Bahrain test in numbers - who went fastest, and furthest

Whereas the opening pre-season test in Spain was effectively an extended shake-down, this week’s session in Bahrain allowed at least some of the teams to start discovering the true performance of their 2014 machines.

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg topped the overall times, but which teams completed the most mileage - and with which power unit?

This week’s unofficial aggregate test times from Bahrain
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m 33.283s, 174 laps
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m 34.263s, 141 laps
3. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m 34.910s, 127 laps
4. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m 34.957s, 169 laps
5. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m 36.445s, 137 laps
6. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m 36.516s, 161 laps
7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m 36.718s, 126 laps
8. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m 37.066s, 65 laps
9. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m 37.180s, 151 laps
10. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1m 37.328s, 171 laps
11. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m 37.367s, 76 laps
12. Felipe Nasr, Williams, 1m 37.569s, 87 laps
13. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1m 38.707s, 85 laps
14. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m 38.974s, 57 laps
15. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m 39.837s, 43 laps
16. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m 39.855s, 83 laps
17. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m 40.224s, 73 laps
18. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m 40.443s, 89 laps
19. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m 40.472s, 77 laps
20. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1m 41.670s, 26 laps 
21. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m 42.130s, 102 laps
22. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1m 42.511s, 21 laps
23. Robin Frijns, Caterham, 1m 42.534s, 68 laps
24. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, no time, 8 laps

Total laps run - by team (power unit, where different):
1. Williams (Mercedes), 323
2. Mercedes, 315
3. McLaren (Mercedes), 296
4. Ferrari, 287
5. Caterham (Renault), 253
6. Sauber (Ferrari), 240
7. Force India (Mercedes), 213
8. Toro Rosso (Renault), 134
9. Red Bull (Renault), 116
10. Lotus (Renault), 111
11. Marussia (Ferrari), 29

Total laps run - by power unit:
1. Mercedes, 1147 (4 teams)
2. Renault, 614 (4 teams)
3. Ferrari, 556 (3 teams)

(source: f1.com)

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Rapid Rosberg keeps Mercedes ahead on final day in Bahrain

The second of 2014’s three pre-season tests drew to a close in Bahrain on Saturday, with Mercedes leading the way by a clear margin. Nico Rosberg’s best lap of 1m 33.283 was over 1.5s quicker than that of nearest rival, McLaren’s Jenson Button, and a second faster than team mate Lewis Hamilton’s P1 time from Friday.

“This morning we were able to try some qualifying practice runs which felt good, meaning I could attack the lap a bit as I found a good balance,” said Rosberg, whose best time was the fastest of the week. “Later in the day we did a race simulation, which was crucial to learn all the new things in the car. There was a lot of feedback from the engineers, so my head was full of information!”

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was third in the timesheets after a programme of set-up work and practice starts, despite a late crash which brought the day’s running to an end five minutes early.

“We have managed to improve some things compared to Jerez and we continue to understand more about the behaviour of the car,” Raikkonen told Ferrari’s website. “We tried various solutions to try and be as well prepared as possible for next week’s test and for the start of the season. Hitting the barrier? I spun on the kerb at the exit of turn 4, these things can happen! Luckily, it was right at the end of the day, I’m only sorry because it means the team now has more work to do.”

Raikkonen was followed on the timesheet by Williams debutant Felipe Nasr, the Brazilian making an impressive first appearance as the team’s new test and reserve driver.

“I am very happy to have driven a Formula One car for the first time, and reaching 87 laps made it also a very productive day,” said Nasr. “There were so many things going through my head before sitting in the car. It was what I was expecting though: very different to any other car I have ever driven with the amount of downforce, brake efficiency and the power. It was a learning process for me, but I was giving feedback to the engineers all day and I think we found some good things. I'm so pleased to have had this opportunity and I am now looking forward to the next time.”

