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Formula 1 Barcelona February testing II

Bottas has the second best time on day 2 at Barcelona

Valtteri Bottas: "The day was busy and we know there is still more to come, I feel positive and the balance was good."

Published: Feb 27, 2015, 7:11 PM

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Valtteri Bottas, Williams FW37

Valtteri Bottas, Williams FW37

Valtteri Bottas, Williams FW37

Valtteri Bottas, Williams F1 Team

Valtteri Bottas, Williams FW37

Valtteri Bottas, Williams Martini Racing

Valtteri Bottas, Williams FW37

Driver: Valtteri Bottas
Chassis / Engine: FW37-01 / PU106B Hybrid
Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km
Objectives: Aero work and race procedure
Weather: Warm and Dry
Air & track temps: 8 - 17ºC / 11 - 26ºC

Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: "We started the day doing some aero work comparing data and driver feel. We then moved onto a few performance based runs. Later in the day we worked on race procedure including some longer runs and grid simulations. We have had some new components that have performed as expected which has been productive. We have a busy final two days of the test as we optimise the time left until the first race."

Valtteri Bottas: "It was nice to focus on performance today and work to get the lap times lower. We are working hard and still have two days left of the test so there is more still to do. The day was busy and we know there is still more to come, I feel positive and the balance was good. We still need to make sure we look at the longer runs and not just the one lap qualifying pace."

Williams Martini Racing

Position

Driver

Team

Best Time

Best / Total Laps

1.

N. Rosberg

Mercedes

1:22.792

86 / 106

2.

V. Bottas

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING

1:23.995

71 / 90

3.

F. Nasr

Sauber

1:24.071

58 / 141

4.

S. Vettel

Ferrari

1:25.339

57 / 143

5.

J. Button

McLaren

1:25.590

87 / 101

6.

P. Maldonado

Lotus

1:26.705

126 / 140

7.

M. Verstappen

Toro Rosso

1:26.766

42 / 139

8.

D. Kvyat

Red Bull

1:26.965

43 / 84

9.

N. Hulkenberg

Force India

1:28.412

76 / 77

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