(© Ben Johnston 2015)
Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel concluded the team’s
test programme at the Barcelona Circuit de Catalunya in Spain on Sunday.
The German focused on set up work for the SF15-T as well as
more tyre testing for Pirelli. The four t time world champion completed 76 laps
in his way to seventh place on the time sheets with a 1m 26.312s.
Vettel used a combination of the Soft and Medium compound
tyre on Sunday and speaking following the test he said:
‘First of
all, I’d like to wish Fernando a quick recovery. Luckily, we have already
received some good news, so I hope he we’ll be back in top form at next week’s
test.
As for
today’s test, I can say that we have focused mainly on the car’s
reliability, completing some long-runs, and testing various settings and
tyre configurations. We could not run as much as we’d like, but at this stage
of winter testing there are always some teething problems you have to deal
with. Overall, I can confirm that my feeling with the car is positive and
now I’m looking forward to the next week of testing.’
Scuderia Ferrari chief designer Simone Resta stated:
‘Overall,
over these past days, we have followed the planned programme, based on
development, on fine-tuning various components and strategy. We have also run
aerodynamic measurements based on components to be developed in the wind
tunnel, along with hardware and setup tests, all while running different
tyre programmes.
We had
some planned stops in order to change components that had reached the end
of their life cycle. We did a lot of practice starts, but we have not yet
completed a race simulation, which is in accordance with our programme. The
drivers said they have a good feeling with the car and the set-up work has
served to improve that, as well as being carried out to adapt to the
continually varying weather conditions.’
© Ben Johnston 2015
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