“(Felipe) did a very good job for us,” added Williams’ chief test and support engineer, Rod Nelson. “We were keen for him to get some experience of the FW36 under his belt as it's important that he gets up to speed quickly so he can help us with the development of the car. He had a very sensible measured approach so we are happy with what we have seen so far. He gives good feedback, works well with his engineers and is also quick, and so we couldn't ask for more and are also looking forward to running him at some races this season.”

Lotus completed their first test of the year (having missed the Jerez opener) with Pastor Maldonado fifth fastest after a day described by the team as their ‘most productive so far’.

“We gained a lot more laps today and it was good for me to get time in the car,” said Maldonado. “There was a lot of work with different settings, aero runs and similar which meant there was quite a lot to think about, but I think it all went well. The car was much more reliable which has helped with our work and hopefully it’s a good sign for next week.”

Sixth place went to Force India’s Sergio Perez, despite his day ending just before lunch with a drivetrain issue, while Red Bull had yet another frustrating session, as first a software problem, then a mechanical issue and some car damage meant Daniel Ricciardo was able to complete only 15 laps en route to seventh place overall in his Renault-powered RB10.

"In all honesty it wasn't a great day today," said Ricciardo. "I guess we still need more time. We have four more days coming up and hopefully we can maximise those. I have to say that on the run we did today the car did feel better. But unfortunately another problem arose and we couldn't exploit that potential. I hope we can do more running next week. I'm happy I'm doing the first two days. At this stage we just need laps and I'm just hanging to get back in the car."

It was a similar story at Red Bull’s sister team Toro Rosso, where more teething problems with their identically powered STR9 limited Jean-Eric Vergne to 19 laps and eighth on the timesheet

“There’s no point in making negative comments, because everyone knows we are facing major problems and we are not alone in that,” commented Vergne. “We knew when we came to Bahrain that there had not been enough time since the previous test to have solved all our issues.

“On the positive side, we have managed to fix some of them now. Also, even if I have not done so many laps, it’s clear from those I have managed to complete, that Toro Rosso has done a good job to give me a car that feels nice to drive, if we talk about the elements that used to be the main topics before this year, such as the aero and mechanical side of the package.

“It’s frustrating, but we need to keep calm and not get stressed as there are still a few weeks before Melbourne. We will try again here in Bahrain starting on Thursday. Clearly, in Melbourne, just finishing the race will mean you have a good chance of scoring points.”

The final Renault-powered team, Caterham, had both Kamui Kobayashi and team mate Marcus Ericsson on track during the day, though an electrical problem on the CT05 meant they racked up just 21 laps between them as they ended the day ninth and tenth respectively.

“Overall this has been a positive test for us and Renault who have made good progress from where we were in Jerez,” said Jody Egginton, Caterham’s deputy technical director. “The multiple red flags throughout the four days hurt us and all the teams but we’ve run more laps than any of the other Renault powered cars and have made substantial progress on understanding how to operate the 2014 package, as well as completing significant long run mileage that has given us a lot of useful data on the car, power unit and the 2014 tyres.

“It’s obviously disappointing that we had limited running today due to an electrical issue with the Power Unit but we worked hard throughout the day to rectify that problem with Renault and add more mileage for the last hour, so it wasn’t a wasted day by any means.

“Pace-wise, Kamui’s time on day two was the first time we started really pushing overall performance and we know there is a lot more to come, from the Power Unit and the car in general, so we have plenty of reasons to be positive ahead of the final test here in Bahrain.”

At the bottom of the timesheet, neither Sauber’s Adrian Sutil nor Marussia’s Jules Bianchi recorded a time. Sutil’s running was limited to seven laps by a problem with an interior part of the C33’s monocoque, which required a chassis change, while Bianchi ran just five laps at the end of day due to continuing component reliability issues on the MR03.

The final pre-season test, again in Bahrain, takes place over four days next week from February 27-March 2.

