Saturday, February 19, 2011

Vettel Still fastest in Barcelona

Sebastian Vettel re-register itself as the fastest rider in the pre-season training in Barcelona. On the second day of Formula 1's official test on Saturday (19/2/11), the Red Bull Racing driver posted a best time record of 1 minute 23.315 seconds.

These results suggest that Red Bull still be favorites to win, and Vettel a rider to watch out for its rivals. On the first day, this 2010 F1 world champion also became the fastest, so that the Circuit de Catalunya this seems to be "home" Vettel.

Good performance is also shown Toro Rosso. Pebalapnya, Jamie Alguersuari, managed to occupy the second rank with the best record time of 1 minute 23.519 seconds from a total of 97 laps of successful completion. That is, the best time Alguersuari just 0.2 seconds adrift of Vettel.

Ferrari also won quite encouraging results. Although not yet able to shift the dominance of Red Bull, but the "Scuderia" still show their potential as a serious rival in this new season, after Fernando Alonso was ranked third. However, Ferrari still has some work to be done, because in this session they had experienced electrical and mechanical problems, so that Alonso must enter the garage several times.

Behind Alonso, a row is Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Jenson Button (McLaren), Di Resta (Force India), and Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault), which complements the composition of the top 10.