Lessons Learned from 2nd Formula 1 Test in Barcelona

The second Formula One pre-season test ended on Sunday with Romain Grosjean leading the way in Barcelona. The Lotus man set the benchmark on Day 4 with a time of 1:24.067 seconds, but his wasn't the lap that caught the eye. Less than an hour later, Nico Rosberg set the second-best lap of the test—a 1:24.321. Grosjean was on the supersoft tyres, the quickest of Pirelli's four compounds; Rosberg used the mediums, the second-slowest. Small details such as these are vital when trying to interpret what times from pre-season testing mean, but some information remains out of reach. Fuel loads and engine modes are hidden from the eyes of observers, and we can never be entirely sure how hard each driver is pushing his car. Despite this, we can...

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