Unofficial Saturday test times from Bahrain
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m 33.283s, 89 laps
2. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m 34.957s, 66 laps
3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m 36.718s, 82 laps
4. Felipe Nasr, Williams, 1m 37.569s, 87 laps
5. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1m 38.707s, 59 laps
6. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m 39.258s, 19 laps
7. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m 39.837s, 15 laps
8. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m 40.472s, 19 laps
9. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m 43.027s, 17 laps
10. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m 45.094s, 4 laps
11. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, no time, 7 laps
12. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, no time, 5 laps

(source: f1.com)

Hamilton on top for Mercedes on day three in Bahrain

Lewis Hamilton recorded the fastest lap of the week as he sent Mercedes to the top of the timesheets on the third day of pre-season testing at Sakhir.

The 2008 world champion leapt to the head of the field during Friday’s morning session, with McLaren’s Jenson Button the only driver to come close to matching Hamilton’s furious pace.

“It was nice to be able to put together a good lap today because generally speaking there seems to be less grip available than last year,” said a pleased Hamilton. 

“I'm looking forward to completing a race simulation next week as we didn't quite get to finish it today. We're trying to find any issues we can now to prevent them happening during a race situation, so from that perspective it's a positive that we were able to find and fix something again today. 

“The car seems to be responding well to my style of driving and the power unit is looking promising, with all of the Mercedes-powered team completing good mileage. We won't know where we are for definite until we get to Melbourne so we're just continuing to focus on our run programmes, keep positive and look forward; the team has done a great job to get where we are today so we just need to keep that going.”

Button was a long way off Hamilton’s pace at lunch, but edged closer to his former team mate during a busy afternoon period. The Briton completed 103 laps in total in the Mercedes-powered MP4-29 - more than anyone else managed on the day.

Felipe Massa took over the FW36 from Williams team mate Valtteri Bottas in the afternoon and set the third fastest time of the day. The Brazilian and the Finn spent much of their sessions working on pitstop practice, with Bottas failing to register a time as a result. 

“We ended up doing 43 live pitstops and went through our race start procedures,” confirmed Rod Nelson, Williams’ chief test and support engineer. 

“We then did some chassis work at the end of the day with Felipe to try and make up for some of the time he lost on day one. We are happy with how it has gone today. The car is proving to be solid and we are getting a good handle on things including starts performance and all the practical homework we need to do before we go racing in Melbourne. Overall, we are making good progress.”

Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez saw off compatriot Sergio Perez in the Force India for the fourth best time, although Perez admitted that he was still coming to terms with driving the VJM07.

“Although I did two days of testing in Jerez, today was my first proper experience of the car with everything working as planned,” he said. 

“There was a small delay this morning, but the rest of the day was interesting and we were able to do some good work in preparation for Melbourne. The first time I drove the car in Jerez it felt very different, but after today I am already getting used to the feeling. There’s less dowforce this year and lots of power so it’s an interesting challenge.”

The sixth fastest time went to Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen who endured a interrupted session. The Finn’s day began with some aerodynamic and set-up work, but after 12 laps the team encountered a problem with the data connection to the telemetry which required the system to be recalibrated and reactivated.

“We didn’t do as many kilometres as we had been hoping for because even though the problem was a minor one, it still took a while to fix,” explained Raikkonen. 

“It shows how complicated these new systems are, but in the afternoon we managed to run consistently. It was useful in terms of getting used to the environment inside the cockpit after the Jerez test and to check some settings relating to the balance of the car.”

Toro Rosso rookie Daniil Kvyat was pleased to have got 57 laps under his belt after limited running on previous days, but Pastor Maldonado was less fortunate, completing only 26 laps and bringing out the red flags twice as Lotus’s teething troubles with the E22 continued.

Sharing Lotus’s frustration were fellow Renault runners Red Bull, who were forced to halt Daniel Ricciardo’s running before the end of the session because of a mechanical problem. 

“After yesterday’s good work we had another positive period overnight with the car build, which we’re getting quite good at, and it looked good this morning,” explained Red Bull’s race engineering co-ordinator, Andy Damerum. 

