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Date published: February 27, 2019
The second week's testing was tough for Ferrari after a mechanical problem forced Sebastian Vettel to get into the race.
For the second day in a row, Scuderia had a troubled morning session. The SF90 slid off the track at Turn 3 and entered the barrier to abruptly stop the Vettel race.
Vettel had 40 laps on the board when the accident occurred and that the nose was damaged and that the suspension of the car prevented him from adding more points to his balance sheet on Wednesday. morning. He himself came out unscathed.
Charles Leclerc, limited to 29 laps Tuesday morning due to extensive checks on the SF90's cooling system, faces a long wait, while Ferrari announced just before lunch that it would only be "a few hours" before resuming his program. .
Vettel's accident triggered one of three red flags in the morning session at Circuit de Catalunya, while McLaren and Red Bull were both stuck on the track at the end of the pit lane.
The Carlos Sainz stop came shortly after climbing to the top of the standings with the fastest test time to date: a 1: 17.114 on compound C4.
That's twice as fast as Renault's previous best effort on the most versatile C5 tires set by Renault's Nico Hulkenberg.
McLaren's explanation is due to a loss of water pressure and late morning.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) also stopped at the end of the pit lane shortly after, but quickly found the track and is one of the leaders in the count of laps in Barcelona.
After effectively missing Tuesday's afternoon session, Valtteri Bottas, P4, resumed his activity with the W10, avoiding so far major dramas like Ferrari and accumulating 75 laps.
Meanwhile, Kimi Raikkonen's Alfa Romeo caught the eye as they wore mini-sharks on the car's nose, while Williams quietly continued his morning program as part of his rescue operation.
Time sheet of the second day (lunch break):
1 Carlos Sainz McLaren 1: 17.144 C4 56 laps
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1: 18.195 C3 40 laps
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1: 18.395 C3 71 turns
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 18.941 C3 75 laps
5 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1: 19.060 C3 36 rounds
6 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1: 19.194 C3 43 turns
7 Sergio Perez Racing Point 1: 19.202 C3 29 laps
8 Romain Grosjean Haas 1: 19.717 C2 42 turns
9 Robert Kubica Williams 1: 19.991 C4 57 turns
10 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1: 22.597 C2 72 laps
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