Pre-season testing in numbers

With the eight days of pre-season testing complete, who is prepared and on the pace, and who is on the back foot heading to Australia? We crunch the combined numbers from the two sessions at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya… 

Unofficial aggregate test times from Barcelona:

POS	DRIVER	TEAM/CAR	BEST TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari SF16-H	1:22.765		403
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	1:22.810	0.045	488
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:23.022	0.257	656
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes VJM09	1:23.110	0.345	357
5	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11	1:23.134	0.369	515
6	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes FW38	1:23.193	0.428	411
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes FW38	1:23.229	0.464	445
8	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11	1:23.382	0.617	534
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12	1:23.525	0.760	457
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:23.622	0.857	638
11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes VJM09	1:23.650	0.885	289
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault R.S.16	1:23.933	1.168	509
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12	1:24.293	1.528	360
14	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda MP4-31	1:24.714	1.949	377
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda MP4-31	1:24.735	1.970	333
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari C34/C35	1:24.760	1.995	455
17	Alfonso Celis	Force India-Mercedes VJM09	1:24.840	2.075	133
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault R.S.16	1:24.859	2.094	267
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing-Mercedes MRT05	1:24.913	2.148	252
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari C34/C35	1:25.031	2.266	383
21	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari VF-16	1:25.255	2.490	257
22	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari VF-16	1:25.422	2.657	217
23	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing-Mercedes MRT05	1:25.899	3.314	232

Total distance run - by team: 

TEAM	LAPS	KILOMETRES
Mercedes	1294	6024
Toro Rosso	1049	4883
Ferrari	891	4148
Williams	856	3985
Sauber	838	3901
Red Bull	817	3803
Force India	779	3626
Renault	776	3612
McLaren	710	3305
Manor	484	2253
Haas	474	2206

Total distance run - by power unit:

POWER UNIT (TEAMS)	LAPS	KILOMETRES
Mercedes (4)	3413	15888
Ferrari (4)	3252	15138
Renault [inc. TAG Heuer] (2)	1593	7415
Honda (1)	710	3305

Best times - by tyre compound:

COMPOUND	DRIVER	TEAM/CAR	BEST TIME
Ultrasoft	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari SF16-H	1:22.765
Supersoft	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	1:22.852
Soft	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari SF16-H	1:23.009
Medium	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:24.126
Hard	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes FW38	1:25.402

Longest stints - by tyre compound:

COMPOUND	DRIVER	TEAM/CAR	LAPS
Ultrasoft	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	7
	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes FW38	7
Supersoft	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	8
Soft	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes FW38	17
Medium	Kevin Magnussen	Renault R.S.16	30
Hard	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes FW38	26

Ferrari fastest as pre-season testing concludes in Barcelona

Sebastian Vettel ensured Ferrari top spot as the second and final pre-season test of 2016 came to its conclusion in Spain on Friday.

Vettel's morning benchmark of 1m 22.852s - set on the red-marked supersoft tyres - held over the afternoon. Ferrari therefore finished their pre-season having set the fastest overall time in each of the two tests, and on five of the eight days in total.

Vettel was also the day's busiest runner with 142 laps - a handful more than Carlos Sainz, who remained second for Toro Rosso. The Spaniard was the only driver in the top five to set his best lap on the new ultrasoft tyre.

Williams' Felipe Massa found the biggest gains in the afternoon to jump to third, fractionally ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez - who briefly triggered a red-flag period when he stopped at Turn 11.

Lewis Hamilton also brought proceedings to a halt when his Mercedes hit issues - a transmission problem - for the first time this year in the closing stages of the morning.

The Briton wound up fifth overall, while team mate Nico Rosberg - who took over for the Silver Arrows in the afternoon - propped up the timesheets in 13th.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren's Jenson Button and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson all broke the 100-lap barrier, and ended the day in sixth, seventh and ninth respectively.

Renault's Jolyon Palmer edged Ericsson for eighth, while behind Romain Grosjean put Haas 10th, marginally ahead of team mate Esteban Gutierrez - who subbed in for the final hours - and Manor's Rio Haryanto.

The latter managed just one installation lap as the team struggled with technical gremlins in the morning, but had clocked 58 laps when the chequered flag fell to bring the pre-season to a close.

Teams now have two weeks until the season-open in Grand Prix on March 18-20.

Friday's unofficial testing times from Barcelona

POS	Driver	Team/Car	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	1:22.852		142
2	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11	1:23.134	0.282	133
3	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes FW38	1:23.644	0.792	129
4	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes VJM09	1:23.721	0.869	60
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:24.133	1.281	69
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12	1:24.427	1.575	123
7	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda MP4-31	1:24.714	1.862	121
8	Jolyon Palmer	Renault R.S.16	1:24.859	2.007	90
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari C35	1:25.031	2.179	132
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari VF-16	1:25.255	2.403	66
11	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari VF-16	1:25.422	2.570	25
12	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing-Ferrari MRT05	1:25.899	3.047	58
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:26.140	3.288	70

F1 In Slow Motion

A nice looking video for you guys! I'll post the test results later when I get home.

Raikkonen fastest on the penultimate day of testing

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time seen so far in Formula One pre-season testing on Thursday, as the teams completed their penultimate day’s running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain.

Raikkonen clocked his quickest lap of 1m 22.765s - fractionally faster than team mate Sebastian Vettel's overall best from last week - late in the morning on Pirelli's new purple-marked ultrasoft tyre and it held up to keep him four-tenths clear of Williams’ Felipe Massa’s best, set on softs.

Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen also tried the ultrasoft and ended the day third and fourth respectively, the duo separated by just over a tenth of a second.

Nico Rosberg was next up for Mercedes, with the world champions once again focusing on longer runs on the medium tyre. Rosberg completed 80 laps in the morning before handing over to Lewis Hamilton who added a further 63 to the tally en route to 11th in the times.

Sauber's Felipe Nasr finished his final day in the new C35-Ferrari in sixth, fractions ahead of McLaren's Fernando Alonso, with both among the seven drivers to accumulate over 100 laps of running.

Pascal Wehrlein and Daniil Kvyat were eighth and ninth for Manor and Red Bull respectively, the former having the least productive day in terms of mileage with just 48 laps completed.

Jolyon Palmer was tenth for Renault, while former team mate Romain Grosjean completed the timesheets for Haas, the Frenchman having off-track excursions in both morning and afternoon and then ending the day stopped on track and prompting the red flags.

Thursday's unofficial testing times from Barcelona

POS	Driver	Team/Car	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari SF16-H	1:22.765		136
2	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes FW38	1:23.192	0.428	119
3	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes VJM09	1:23.251	0.486	137
4	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11	1:23.382	0.617	159
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:24.126	1.361	81
6	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari C35	1:24.760	1.995	116
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda MP4-31	1:24.870	2.105	118
8	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing-Ferrari MRT05	1:24.913	2.148	48
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12	1:25.141	2.376	121
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault R.S.16	1:26.224	3.459	98
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	1:26.488	3.723	63
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari VF-16	1:27.196	4.431	78