“We were focused on short runs for Daniel, as the car feels very different to the one we had in Jerez and we wanted to build things up gradually for him. We made more changes over lunch and in doing so we came across a mechanical issue that we hadn’t encountered before and because of its nature it means we have to take the car apart. 

“As everyone in the pit lane is finding out this is a long process, so we decided to suspend running in the afternoon so that we can be ready for the final day. These issues are of course frustrating but this was unrelated to the others so it’s just a case of tackling each issue as it appears. A tough night in prospect but we hope to get a good day in tomorrow.”

Caterham completed the most laps of any of the four Renault-powered cars, with Marcus Ericsson’s tally of 98 laps taking him over the 300km threshold required for an F1 superlicence. 

“The boys have worked really hard today and we’ve pretty much had no issues which meant I could just get on with the program, and that was the main goal for today,” the Swedish rookie said.

“Performance-wise there’s still a lot more to come, both from the car and the engine. The times today didn’t really mean anything, and although it’s always nice to put in a quicker time, we’ve been doing pretty long runs all day and just working through the plan. Now I can’t wait to get back in the car again and hopefully our reliability record so far will hold up.”

The final driver to set a time was Marussia’s Max Chilton, although the Briton was only able to complete four laps before stopping out on track because of a problem with the MR03’s Ferrari engine.

The second test concludes in Bahrain on Saturday.

Unofficial Thursday test times from Bahrain
1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m34.263s, 67 laps
2. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m34.976s, 103 laps
3. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m37.066s, 60 laps
4. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m37.180s, 96 laps
5. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m37.367s, 57 laps
6. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m37.476s, 44 laps
7. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m38.974s, 57 laps
8. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1m39.642s, 26 laps
9. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m40.781s, 28 laps
10. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m42.130s, 98 laps
11. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1m46.672s, 4 laps
12. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, no time, 55 laps

(source: f1.com)

Magnussen leads the way for McLaren on day two in Bahrain

Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen continued his impressive pre-season form by going quickest on the second day of testing in Sakhir on Thursday. 

The McLaren driver’s fastest time was over 1.5s faster than the next-best effort, set by Nico Hulkenberg of Force India. 

“It’s a dream every time I get in the car: it’s just so cool to be here and to be driving - I’m really enjoying it," said Magnussen.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t get too many laps done this morning, but it was good to get some laps done at the end of the day. The afternoon was good for us, and we worked through our problems.

“The team is doing a great job to help me: they’re giving me really good guidance and making me feel confident. There’s a lot of discussion about laptimes, and it feels good to get some good times recorded, but winter testing is just that – testing. It isn’t about times. 

“We’re still learning a lot about the car. We have four more days of testing next week and there’s still a lot of work to do. I’m sure everything up and down the pitlane will change a lot between now and Australia."

Hulkenberg, Wednesday's pacesetter, completed 13 more laps than Magnussen - 59 - but not as many as Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso who racked up 97 circuits for the third fastest time of the day. The Spaniard started the morning with some aerodynamic tests, before undertaking a detailed evaluation of adjustments made to all the operating systems linked to the power unit, including energy recovery and release

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg posted the fourth best time on the board, despite causing two red flag periods in the morning when his F1 W05 stopped on track with technical problems.

“Our day today was slightly troubled compared to other recent days; however, we still managed to get a lot of mileage done,” said Mercedes’ technical chief Paddy Lowe. 

“We experimented with the medium tyre and found this to be a slight improvement on the harder compound with more consistency. We're working to understand the issues that delayed running at various times throughout the day and this is exactly why we go testing as it gives us a good chance to resolve them before the racing begins. 

“It's pleasing to see that all the Mercedes-Benz powered cars are achieving good mileage up and down the pit lane, which gives us a great base to work from going forwards.”

The busiest driver on circuit on Thursday was Williams’ Valterri Bottas who made it around the Sakhir track 116 times in the Mercedes-powered FW35. The Finn also recorded the fifth best lap of the day as the Grove-based team made up for the time they lost on Wednesday with technical gremlins.

