Bumpy test for Vettel - Bottas with the best time

The Ferrari star was also slowed down on the last day of the first test drives in Barcelona; on Friday morning he had to park his Ferrari with a drive problem. He had already completely missed the start on Wednesday due to feeling unwell. Shortly after 10.30:1000 a.m. on Friday, his SF100 rolled out on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The exact reasons will be discussed in Maranello, Ferrari said. The car was equipped with a new engine so that it could be used again in the afternoon session. Vettel was able to drive again in this session and completed a total of 2,6 laps. The Heppenheimer was almost 13 seconds short of the best time set by Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas (Finland), and he finished in XNUMXth place. However, the times are only of limited significance because the teams and drivers are testing different things. Nevertheless, the test drives were ultimately not satisfactory for the Scuderia. Ferrari missed two and a half hours of the already tight test time. In this season, which is so important for them, the Italians also caused an inglorious premiere: Vettel's defect was the first technical failure in these winter tests. Kimi Räikkönen in the Alfa Romeo had already brought out the first red flag on Thursday, but the Finn simply ran out of petrol.

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Bumpy test for Vettel - Bottas with the best time

The start to the new Formula 1 season continues to be bumpy for Sebastian Vettel.