Barcelona day three : The team to focus on a full day of running

The penultimate day of pre-season testing – and Checo’s final day in MP4-28 before Melbourne. For the first time this week, weather conditions were stable and favourable: it was bright and sunny all day, which allowed the team to focus on a full day of running.

The morning was devoted to evaluating a number of different mechanical set-ups. The team then committed to a series of system changes over the lunchbreak before kicking off with a long run in the afternoon. Some live pitstop practice was also included – allowing Checo to get a feel for racing with the team in Australia later this month.

What’s next

The final day: Jenson resumes running duties, and will wrap up our pre-season evaluation ofMP4-28 with more aero and mechanical set-up work.

Test dates

Four days (February 28 - March 3)

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1m 20.558s	117
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m 21.266s	94
3	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1m 21.627s	109
4	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1m 22.305s	34
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1m 22.468s	31
6	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	1m 22.553s	99
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1m 22.658s	59
8	Sergio Perez	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1m 22.694s	101
9	Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m 23.223s	114
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1m 23.380s	46
11	Davide Valsecchi	Lotus	1m 23.448s	16
12	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	1m 24.028s	74
13	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	1m 24.235s	126