“Having spent yesterday dealing with an apparent fuel system problem we tracked it down to a wiring-loom manufacturing issue late last night,” confirmed Williams’ chief test and support engineer, Rod Nelson. 

“With this repaired the result was the mileage that we achieved today. We are still getting to know the car performance wise, but it's good to see that we are getting some good reliability out of it. Every time we run the FW36 we are understanding it more and more. We tested some aero components and systems this morning before completing a race simulation this afternoon which, aside from having to stop briefly for a red flag, went to plan.”

Behind Bottas, Kamui Kobayashi staged a late charge for Caterham to lift himself to sixth on the timesheets, one place above reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel.

“It’s still too early to know where we really are, but being able to build the mileage every day is the only way we’ll be able to get the most out of the car,” explained Kobayashi. 

“Reliability is going to be so important this year, and it’s good that the issues we’ve had here have been fixed well enough to allow us to keep running. It’s also good to finish the day with a relatively quicker lap, but even though everyone knows lap times don’t really mean anything in the tests, it’s good for the team to start to see us unlocking some of the car’s performance.”

After more car troubles on Wendesday, Vettel was finally able to register a healthy lap count, with his Thursday tally of 59 more than Red Bull had achieved over the five previous test days combined. 

“Definitely a better day today,” said the German, who will hand the RB10 over to team mate Daniel Ricciardo on Friday. 

“We did more laps, so that’s encouraging. It’s good to check the car, check the reliability, but obviously there is a lot still to do. It was good to get a proper first feel for the car and it feels OK but there’s a lot more to come. 

“It’s difficult to talk about catching up [to rivals] because I don’t know what other people are doing, but we did more laps than we have done so far and that’s the big thing. We’re learning every single lap, even if the quality of the lap is sometimes not the best. However, the most important thing is to run and we did that. The last two days have been very useful. I hope Daniel can get some more good laps in tomorrow.”

Red Bull’s sister squad, Toro Rosso, also enjoyed a better day of activity as Jean-Eric Vergne completed 58 laps in Renault-powered STR9 for eighth place overall. The Frenchman’s best time was marginally quicker than the fastest lap that Esteban Gutierrez could muster for Sauber, but the Mexican’s afternoon running was compromised by an electrical problem on the C33-Ferrari.

The final two slots on the timesheets were occupied by Lotus’s Romain Grosjean and Marussia’s Max Chilton, both of whom failed to break the 20 lap marker because of technical issues.

Unofficial Thursday test times from Bahrain
1. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m34.910s, 46 laps
2. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m36.445s, 59 laps
3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m36.516s, 97 laps
4. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m36.965s, 85 laps
5. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1m37.328s, 116 laps
6. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m39.855s, 66 laps
7. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m40.340s, 59 laps
8. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m40.609s, 58 laps
9. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m40.717s, 55 laps
10. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1m41.670s, 18 laps 
11. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1m42.511s, 17 laps

(source: f1.com)

Hulkenberg sets the pace for Force India in Bahrain

Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg topped the timesheets as the second pre-season test of 2014 got underway in Bahrain on Wednesday.

The German, who completed 78 laps in the Mercedes-powered VJM07, edged out Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton with a lap time that was some 0.081s quicker than last year’s fastest race lap in Sakhir. 

“A very positive and satisfying day,” commented Hulkenberg. “We had a busy programme and we learned a lot. Time in the car is very valuable at the moment and so it feels good to cover so many laps and even complete two long runs at the end of the day. That gave me a chance to see how the car behaves and to start getting a feel for it, which was not something I was able to do in Jerez.

“It’s great that we’ve already done some set-up work and started to improve the drivability of the car. But it’s still very early stages; we are learning with every lap and we face a very steep learning curve in the coming days. ”

Alonso’s Ferrari, which had earlier brought out the red flags after an oil leak, was the only non-Mercedes-powered car in the top four, with Hamilton and McLaren rookie Kevin Magnussen both taking turns to top the times before settling for third and fourth places respectively, behind the Spaniard. 

