Sauber got the third day of testing

Author of the article: , published on February 3, 2015.

Rookie Felipe Nasr drove the fastest lap of the third, penultimate day of testing in Jerez, Spain, in a Sauber race car. At the beginning of the day, the Brazilian turned into the sand on a slightly wet track and took care of the break, and later drove a lap on soft rubber in 1: 21.545.

Kimi Raikkonen was the second fastest with Ferrari, and he was a good two tenths of a second behind Nasr with a harder mixture of tires. The Finn managed to drive 92 laps with the new car, after solid performances by Sebastian Vettl in the first two days.

Most of the time, he was driving a Mercedes car on the track again. Nico Rosberg drove as many as 151 laps, although his work was briefly interrupted by a preventive shutdown of the engine in his W06 race car.

Felipe Massa sat in the new Williams race car for the first time today, after teammate Valtteri Bottas drove for the first two days. The Brazilian drove the team’s fastest time, which was also the fourth fastest today.

Pastor Maldonado spent most of the day in the team garage due to telemetry problems on the Lotus E23, but later managed to collect 96 laps. The new Enston race car, powered by a Mercedes engine this year, took care of the premature end of the day when it stopped on the track just minutes before the time expired.

Carlos Sainz was the only one besides Nasr and Rosberg to drive more than 100 laps.

At Red Bull, they hoped to make up for the time they lost due to a costly mistake by Daniil Kvyat on Monday. But a problem with the powertrain made it impossible for Daniel Ricciard to collect more kilometers.

At McLarn, despite a slightly better day, they again faced problems with the Honda engine. Coolant leaked from it, causing mechanics to tear up the car and perform a preventive inspection. Before that, however, Fernando Alonso managed to complete 32 laps.

 

 

Hours, Jerez - Day 3:

  Racer Team Hour Circles
1.  F. Nasr Clean 01:21.545 108
2.  K. Raikkonen Ferrari 01:21.750 92
3.  N. Rosberg Mercedes Grand Prix 01:21.982 151
4.  F. Massa Williams 01:22.276 71
5.  P. Maldonado Lotus F1 Team 01:22.713 96
6.  C. Sainz Jr. Scuderia Toro Rosso 01:23.187 136
7.  D. Ricciardo Red Bull 01:23.901 48
8.  F. Alonso McLaren 01:35.553 32

 

Photos: Clean, Lotus, Red Bull, mclaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren

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