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Formula 1 Barcelona February testing
2022 F1 Barcelona test: Leclerc tops second day for Ferrari
Charles Leclerc headed the second day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, deposing Daniel Ricciardo's fastest time from the morning and setting a headline lap of 1m19.689s.
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Feb 25, 2022, 1:25 AM
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Ricciardo's morning session-topping time, which was posted in the final 15 minutes of the session after a Sergio Perez-instigated red flag - the first stoppage of the test - was cleared, posting a 1m20.355s to deny Leclerc's Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz bragging rights.
The Australian's time stood strong through the first half of the afternoon's running, remaining on top during the day's second stoppage as Nikita Mazepin stopped at Turn 9.
The Haas driver had suffered from a fuel pump issue just before the half-way point of the afternoon's running, bringing out the red flag as he was left stranded at Campsa.
But with an hour and 15 minutes to go, Leclerc then mounted the first real assault on Ricciardo's time, punching in a 1m19.804s on the C3 tyre before retreating to the pits.
With half an hour left in the session, he almost faced a response from the C4-shod Pierre Gasly, but the AlphaTauri driver lost time in the final sector following Sergio Perez's Red Bull and was just under a tenth away from Leclerc's time.
Leclerc then improved even further, taking over a tenth out of his best time to cement top spot, logging 79 laps in the afternoon session after taking over from Sainz.
Gasly finished second on the timing boards with his 1m19.918s lap, with the Frenchman turning the most laps in the day with 147 tours of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Daniel Ricciardo was third after improving on his morning time by just under a tenth, making use of the C4 tyres in the process and logging 126 laps throughout the whole day.
George Russell took over from Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon at Mercedes, and finished fourth fastest, just 0.01s quicker than Sainz's best lap from the morning session.
Sebastian Vettel undertook Aston Martin duties in the afternoon, beating Perez who was tasked with recovering mileage after his morning stoppage forced Red Bull into making repairs on his RB18.
Mazepin was able to return to the circuit an hour after his own fuel pump issue to continue his running, winding his time down to a 1m21.512s late on in the session to pip Alex Albon to eighth overall.
Rookie Guanyu Zhou made his first Alfa Romeo appearance, setting a 1m21.885s on the C3 tyres to complete the top 10. The Chinese driver completed 71 laps for the Swiss team, making up for a troubled morning after Valtteri Bottas only managed 21.
Nicholas Latifi beat Lance Stroll and Mick Schumacher to 11th, while 14th-placed Esteban Ocon was the first driver to hit 100 laps, continuing Alpine's strong mileage with its new Renault powertrain.
Former Mercedes teammates Bottas and Hamilton completed the order, Hamilton with the slowest time after putting together only 40 laps.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'19.689 78 2 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1'19.918 +0.229s 147 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1'20.288 +0.599s 126 4 George Russell Mercedes 1'20.537 +0.848s 65 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'20.546 +0.857s 71 6 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1'20.784 +1.095s 73 7 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'21.430 +1.741s 78 8 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1'21.512 +1.823s 41 9 Alexander Albon Williams 1'21.531 +1.842s 47 10 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1'21.885 +2.196s 71 11 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1'21.894 +2.205s 61 12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1'21.920 +2.231s 55 13 Mick Schumacher Haas 1'21.949 +2.260s 66 14 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'22.164 +2.475s 125 15 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'22.288 +2.599s 21 16 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'22.562 +2.873s 40
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