“Today was another good test of the car to see if any issues came up - we had a small issue with the brakes at the end but were still able to achieve a lot of laps today,” said Hamilton. 

“We're not aiming to be top of the timesheets at the moment, it's more about ticking the reliability boxes, but we can be happy with where we are before the halfway point of the pre-season tests.”

Alonso, Hamilton and Magnussen all completed more than 60 laps, confirming the promising reliability of their new cars.

“It’s nice to be driving again, especially when you have more reference points compared to the previous time, which means you get a better feeling for the car,” said Alonso, who spent much of the day working on the new brake-by-wire system on his F14 T. 

“We are also at a track that is more representative, with normal temperatures, where it’s been easier to understand tyre behaviour. We are in a phase where we are discovering things and with every lap, we learn something new. For everyone, there is still a lot to do to be well prepared for Melbourne, so it will be important to make the most of every day we have available to us.”

The fifth fastest time of the day went to Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, but it was in truth another disappointing session for the world champions who arrived in Bahrain having completed just 21 laps in four days at the first test in Spain owing to technical problems. On Wednesday the Milton Keynes-based squad managed to reach two thirds of that total - 14 - but the Renault-powered RB10 didn’t actually make it out of the garage until the afternoon, and it wasn’t long before Vettel was parking it at the side of the track and bringing out the red flags once more.

“It’s been a very long two weeks for everyone back at the factory and I have to say that while it might not appear so on the surface there has been a big improvement since Jerez,” said Red Bull’s race engineering co-ordinator, Andy Damerum. 

“We are obviously playing catch-up and for us this was very much like a first test, so we were sending the car out to do one lap, then two and trying to build from there. In that regard the laps completed were good. 

"However, we were sidelined by a mechanical gremlin but one unrelated to the issues in Jerez. That’s the way of testing. All these problems have to be ironed out and only reveal themselves as you progress. We’ll look at solving that issue now and we’re itching to get out on track again tomorrow.”

Adrian Sutil, a spinner at Turn 1 in the morning, posted the sixth best time, but perhaps more tellingly his Sauber completed the most laps of any car - 82. Caterham tester Robin Frijns was seventh fastest, whilst Russian rookie Daniil Kvyat had a frustrating day in the Renault-powered Toro Rosso as technical problems restricted him to just five laps.

The final driver to post a time was Romain Grosjean who gave the radical split-nosed Lotus E22 its official debut. Having missed the Jerez test, the Enstone-based team were looking to make up for lost time, but technical issues meant that Grosjean was able to complete just 8 laps and spent the majority of the day confined to the garage.

“Obviously that wasn’t the day we wanted to have and there are few conclusions we can draw so far as our running was so limited,” explained Lotus’s trackside operations director, Alan Permane. 

“It’s no secret that we’re frustrated as we want to get laps on the board to understand our new car and all the different elements it contains. The power units contain a lot of new technology and certainly we had issues with the energy store unit today. We changed this unit during the course of the day, which is not the work of a moment. Certainly we hope for a better day tomorrow.”

Felipe Massa and Jules Bianchi also made appearances on track, for Williams and Marussia respectively, but both had their running severely restricted by technical problems. Williams reported a fuel system issue on the Mercedes-powered FW36, whilst Marussia suffered an IT configuration problem. 

Testing continues in Bahrain on Thursday. 

Unofficial Wednesday test times from Bahrain:
1. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m36.880s, 78 laps
2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m37.879s, 64 laps
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m37.908s, 74 laps
4. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m38.295s, 81 laps
5. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m40.224s, 14 laps
6. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m40.443s, 82 laps
7. Robin Frijns, Caterham, 1m42.534s, 68 laps
8. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m44.346s, 5 laps
9. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1m44.832s, 8 laps
10. Felipe Massa, Williams, no time, 5 laps
11. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, no time, 3 laps

(source: f1.com)

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