2022 Barcelona Test

The 2022 Barcelona Test (officially the Formula 1 Pre-Season Track Session 2022) is the first of two pre-season tests ahead of the 2022 Formula One season, staged at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya between 23 to 25 February 2022.Racing News 365: F1 Starting 2022 with six days of pre season testing, https://racingnews365.com/f1-starting-2022-with-six-days-of-pre-season-testing, retrived on 8 December 20212022 pre-season testing dates in Barcelona and Bahrain confirmed | Formula 1® | https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-2022-pre-season-testing-dates-in-barcelona-and-bahrain-confirmed.3ZwPqa2c9GFqg7mFTDubau.html | Accessed on 26 Jan 2022 All ten entrants to the 2022 season are taking part.Motorsport.com: F1 set to approve Barcelona and Bahrain 2022 test plan, https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/barcelona-bahrain-2022-f1-test-plan-set-for-approval/6638584/, retrieved on 7 December 2021
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==Background==
Coverage of this testing session will not be broadcasted on live television. Instead, there will be 60-minute summaries posted to F1 TV per testing day.Key broadcast details emerge on F1 2022 Testing schedule (planetf1.com)
Pirelli, the tire supplier, released a graphic (pictured right) which explains the tires available to the teams for testing.
==Teams and Drivers==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Max Verstappen 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB18 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL36 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL36 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 	 	AMR22 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	Williams Racing 	 	FW44 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
9 	Nikita Mazepin 	Uralkali Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-22 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT03 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB18 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A522 	 	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F1-75 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 	 	AMR22 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT03 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Williams Racing 	 	FW44 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN 	 	C42 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A522 	 	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W13 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
47 	Mick Schumacher 	Uralkali Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-22 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F1-75 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
63 	George Russell 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W13 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN 	 	C42 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN 	 	C42 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile	Source:Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile
===Driver Schedules===
Constructor	Day 1 AM 	Day 1 PM 	Day 2 AM 	Day 2 PM 	Day 3 AM 	Day 3 PM
 	Kubica 	Bottas 	Bottas 	Zhou 	Zhou 	Bottas
 	Tsunoda 	Tsunoda 	Gasly 	Gasly 	Gasly 	Tsunoda
 	Alonso 	Alonso 	Ocon 	Ocon 	Alonso 	Ocon
 	Vettel 	Stroll 	Stroll 	Vettel 	Vettel 	Stroll
 	Leclerc 	Sainz 	Sainz 	Leclerc 	Leclerc 	Sainz
 	Mazepin 	Schumacher	Schumacher	Mazepin 	Mazepin 	Schumacher
 	Norris 	Norris 	Ricciardo 	Ricciardo	Norris 	Ricciardo
 	Russell 	Hamilton 	Hamilton 	Russell 	Russell 	Hamilton
 	Verstappen	Verstappen	Perez 	Perez 	Verstappen 	Perez
 	Latifi 	Albon 	Albon 	Latifi 	Albon/Latifi	Latifi/Albon
==Day-by-Day==
===Day One===
====Report====
Overall, the first day of testing was a success compared to the first day of testing when the regulations last got a major revamp in . Lando Norris was fastest with a 1:19:568 set on a set of C4 soft tires, followed by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. A total of 1,121 total laps were completed amongst the teams. Max Verstappen completed the most laps to himself with 147 laps.
In the morning session, Robert Kubica and his team suffered some reliability issuesThe first losers in F1 2022's pre-season battle, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022 and weren't able to get out on track until right before the session ended; he was only able to complete a measly nine laps in the new C42 and only two fast laps. The morning session ended with Charles Leclerc on top of the timing screens with a 1:20.165, followed by Lando Norris and George Russell; all three were on the C3 medium tires.
====Results====
The full results from the first day of the are outlined below:
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Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	S1 	S2 	Gap
1 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	103 	1:20.474 	1:19:568 	Fastest
2 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	80 	1:20.165 	— 	+0.597s
3 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	73 	— 	1:20.416 	+0.848s
4 	63 	George Russell 	 	77 	1:20.784 	— 	+1.216s
5 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	50 	— 	1:20.929 	+1.361s
6 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	52 	1:21.276 	— 	+1.708s
7 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	121 	1:21.638* 	1:21.638* 	+2.070s
8 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	127 	1:23.317 	1:21.746 	+2.178s
9 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	147 	1:22.246* 	1:22.246* 	+2.678s
10 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	23 	— 	1:22.572 	+3.004s
11 	23 	Alex Albon 	 	66 	— 	1:22.760 	+3.192s
12 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	23 	— 	1:22.962 	+3.394s
13 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	67 	— 	1:23.327 	+3.759s
14 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	66 	1:23.379 	— 	+3.811s
15 	9 	Nikita Mazepin 	 	20 	1:24.505 	— 	+4.937s
16 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	9 	1:25.909 	— 	+6.341s
Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022
*Bold indicates a driver's best time of the day.
* Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.
** Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.
* — indicates driver did not participate in that session.
===Day Two===
====Report ====
Leclerc was the fastest overall in Day 2 ahead of Gasly and Ricciardo, who was the fastest in the morning session. The first red flag of the test came in the final hour when Perez stopped on-track with a gearbox issue. Another red flag was thrown in the afternoon session when Mazepin stopped from a fuel pump issue. A sensor issue meant that Hamilton ended the day slowest overall.
