productive day of testing so far as Sebastian Vettel completed 151 laps while focusing mainly on set-up work on the medium tyres. The German was fourth fastest, behind Renault's Kevin Magnussen who logged 126 laps. A small suspension issue confined Jenson Button's McLaren to the garage just before lunch, but he caught up in the afternoon and ended the day fifth, with 121 laps to his name. Red Bull focused on pitstop practice for much of the morning, with owner Dietrich Mateschitz keeping an eye on the action from the pitwall. Daniel Ricciardo's attention turned to longer runs in the afternoon and he ended the day sixth, ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr, whose individual tally of 166 was the highest of the day, and Sergio Perez. Sauber's Marcus Ericsson recovered from a delayed start to log 55 laps before stopping on track with one hour to go. The red flag was duly shown, but the Swede managed to get back out just before the end of the day. It was a miserable day for Haas, with Esteban Gutierrez managing just one lap due to turbo problems.

1 : Valtteri Bottas - Williams/Mercedes - 1m23.261s laps 108
2 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m23.622s + 0.361s laps 73
3 : Kevin Magnussen - Renault - 1m23.933s + 0.672s laps 126
4 : Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1m24.611s + 1.350s laps 151
5 : Jenson Button - McLaren/Honda - 1m25.183s + 1.922s laps 121
6 : Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull/TAG Heuer - 1m25.235s + 1.974s laps 135
7 : Carlos Sainz - Toro Rosso/Ferrari - 1m25.300s + 2.039s laps 166
8 : Sergio Perez - Force India/Mercedes - 1m25.593s + 2.332s laps 128
9 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m26.298s + 3.037s laps 91
10 : Pascal Wehrlein - Manor/Mercedes - 1m27.064s + 3.803s laps 79
11 : Marcus Ericsson - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m27.487s + 4.226s laps 55
- : Esteban Gutierrez - Haas/Ferrari - - laps 1

Testing continue tomorrow

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Barcelona F1 test week 2 : Rosberg tops Mercedes 1 first day of 2016 :

Nico Rosberg put a Mercedes on top of the timesheets for the first time in 2016 Formula 1 pre-season testing while his team-mate Lewis Hamilton completed a full race simulation. On the opening day of Barcelona's second test, Mercedes ran the soft tyres for the first time this year with Rosberg clocking a 1m23.022s just before lunch, finishing 0.207 seconds clear of Valtteri Bottas in the Williams, whose time was set on the ultra-softs. It was an impressive performance from Mercedes, which focused on low-fuel and qualifying speed in the morning before changing tack in the afternoon when Hamilton took over the car. The reigning world champion completed a short stint on the softs before completing three stints on the mediums as part of a 66-lap run. Fernando Alonso suffered what McLaren described as a "small telemetry" glitch before lunch, but the team got him back out midway through the afternoon. The two-time world champion clocked the third quickest time, 1.713s off the pace, and put 93 laps on the board. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen had spent much of the day in second before he stopped out on track just after lunch. He returned to the track late in the afternoon and he ended the day with 71 laps on the board, 100 fewer than Rosberg and Hamilton managed between them. Red Bull suffered a long delay after a brake casing problem caused a small fire at the back of the RB12, with Daniil Kvyat rejoining in the afternoon to clock the fifth fastest time. Hamilton was sixth, ahead of Max Verstappen and Nico Hulkenberg, both of whom managed more than 100 laps apiece. The 2016-spec Sauber proved to be reliable straight out of the box as Felipe Nasr clocked 103 laps for the ninth quickest time. Renault's Kevin Magnussen was 10th, but caused a red flag with a few minutes to go, when he stopped out on track having completed 119 laps. Haas saw its running end early with a fuel system problem, with Esteban Gutierrez managing just 23 laps. Manor's Rio Haryanto had a troublesome day with the Indonesian missing most of the morning session as his team worked to fix a small oil leak. He recovered to log 45 laps and the 12th fastest time, 4.603s off the pace.

1 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m23.022s laps 82
2 : Valtteri Bottas - Williams/Mercedes - 1m23.229s + 0.207s laps 123
3 : Fernando Alonso - McLaren/Honda - 1m24.735s + 1.713s laps 93
4 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m24.836s + 1.814s laps 72
5 : Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/TAG Heuer - 1m25.049s + 2.027s laps 69
6 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m25.051s + 2.029s laps 90
7 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Ferrari - 1m25.176s + 2.154s laps 144
8 : Nico Hulkenberg - Force India/Mercedes - 1m25.336s + 2.314s laps 121
9 : Felipe Nasr - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m25.493s + 2.471s laps 103
10 : Kevin Magnussen - Renault - 1m25.760s + 2.738s laps 119
11 : Esteban Gutierrez - Haas/Ferrari - 1m26.661s + 3.639s laps 23
12 : Rio Haryanto - Manor/Mercedes - 1m27.625s + 4.603s laps 45

Testing continue tomorrow

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Overview: Who test when during the second F1 winter testing

