Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Barcelona day 3 02.03.2013: Barcelona Test - Day Three Date Saturday 2 March Track Circuit de Catalunya Driver Lewis Hamilton

Barcelona Test - Day Three

Date    Saturday 2 March
Track    Circuit de Catalunya
Driver    Lewis Hamilton

No of Laps    117 laps
Best Lap Time    1:20.558
Kilometres Covered    545 kms
Track Length    4.655 kms   
Weather     Dry and clear

 
Lewis Hamilton completed his final day of pre-season testing for MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS in Barcelona today.


•    In the morning session, Lewis worked through a series of short runs, using the soft compound Pirelli tyre


•    The programme included aerodynamic evaluations alongside different set-up options


•    After the break, the focus switched to longer runs for the afternoon session, looking at aerodynamics and tyre wear


•    Lewis completed 117 laps today, equivalent to 545 kms, to take his total pre-season mileage in the F1 W04 to 2585 kms


Nico Rosberg will drive for the final day of the test tomorrow to complete the team's pre-season testing programme.
 


Lewis Hamilton

It was great to have a dry track today for my final day of testing, and we were able to get through all the test items that we wanted to achieve by the end of my programme. There's still a lot of work ahead of us to get to where we want to be but the team is doing a great job.


The guys are working so hard at the factory and here at the track; it's been really nice to get to know everyone in the garage and how they work together over the past few weeks. The reliability, the mileage and the step-by-step improvements that we have achieved during the three tests are all very encouraging.


Whilst we've been focusing on our own performance, we definitely haven't seen the full potential of our competitors yet, so it's difficult to predict where we might be. I'll be back at the factory next week doing some final preparation work on the simulator and with my engineers, and then it's off to Melbourne for the first race of the new season with my new team.
 

 
 
Pos.     Driver     Car     Time     Laps

1     Lewis Hamilton     MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS     1:20.558     117
2     Felipe Massa     Ferrari     1:21.266     94
3     Adrian Sutil     Sahara Force India     1:21.627     109
4     Pastor Maldonado     Williams     1:22.305     34
5     Valtteri Bottas     Williams     1:22.468     31
6     Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber     1:22.553     99
7     Mark Webber     Red Bull     1:22.658     59
8     Sergio Perez     McLaren     1:22.694     101
9     Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso     1:23.223     114
10     Romain Grosjean     Lotus     1:23.380     46
11     Davide Valsecchi     Lotus     1:23.448     16
12     Jules Bianchi     Marussia     1:24.028     74
13     Giedo Van Der Garde     Caterham     1:24.235     126

 
 


Wolfgang Schattling ,Bradley Lord, Nicola Armstrong photo Mercedes