2010 F1 testing live: 28th February

Posted by Mikel on February 28th, 2010 at 11:55pm

It’s deadline day for the F1 teams – today is their last chance to test their cars before they head out to Bahrain for the first race of 2010, just two weeks from now.

We’re expecting to see a few low-fuel runs which should give us an idea who’s got the best ultimate pace.

I’m at the track to follow testing as it happens – join us below to see how the crucial final day unfolds.

Times from today’s test

Driver	Car	Best time	Laps	Difference
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25	80.472	134	0
Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault RB6	80.496	61	0.024
Felipe Massa	Ferrari F10	80.539	114	0.067
Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes VJM03	80.667	100	0.195
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault RB6	80.667	76	0.195
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes W01	80.745	123	0.273
Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth FW32	80.87	84	0.398
Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29	80.911	67	0.439
Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5	82.135	88	1.663
Robert Kubica	Renault R30	83.175	107	2.703
Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth T127	85.251	64	4.779
Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth VR-01	86.16	49	5.688

Testing notes

Several teams used the brief period of dry running yesterday to do some race distance simulations which gave us some useful insight into how quick they are.

The weather looks set to remain dry throughout today’s test so we should see some more representative runs throughout the day.

Today’s testing line-up

McLaren MP4-25 – Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes W01 – Michael Schumacher
Red Bull RB6 – Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
Ferrari F10 – Felipe Massa
Williams FW32 – Rubens Barrichello
BMW Sauber C29 – Kamui Kobayashi
Renault R30 – Robert Kubica
Force India VJM03 – Adrian Sutil
Toro Rosso STR5 – Sebastien Buemi
Virgin VR-01 – Lucas di Grassi
Lotus T127 – Heikki Kovalainen

The track: Circuit de Catalunya

The final test of 2010 is being held at the Circuit de Catalunya, where the teams will return later this year for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Rubens Barrichello set the fastest time during last year’s Spanish Grand Prix race weekend with a 1′19.954 in Q2. The fastest lap of the race itself was also set by Barrichello, a 1′22.762,

For further comparison, Valentino Rossi lapped the track in a 2008-specification Ferrari on GP2 slick tyres in a time of 1′21.900 earlier this year.

Live Tweets and times

Check out MSFree.gr for live times from the track during the test.

Here’s the latest Tweets from people at the track (plus me):

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