
Maldonado with the best time of the week
Pastor Maldonado set the fastest time of the week on the third day of testing in Barcelona with soft tires. The track had previously been slightly soaked by rain, and the Venezuelan drove the Lotus race with a time of 1: 24.348. This one was three hundredths faster than Max Verstappn in Toro Rosso. It was Verstappen who was at the top of the table at the end of the morning work. The rookie used the afternoon to prepare for the races, and by the end of the day he had driven 129 laps. Lewis Hamilton was third with 1.3 seconds less time. He drove his best lap on harder tires. Fourth was Sauber racer Marcus Ericsson, who spent most of the morning waiting in the garage, where mechanics on his car were repairing the transmission. Sebastian Vettel began testing in Barcelona by spinning in his first k