The First 2015 Barcelona Test will be the second official test session of the 2015 Formula One season. It will take place between 19th and 22th February 2015 over four days. The circuit is the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Manor and Caterham will not attend the test.[1] Force India will not use the VJM08 for the test,[2] instead using the VJM07.[3]
Driver running order
- ^ 2014 car.
- * Wehrlein took over in Mercedes for the afternoon session of the opening day after Hamilton received an illness,[9] while Pérez took over for Wehrlein in Force India.[5] Hamilton took over for Rosberg in the afternoon of the second day to ensure that Rosberg's injured neck is not over-stressed.[10]
Overview
Report
Day 1
Lewis Hamilton was only able to do 11 laps when he suffered an illness and could not take part for the rest of the day. Pascal Wehrlein, who was driving for Force India, was called to Mercedes to take over for Hamilton,[9] while Sergio Pérez took Wehrlein's place in Force India.[5]
More drama occurred for McLaren when their car's power unit received a faulty seal on its MGU-K. Jenson Button could only complete 21 laps before the problem struck.[15]
The afternoon session was delayed for twenty minutes when Felipe Nasr caused a crash with Susie Wolff at Turn 5. Wolff was on an outlap, when Nasr, who was on a hotlap, was moving back onto the racing line in the braking zone after he stayed wide on the exit of Turn 4 so to overtake. The collision caused extensive damage to Nasr's car, including its rear wing which ripped off.[16] Afterwards, Wolff claimed that the accident, where Nasr came across with his rear right hitting her front left and leaving her car with a damaged front suspension, was "an unnecessary coming together."[17] Nasr explained: "She was driving quite slow in front of me. As I did Turn Four I caught up. I saw her moving to the right so I thought she knew I was coming. I committed myself to braking on the inside and as I was doing the braking I felt a big hit on my rear suspension so I think she never saw me coming." Wolff, however, blamed Nasr for the accident, saying: "I most certainly didn't apologise. In my mind I had nothing to apologise for. I stayed completely on my line. I didn't expect him to move across as aggressively as he did and he hit my front left with his rear. It was an unfortunate incident but one I couldn't have avoided. I went straight over to him and said: 'What the hell went on?' And he was a bit speechless, and so was I. It was one of those things that you think: 'How did that just happen?'"[5]
Pastor Maldonado set the fastest time of the day, with a time of 1:25.011, only 0.156 seconds ahead of Kimi Räikkönen.[18]
Day 2
On the previous day, Nico Rosberg received an inflamed nerve in his neck.[5] However, he recovered in time for the second day,[19] although Hamilton, who felt a bit better from his illness, took over for the afternoon so that the Mercedes team ensures Rosberg's neck is not over-stressed and is okay for running on the final day completely.[10]
Day 3
Day 4
Best times
By day
By driver
Times
Day One, 19 February
Source: [20]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Car | Tyres | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pastor Maldonado
|
 Lotus-Mercedes
|
E23 Hybrid | P | 1:25.011 | 69 | |
| 2 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Ferrari
|
SF15-T | P | 1:25.167 | +0.156 | 74 |
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Red Bull-Renault
|
RB11 | P | 1:25.547 | +0.536 | 59 |
| 4 |  Sergio Pérez
|
 Force India-Mercedes
|
VJM07* | P | 1:26.636 | +1.625 | 34 |
| 5 |  Felipe Nasr
|
 Sauber-Ferrari
|
C34 | P | 1:27.307 | +2.296 | 79 |
| 6 |  Max Verstappen
|
Toro Rosso-Renault
|
STR10 | P | 1:27.900 | +2.889 | 94 |
| 7 | Jenson Button
|
McLaren-Honda
|
MP4-30 | P | 1:28.182 | +3.171 | 21 |
| 8 |  Pascal Wehrlein
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
VJM07* | P | 1:28.329 | +3.318 | 32 |
| 9 | Pascal Wehrlein
|
Mercedes
|
W06 Hybrid | P | 1:28.489 | +3.478 | 48 |
| 10 | Susie Wolff
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
FW37 | P | 1:28.906 | +3.895 | 86 |
| 11 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
W06 Hybrid | P | 1:30.429 | +5.418 | 11 |
* 2014 car.
Day Two, 20 February
Day Three, 21 February
Day Four, 22 February
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Collantine, Keith (18 February 2015). "Driver line-up confirmed for Barcelona test". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/02/18/driver-line-up-confirmed-for-barcelona-test/. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (6 February 2015). "Force India no vote on Marussia request not money-driven - Fernley". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/31169562. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Force India to run Mercedes' Wehrlein at Barcelona test". formula1.com. 18 February 2015. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/2/16817.html. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ↑ "Ferrari finalises Barcelona test schedule". GPupdate.net. 12 February 2015. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/321927/ferrari-finalises-barcelona-test-schedule/. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Benson, Andrew (19 February 2015). "Lewis Hamilton withdraws and Susie Wolff crashes in testing". BBC Sport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/31533960. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Palmer to make Lotus debut at Barcelona test". formula1.com. 18 February 2015. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/2/16816.html. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "McLaren confirms Barcelona test line-up". GPupdate.net. 10 February 2015. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/321862/mclaren-confirms-barcelona-test-line-up/. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "Mercedes announces line-up for 2015 first Barcelona test". thisisf1.com. ThisisF1. 13 February 2015. http://thisisf1.com/2015/02/13/mercedes-announces-line-2015-first-barcelona-test/. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Unwell Hamilton withdraws from opening day of testing". formula1.com. 19 February 2015. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/2/16819.html. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Sportsday - rolling sports news". BBC Sport. 20 February 2015. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/31042962. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Sauber F1 Team Twitter (6:48 AM - 11 Feb 2015 Tweet)". twitter.com. Twitter. 11 February 2015. https://twitter.com/SauberF1Team/status/565522777726517248. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "Test Two: Driver Line-up". Red Bull Racing. Red Bull Racing Limited. 17 February 2015. http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/article/test-twodriver-line. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Toro Rosso announces line-up for 2015 first Barcelona test". thisisf1.com. ThisisF1. 13 February 2015. http://thisisf1.com/2015/02/13/toro-rosso-announces-line-2015-first-barcelona-test/. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Galloway, James; Gill, Pete (18 February 2015). "Susie Wolff, Jolyon Palmer & Pascal Wehrlein face a testing time in Barcelona". Sky Sports. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9719192/susie-wolff-to-kick-off-williams-barcelona-test-programme. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Early day-one exit for McLaren after power unit issue". formula1.com. 19 February 2015. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/2/16820.html. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Esler, William (19 February 2015). "Susie Wolff crashes out of Barcelona test after collision with Felipe Nasr". Sky Sports. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/31755/9721564/susie-wolff-was-involved-in-a-crash-with-felipe-nasr-during-her-outing-for-williams. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Wolff blames Nasr for 'unnecessary' accident". ESPN F1. ESPN Sport UK. 19 February 2015. http://www.espn.co.uk/williams/motorsport/story/191763.html. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Gill, Pete (19 February 2015). "Barcelona test: Lotus set pace as Ferrari impress again and McLaren's woes continue". Sky Sports. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12430/9721766/barcelona-test-lotus-set-pace-as-ferrari-impress-again-and-mclarens-woes-continue. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "MERCEDES AMG F1 Twitter (11:18 PM - 19 Feb 2015 Tweet)". twitter.com. Twitter. https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/568670990366056448. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Maldonado quickest for Lotus on first day of second test". formula1.com. 19 February 2015. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/2/16821.html. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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