2012 Barcelona Test 1

The first 2012 Barcelona Test was a four-day test session that started on February 21st and ended on February 24th.
The test took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
All teams bar HRT attended the session, while Marussia arrived with Virgin's 2011 car, the MVR-02. Lotus only completed seven laps on the first day, and withdrew from the rest of the session with a chassis issue.
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==Driver Running Order==
Team 	Car 	Day 1 (Tue) 	Day 2 (Wed) 	Day 3 (Thu) 	Day 4 (Fri)
Red Bull-Renault 	RB8 	Sebastian Vettel 	Sebastian Vettel 	Mark Webber 	Mark Webber
McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27 	Lewis Hamilton 	Lewis Hamilton 	Jenson Button 	Jenson Button
Ferrari 	F2012 	Fernando Alonso 	Fernando Alonso 	Felipe Massa 	Felipe Massa
Mercedes 	F1 W03 	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg 	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg
Lotus-Renault 	E20 	Romain Grosjean 	withdrew from test	withdrew from test	withdrew from test
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Paul di Resta 	Paul di Resta
Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	Sergio Pérez 	Sergio Pérez 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Kamui Kobayashi
Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	STR7 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams-Renault 	FW34 	Bruno Senna 	Valtteri Bottas 	Pastor Maldonado 	Pastor Maldonado
Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Vitaly Petrov 	Vitaly Petrov 	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT-Cosworth 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
Marussia-Cosworth 	MVR-02 	Charles Pic 	Charles Pic 	Timo Glock 	Charles Pic
==Best Times==
Rank	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	C31 	 	1:22.312 	244
2 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	FW34 	 	1:22.391 	240
3 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	VJM05 	 	1:22.608 	191
4 	Sergio Pérez 	 	C30 	 	1:22.648 	151
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	RB8 	 	1:22.891 	183
6 	Paul di Resta 	 	VJM05 	 	1:23.119 	184
7 	Fernando Alonso 	 	F2012 	 	1:23.180 	162
8 	Jenson Button 	 	MP4-26 	 	1:23.200 	229
9 	Michael Schumacher	 	F1 W03 	 	1:23.384 	178
10 	Felipe Massa 	 	F2012 	 	1:23.563 	187
11 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	MP4-26 	 	1:23.590 	234
12 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	STR7 	 	1:23.618 	126
13 	Mark Webber 	 	RB8 	 	1:23.774 	182
14 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	STR7 	 	1:23.792 	170
15 	Nico Rosberg 	 	F1 W03 	 	1:23.843 	221
16 	Bruno Senna 	 	FW34 	 	1:25.711 	97
17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	FW34 	 	1:25.738 	117
18 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	CT01 	 	1:26.035 	101
19 	Timo Glock 	 	MVR-022011 car	 	1:26.173 	108
20 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	CT01 	 	1:26.448 	178
21 	Romain Grosjean 	 	E20 	 	1:26.809 	7
22 	Charles Pic 	 	MVR-02 	 	1:27.343 	108
==Day 1, 21st February==
Rank	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	RB8 	 	1:23.265 	79
2 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	VJM05 	 	1:23.440 	97
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	MP4-26	 	1:23.590 	114
4 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	STR7 	 	1:23.618 	76
5 	Fernando Alonso 	 	F2012 	 	1:24.100 	75
6 	Michael Schumacher	 	F1 W03	 	1:24.150 	51
7 	Sergio Pérez 	 	C31 	 	1:24.219 	66
8 	Bruno Senna 	 	FW34 	 	1:25.711 	97
9 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	CT01 	 	1:26.035 	31
10 	Romain Grosjean 	 	E20 	 	1:26.809 	7
11 	Charles Pic 	 	MVR-02	 	1:28.026 	121
==Day 2, 22nd February==
Rank	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	VJM05 	 	1:22.648 	112
2 	Sergio Pérez 	 	C31 	 	1:22.648 	85
3 	Sebastian Vettel	 	RB8 	 	1:22.891 	104
4 	Fernando Alonso 	 	F2012 	 	1:23.180 	87
5 	Daniel Ricciardo	 	STR7 	 	1:23.639 	50
6 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	MP4-26	 	1:23.806 	120
7 	Nico Rosberg 	 	F1 W03	 	1:24.555 	82
8 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	FW34 	 	1:25.738 	117
9 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	CT01 	 	1:26.605 	69
10 	Charles Pic 	 	MVR-02	 	1:27.343 	108
==Day 3, 23rd February==
Rank	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	FW34 	 	1:22.391 	106
2 	Michael Schumacher	 	F1 W03	 	1:23.384 	127
3 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	C31 	 	1:23.582 	99
4 	Jenson Button 	 	MP4-26	 	1:23.918 	114
5 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	STR7 	 	1:24.433 	78
6 	Mark Webber 	 	RB8 	 	1:24.771 	97
6 	Felipe Massa 	 	F2012 	 	1:24.771 	84
8 	Paul di Resta 	 	VJM05 	 	1:25.646 	83
9 	Timo Glock 	 	MVR-02	 	1:26.173 	108
10 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	CT01 	 	1:26.448 	70
==Day 4, 24th February==
Rank	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyre	Fastest lap	No of laps
1 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	C31 	 	1:22.312 	145
2 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	FW34 	 	1:22.561 	134
3 	Paul di Resta 	 	VJM05 	 	1:23.119 	101
4 	Jenson Button 	 	MP4-26	 	1:23.200 	115
5 	Felipe Massa 	 	F2012 	 	1:23.563 	103
6 	Mark Webber 	 	RB8 	 	1:23.774 	85
7 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	STR7 	 	1:23.792 	92
8 	Nico Rosberg 	 	F1 W03	 	1:23.843 	139
9 	Heikki Kovalainen	 	CT01 	 	1:26.968 	70
==Notes==
Category:Pre-season testing
Category:2012 Formula One Season