2012 Barcelona Test 1

The first 2012 Barcelona Test was a four-day test session that started on February 21st and ended on February 24th.

The test took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

All teams bar HRT attended the session, while Marussia arrived with Virgin's 2011 car, the MVR-02. Lotus only completed seven laps on the first day, and withdrew from the rest of the session with a chassis issue.

Driver Running Order[]

Team	Car	Day 1 (Tue)	Day 2 (Wed)	Day 3 (Thu)	Day 4 (Fri)
Red Bull-Renault	RB8	Sebastian Vettel		Mark Webber
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	Lewis Hamilton		Jenson Button
Ferrari	F2012	Fernando Alonso		Felipe Massa
Mercedes	F1 W03	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg
Lotus-Renault	E20	Romain Grosjean	withdrew from test
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	Nico Hülkenberg		Paul di Resta
Sauber-Ferrari	C31	Sergio Pérez		Kamui Kobayashi
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	Daniel Ricciardo		Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams-Renault	FW34	Bruno Senna	Valtteri Bottas	Pastor Maldonado
Caterham-Renault	CT01	Heikki Kovalainen	Vitaly Petrov		Heikki Kovalainen
HRT-Cosworth	not attending
Marussia-Cosworth	MVR-02	Charles Pic		Timo Glock	Charles Pic

Best Times[]

Rank	Driver	Team	Car	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:22.312	244
2	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:22.391	240
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:22.608	191
4	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	C30	P	1:22.648	151
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:22.891	183
6	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:23.119	184
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:23.180	162
8	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	1:23.200	229
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	P	1:23.384	178
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:23.563	187
11	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	1:23.590	234
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:23.618	126
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:23.774	182
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:23.792	170
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	P	1:23.843	221
16	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:25.711	97
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:25.738	117
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:26.035	101
19	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	MVR-02^[1]	P	1:26.173	108
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:26.448	178
21	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:26.809	7
22	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	MVR-02^[1]	P	1:27.343	108

Day 1, 21st February[]

Rank	Driver	Team	Car	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:23.265	79
2	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:23.440	97
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	1:23.590	114
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:23.618	76
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:24.100	75
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	P	1:24.150	51
7	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:24.219	66
8	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:25.711	97
9	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:26.035	31
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:26.809	7
11	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	MVR-02^[1]	P	1:28.026	121

Day 2, 22nd February[]

Rank	Driver	Team	Car	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:22.648	112
2	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:22.648	85
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:22.891	104
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:23.180	87
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:23.639	50
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	1:23.806	120
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	P	1:24.555	82
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:25.738	117
9	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:26.605	69
10	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	MVR-02^[1]	P	1:27.343	108

Day 3, 23rd February[]

Rank	Driver	Team	Car	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:22.391	106
2	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	P	1:23.384	127
3	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:23.582	99
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	1:23.918	114
5	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:24.433	78
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:24.771	97
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:24.771	84
8	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:25.646	83
9	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	MVR-02^[1]	P	1:26.173	108
10	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:26.448	70

Day 4, 24th February[]

Rank	Driver	Team	Car	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:22.312	145
2	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:22.561	134
3	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:23.119	101
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	P	1:23.200	115
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:23.563	103
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:23.774	85
7	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:23.792	92
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	P	1:23.843	139
9	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:26.968	70

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 2011 Virgin car

V T E	2012 Formula One Season
Teams	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Lotus \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Williams \| Caterham \| HRT \| Marussia
Engines	Renault \| Mercedes \| Ferrari \| Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel \| 2 Webber \| 3 Button \| 4 Hamilton \| 5 Alonso \| 6 Massa \| 7 Schumacher \| 8 Rosberg \| 9 Räikkönen \| 10 Grosjean \| 10 D'Ambrosio \| 11 Di Resta \| 12 Hülkenberg \| 14 Kobayashi \| 15 Pérez \| 16 Ricciardo \| 17 Vergne \| 18 Maldonado \| 19 Senna \| 20 Kovalainen \| 21 Petrov \| 22 De la Rosa \| 23 Karthikeyan \| 24 Glock \| 25 Pic
Other Drivers	Buemi \| Paffett \| Turvey \| Rigon \| Bird \| Bianchi \| Daly \| Gutiérrez \| Bottas \| Wolff \| Van der Garde \| Rossi \| González \| Clos \| Luizzi \| de Villota \| Chilton
Cars	RB8 \| MP4-27 \| F2012 \| F1 W03 \| E20 \| VJM05 \| C31 \| STR7 \| FW34 \| CT01 \| F112 \| MR01
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia \| Malaysia \| China \| Bahrain \| Spain \| Monaco \| Canada \| Europe \| Britain \| Germany \| Hungary \| Belgium \| Italy \| Singapore \| Japan \| Korea \| India \| Abu Dhabi \| United States \| Brazil
Team Reports	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Lotus \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Williams \| Caterham \| HRT \| Marussia
Driver Reports	Vettel \| Webber \| Button \| Hamilton \| Alonso \| Massa \| Schumacher \| Rosberg \| Räikkönen \| Grosjean \| di Resta \| Hülkenberg \| Kobayashi \| Pérez \| Ricciardo \| Vergne \| Maldonado \| Senna \| Kovalainen \| Petrov \| de la Rosa \| Karthikeyan \| Karthikeyan \| Glock \| Pic
Tests	Jerez \| Barcelona 1 \| Barcelona 2 \| Mugello \| Young Driver
See also	2011 Formula One Season \| 2013 Formula One Season \| Bahrain GP protests \| Category

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