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Testupdate: Vettel smashes unofficial track record

Published on 08 Mar 2018 13:12
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By: Rob Veenstra

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has smashed the unofficial track record at Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona this morning. The German posted a 1:17.182 on the hypersoft compound. That's almost nine tenths faster than Daniel Ricciardo was yesterday.

It's been a productive day for all teams so far, no red flags yet. Kevin Magnussen is a surprising second, Nico Hülkenberg rounds out the top three. Mercedes and Red Bull Racing haven't done laps on the softest compounds though, but no doubt Vettel's time caught their attention.

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Circuit de Catalunya - 08 March 2018

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:17.182

188
2

Kevin Magnussen

Haas F1

1:18.360

+1.178

153
3

Pierre Gasly

Toro Rosso

1:18.363

+1.181

169
4

Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

1:18.675

+1.493

79
5

Carlos Sainz jr

Renault

1:18.725

+1.543

69
6

Stoffel Vandoorne

McLaren

1:18.855

+1.673

151
7

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

1:19.244

+2.062

148
8

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:19.296

+2.114

84
9

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

1:19.532

+2.350

97
10

Robert Kubica

Williams

1:19.629

+2.447

73
11

Sergio Perez

Force India

1:19.634

+2.452

159
12

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:19.842

+2.660

187
13

Lance Stroll

Williams

1:20.262

+3.080

67

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