F1 preseason ends showing close field

Warm weather in Barcelona provided the backdrop for the final day of F1 preseason testing. Lewis Hamilton had a strong performance on the final day of testing at Barcelona in Spain on Sunday – setting the quickest time in qualifying simulations in the morning and also doing a impressive race distance simulation run in the afternoon.

Hamilton spent the morning focusing on qualifying simulation work.

His best time of 1m20.472 came while most of his potential title rivals were working on qualifying simulations too – and showed how competitive the field will be this year at least in terms of single lap pace with the top-8 separated by just 1/2-second.

Just two weeks from today, they will be racing in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Results

Pos Driver Car Time Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:20.472 134
2. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:20.496 61
3. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.539 114
4. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:20.611 100
5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:20.667 76
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:20.745 123
7. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1:20.870 84
8. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber 1:20.911 67
9. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:22.135 88
10. Robert Kubica Renault 1:23.175 107
11. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus 1:25.251 65
12. Lucas Di Grassi Virgin Racing 1:26.160 49