F1 Testing Day 4: Raikkonen leads at Barcelona (2nd Update)

UPDATE Final results of the final day of F1 testing for this week. Mercedes never ran the soft or the super-soft tires so the results are meaningless until Mercedes stops sandbagging

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 78 laps 1m 23.477s
2. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-TAG-Heuer 95 laps 1m 24.293s
3. Alfonso Celis Mexico Force India-Mercedes 75 laps 1m 24.840s
4. Kevin Magnussen Denmark Renault-Renault 153 laps 1m 25.263s
5. Max Verstappen Netherlands Toro Rosso-Ferrari 110 laps 1m 26.393s

02/25/16 Times as of 5 PM on the last day of testing:

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 73 laps 1m 23.477s
2. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-TAG-Heuer 85 laps 1m 24.293s
3. Kevin Magnussen Denmark Renault-Renault 142 laps 1m 25.263s
4. Max Verstappen Netherlands Toro Rosso-Ferrari 110 laps 1m 26.393s
5. Alfonso Celis Mexico Force India-Mercedes 59 laps 1m 25.874s
6. Felipe Nasr Brazil Sauber-Ferrari 96 laps 1m 26.053s
7. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 62 laps 1m 26.187s
8. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 99 laps 1m 26.295s
9. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Haas-Ferrari 89 laps 1m 27.802s
10. Rio Haryanto Indonesia MRT-Mercedes 51 laps 1m 28.266s
11. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 34 laps 1m 28.648s
12. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Honda 3 laps No time

The new Ferrari is faster than everyone except the sandbagging Mercedes

02/25/16

Kimi Raikkonen turned the fast lap in morning on Day 4 of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona

Late in the morning the Ferrari driver strapped on the soft compound Pirelli tires and claimed the fastest time with a 1m 24.460s.

Raikkonen then came out on the new purple-banded ultra-soft Pirelli tires and went almost a full second quicker to set the third quickest time of the test overall with a 1m 23.477s.

Fernando Alonso suffered fresh frustrations at Barcelona on Thursday morning when unspecified technical issues on his McLaren-Honda left him confined to the garage.

McLaren had got off to an encouraging start after completing 254 laps on the opening three days, before Jenson Button was stopped with a fire caused by an hydraulic leak on Wednesday afternoon.

Fernando Alonso in his McLaren slug

With work taking place overnight, McLaren had been able to get Alonso out of the garage almost immediately at soon at testing began on Thursday morning.

But after three installation laps, the team discovered some issues with water pressure so set about more detailed checks on the car to see what was wrong.

Mechanics were seen removing the engine cover and working at the rear of the car, meaning Alonso was forced to sit out and wait.

Honda Tweeted that it hoped the Spaniard would be back in action before the end of the day.

Full testing times from the second day of the first F1 test of the 2016 pre-season from the Circuit de Catalunya – Day 4 1pm.

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 58 laps 1m 23.477s
2. Kevin Magnussen Denmark Renault-Renault 67 laps 1m 25.263s
3. Max Verstappen Netherlands Toro Rosso-Ferrari 73 laps 1m 26.393s
4. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-TAG-Heuer 57 laps 1m 25.900s
5. Felipe Nasr Brazil Sauber-Ferrari 50 laps 1m 26.053s*
6. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 96 laps 1m 26.295s
7. Alfonso Celis Mexico Force India-Mercedes 36 laps 1m 26.875s
8. Rio Haryanto Indonesia MRT-Mercedes 43 laps 1m 28.266s
9. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 33 laps 1m 28.648s
10. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Haas-Ferrari 26 laps 1m 29.088s
11. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Honda 3 laps No time
12. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 0 laps No time***

*denotes 2015 Sauber
**denotes morning session only
***denotes afternoon session so-far