ROKiT Williams F1 Barcelona test 2 day 2 - Nicholas Latifi out 27.02.2020: Barcelona Test Two – Day Two Drivers: Nicholas Latifi Chassis / Engine: FW43-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M11 EQ Performance Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655 km Weather: Moderate temperatures with showers

Barcelona Test Two – Day Two

 
Drivers: Nicholas Latifi
Chassis / Engine: FW43-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M11 EQ Performance
Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655 km
Weather: Moderate temperatures with showers



Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Today Nicholas completed his in-car preparation ahead of the start of the new race season. He enjoyed a productive day, completing 160 laps despite the damp start and the red flags. We were able to complete some more setup work, building on the data that we have been gathering since Wednesday of last week.



We then pushed the car a little harder using the softest of the 2020 Pirelli compound range. After lunch we were able to complete some higher fuel running, giving Nicholas some valuable experience of managing the C2 and C3 compounds, which, respectively, will be the prime and option compounds in Australia, and the option and qualifying compounds when we return to Barcelona in May. There was time at the end of the day to give the pit crew some useful live pitstop practice.



The car and PU behaved well today, and we were able to make the most of the reliability to push the car a little harder. We aim to continue this progress tomorrow when George joins us again for his final day in the car before we head to Australia.




Nicholas Latifi: Overall it was a positive day and I got to experience the car in both trims that you would in a race weekend. We focused our morning on performance runs and I was finally able to feel the limits of the car. Unfortunately, the track conditions this morning hampered our running, and from that point of view our performance simulations weren’t as representative as I would have liked.



In the afternoon we moved on to conducting our race simulations and I was able to get a lot of laps on the board. I think today went well, we had no issues and I was able to make up for the lost mileage from the previous days. This was the last time I will have had the chance to drive the car, I am looking forward to arriving in Melbourne and making my Formula One Grand Prix debut with the team.




Pos.    Driver    Team    Best Time    Total aps


1.    S. Vettel    Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow    1:16.841    145
2.    P. Gasly    Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda    1:17.066    139
3.    L. Stroll    BWT Racing Point Formula One Team    1:17.118    130
4.    N. Latifi    ROKiT Williams Racing    1:17.313    160
5.    L. Norris    McLaren F1 Team    1:17.573    113
6.    M. Verstappen    Aston Martin Red Bull Racing    1:17.738    31
7.    V. Bottas    Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team    1:17.985    47
8.    E. Ocon    Renault F1 Team    1:18.013    37
9.    K. Magnussen    Haas F1 Team    1:18.225    111
10.    A. Albon    Aston Martin Red Bull Racing    1:18.393    61
11.    D. Ricciardo    Renault F1 Team    1:18.395    59
12.    A. Giovinazzi    Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN    1:19.670    92
13.    L. Hamilton    Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team    1:22.425    14



The FW43 returns to the track tomorrow in Barcelona for the final day of testing with George Russell in the car.


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