Tomorrow is the last winter test in preparation for the new F1 season 2016

Mercedes :
- Tuesday: Nico Rosberg (Morning) - Lewis Hamilton (Afternoon)
- Wednesday: Lewis Hamilton (Morning) - Nico Rosberg (Afternoon)
- Thursday: Nico Rosberg (Morning) - Lewis Hamilton (Afternoon)
- Friday: Lewis Hamilton (Morning) - Nico Rosberg (Afternoon)

Ferrari :
- Tuesday: Kimi Raikkonen
- Wednesday: Sebastian Vettel
- Thursday: Kimi Raikkonen
- Friday: Sebastian Vettel

Williams :
- Tuesday: Valtteri Bottas
- Wednesday: Valtteri Bottas
- Thursday: Felipe Massa
- Friday: Felipe Massa

Red Bull :
- Tuesday: Daniil Kvyat
- Wednesday: Daniel Ricciardo
- Thursday: Daniil Kvyat
- Friday: Daniel Ricciardo

Force India :
- Tuesday: Nico Hülkenberg
- Wednesday: Sergio Pérez
- Thursday: Nico Hülkenberg
- Friday: Sergio Pérez

Renault :
- Tuesday: Kevin Magnussen
- Wednesday: Kevin Magnussen
- Thursday: Jolyon Palmer
- Friday: Jolyon Palmer

Toro Rosso :
- Tuesday: Max Verstappen
- Wednesday: Carlos Sainz Jr.
- Thursday: Max Verstappen
- Friday: Carlos Sainz Jr.

Sauber :
- Tuesday: Felipe Nasr
- Wednesday: Marcus Ericsson
- Thursday: Felipe Nasr
- Friday: Marcus Ericsson

McLaren :
- Tuesday: Fernando Alonso
- Wednesday: Jenson Button
- Thursday: Fernando Alonso
- Friday: Jenson Button

Manor :
- Tuesday: Rio Haryanto
- Wednesday:
- Thursday:
- Friday:

Haas :
- Tuesday: Esteban Gutiérrez
- Wednesday: Esteban Gutiérrez
- Thursday: Romain Grosjean
- Friday: Romain Grosjean

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Here is an overview of the tire choices for the 1st 7 races so far of the season 2016 :

Australia : Super Soft / Soft / Medium
Bahrain : Super Soft / Soft / Medium
China : Supers Soft / Soft / Medium
Russia : Super Soft / Soft / Medium
Spain : not yet known
Monaco ultra Soft / tBA / tBA
Canada : ultra Soft / Super Soft / Soft

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Barcelona F1 test : Kimi Raikkonen tops final day of this week testing

Kimi Raikkonen topped the timesheets for Ferrari on the final day of the first Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona, while Mercedes clocked up an impressive 185 laps. Raikkonen bolted on a set of the ultra-soft tyres and set a 1m23.477s just before lunch to lead the way. It was the third day out of four that a Ferrari topped the times, with the Finn finishing 0.816s clear of Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat who set his time on the same compound. Mercedes, running its new nose, split running between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, who logged 99 and 86 laps respectively. Both drivers did all of their running on the medium tyre with Rosberg seventh, just over one tenth ahead of Hamilton in eighth. It was not such a successful day for McLaren-Honda, which suffered a coolant leak early in the morning. The team was unable to get car back out, leaving Fernando Alonso to end the day with only three laps under his belt and not having set a time. A late run on the super-softs catapulted Force India development driver Alfonso Celis to third, 1.363s off the pace, on his second day in the car this week. Kevin Magnussen made up for a lack of running for his team-mate Jolyon Palmer earlier in the week with the day's highest individual tally of 153 laps and the third quickest time. The Dane brought out the red flag when he stopped out on track in the final quarter of an hour. Max Verstappen ended another solid day for Toro Rosso fifth, adding 106 laps to the 161 his team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr managed on Wednesday. Sauber was busy, too, with Felipe Nasr doing over 100 laps in the 2015-spec car and achieving the sixth fastest time with a soft-tyre run. Haas completed a race simulation with Esteban Gutierrez as it continued its maiden F1 test. The Mexican finished 10th quickest. Rookie Rio Haryanto was responsible for a red flag when he crashed at Turn 5 during the afternoon and did not return to the track. The Indonesian, who logged 51 laps, propped up the timesheets with a 1m28.266s on the softs.

1 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m23.477s laps 80
2 : Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/TAG Heuer - 1m24.293s + 0.816s laps 96
3 : Alfonso Celis - Force India/Mercedes - 1m24.840s + 1.363s laps 75
4 : Kevin Magnussen - Renault - 1m25.263s + 1.786s laps 153
5 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Ferrari - 1m25.393s + 1.916s laps 110
6 : Felipe Nasr - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m26.053s + 2.576s laps 121
7 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m26.187s + 2.710s laps 86
8 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m26.295s + 2.818s laps 99
9 : Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m26.483s + 3.006s laps 54
10 : Esteban Gutierrez - Haas/Ferrari - 1m27.802s + 4.325s laps 89
11 : Rio Haryanto - Manor/Mercedes - 1m28.266s + 4.789s laps 51
- Fernando Alonso - McLaren/Honda - laps 3

Testing continues next week starting at tuesday

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