Vettel says Ferrari handling the way he asked for it

Vettel got the design changes he asked for and the car is responding

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel says he is happy with the handling of the SF16-H after he topped the timesheets for a second successive day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Vettel surged clear with a lap of 1:22.810 on the Ultra Soft tires shortly before the lunch break, as he finished the day seven tenths of a second ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.

Vettel will now hand over testing duties to team-mate Kimi Raikkonen for the remainder of the first test.

"So far the first thing that matters is that the car is reacting and doing what I asked for," said Vettel, who completed 126 laps before stopping on track during the final five minutes.

"Now obviously it is crucial that Kimi has a similar impression.

"We worked on a lot of things, it's a brand new car, which means there are a lot of new bits.

"We tried to understand how the car reacts, obviously we had an idea and certain expectation, but when you run the car on track it is always a bit different, you are then dealing with temperatures, cooling etc.

"Sometimes you have to stop a bit longer than necessary or than you really want, just to check, other times the driver goes off track, like I did this morning. But these things happen.

"Overall we are happy, but we know that we need now a lot of mileage."