Barcelona Friday: Grosjean puts Renault on top again

Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean topped the times on the second day of F1 testing in Barcelona Friday. Grosjean completed a full 60-lap race simulation in the Lotus, using Pirelli's soft and hard compounds.

He then went out and did a series of fast laps, setting the best time of time of 1m22.614s with just minutes remaining, on a set of soft tires.

Jean-Eric Vergne ended the day second, followed by twice World Champion Sebastian Vettel in 3rd with a time of 1m23.361.

Behind Vettel it was Fernando Alonso, who was using soft and medium compound tires.

Results

Pos

Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1. Grosjean Lotus 1m22.614s +0.000s 123
2. Vergne Toro Rosso 1m23.126s +0.512 31
3. Vettel Red Bull 1m23.361s +0.747 85
4. Alonso Ferrari 1m23.447s +0.833 124
5. Kovalainen Caterham 1m23.828s +1.214 104
6. Kobayashi Sauber 1m23.836s +1.222 77
7. Hulkenberg Force India 1m23.893s +1.279 33
8. Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.978s +1.364 79
9. Hamilton McLaren 1m24.111s +1.497 65
10. Senna Williams 1m24.925s +2.311 48
11. Maldonado Williams 1m25.801s +3.187 20