====Results====
The full results from the second day of the are outlined below:
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Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	S1 	S2 	Gap
1 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	79 	— 	1:19.689 	Fastest
2 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	147 	1:20.764 	1:19.918 	+0.229s
3 	55 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	126 	1:20.355 	1:20.288 	+0.599s
4 	63 	George Russell 	 	66 	— 	1:20.537 	+0.848s
5 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	71 	1:20.546 	— 	+0.857s
6 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	74 	— 	1:20.784 	+1.095s
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	78 	1:22.412 	1:21.430 	+1.741s
8 	9 	Nikita Mazepin 	 	42 	— 	1:21.512 	+1.823s
9 	23 	Alex Albon 	 	47 	1:21.531 	— 	+1.842s
10 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	71 	— 	1:21.885 	+2.196s
11 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	61 	— 	1:21.894 	+2.205s
12 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	55 	1:21.920 	— 	+2.231s
13 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	66 	1:21.949 	— 	+2.260s
14 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	125 	1:23.280 	1:22.164 	+2.475s
15 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	21 	1:22.288 	— 	+2.599s
16 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	40 	1:22.562 	— 	+2.873s
Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022
*Bold indicates a driver's best time of the day.
* Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.
* — indicates driver did not participate in that session.
===Day Three ===
====Report====
In the evening before the final day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Haas announced that in response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has since escalated into a war, they would be removing title sponsor Uralkali's branding on the car for the final day of the test.
With about an hour remaining in the morning session, Gasly crashed and damaged the front end of his AT03 that resulted in the second red flag of the session. Nearly right after the session was restarted following Gasly's crash, newcomer Guanyu Zhou posted his best second sector time before stopping in sector three, due to dipping into the gravel and crashing; this resulted in the third red flag of the morning session. Before this, Alonso stopped on track due to a "low pressure issue", which Alpine later confirmed was a hydraulics leak that caused a fire in the rear. As a result, Alpine had to stopped running after only 12 laps completed. With 15 minutes left, Zhou's car caused his second red flag (fourth of the session) due to a mechanical issue. This was immediately followed by yet another red flag for a record-breaking five red-flag interruptions, but this time was caused by Vettel's car catching on fire. The session was not resumed after the series of red flags. The morning session concluded with George Russell going fastest with a 1:19.233 on the C5 tires; the fastest time of the entire weekend. Russell was ahead of Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel, who were second and third fastest of the morning session, respectively.
After an interruption-ridden morning session, the afternoon session featured a wet track session; they were hoping for rain, but it did not arrive, so they had to artificially wet the track.Pirelli to run wet F1 tyre test in final afternoon, accessed on 25 Feb 2022 (motorsport.com) decided to split both the morning and afternoon sessions between their drivers, so each drove for two hours then swapped seats. At the end of the day, Hamilton set the overall fastest time in the dying moments, just ahead of his new team-mate Russell, as well as driving the most laps of the day of any driver, with Perez in third. With their mechanical issues from the morning session, Alpine, Haas and Aston Martin withdrew from the afternoon session.
====Results====
The full results from the third day of the are outlined below:
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Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	S1 	S2 	Gap
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	94 	— 	1:19.138 	Fastest
2 	63 	George Russell 	 	66 	1:19.233 	— 	+0.095s
3 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	74 	— 	1:19.556 	+0.418s
4 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	59 	1:19.756 	— 	+0.618s
5 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	48 	1:19.824 	— 	+0.686s
6 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	44 	1:19.831 	— 	+0.693s
7 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	92 	— 	1:20.072 	+0.934s
8 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	94 	1:22.652 	1:20.318 	+1.180s
9 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	13 	1:20.699* 	1:20.699* 	+1.561s
10 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	86 	— 	1:20.790 	+1.652s
11 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	52 	1:20.827 	— 	+1.689s
12 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	12 	1:21.242 	— 	+2.104s
13 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	41 	1:21.939 	— 	+2.801s
14 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	40 	1:22.469 	— 	+3.331s
15 	9 	Nikita Mazepin 	 	9 	1:26.229 	— 	+7.091s
16 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	10 	— 	1:30.433 	+11.295s
Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022	Source:F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022
*Bold indicates a driver's best time of the day.
* Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.
** Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.
* — indicates driver did not participate in that session.
==Overall Times==
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Day	Laps	Time 	Gap
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	3 	184 	1:19.138	Fastest
2 	63 	George Russell 	 	3 	209 	1:19.233	+0.095s
3 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	3 	152 	1:19.556	+0.418s
4 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	1 	155 	1:19:568	+0.430s
5 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	2 	203 	1:19.689	+0.551s
6 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	3 	206 	1:19.756	+0.618s
7 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	3 	174 	1:19.824	+0.686s
8 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	2 	187 	1:19.918	+0.780s
9 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	3 	236 	1:20.072	+0.934s
10 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	2 	212 	1:20.288	+1.150s
11 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	3 	207 	1:20.318	+1.180s
12 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	3 	140 	1:20.699	+1.561s
13 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	3 	139 	1:21.242	+2.104s
14 	9 	Nikita Mazepin 	 	2 	71 	1:21.512	+2.364s
15 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1 	121 	1:21.638	+2.520s
16 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	2 	112 	1:21.885	+2.767s
17 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	2 	122 	1:21.920	+2.802s
18 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	2 	89 	1:21.949	+2.831s
19 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	2 	125 	1:22.164	+3.046s
20 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	2 	54 	1:22.288	+3.170s
21 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	1 	9 	1:25.909	+6.771s
==References==
==External links==
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