RAIKKONEN FASTEST, McLAREN RELIABILITY IN QUESTION

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen ended the final day of Barcelona Formula 1 testing with the fastest time, as McLaren and Renault both made up for lost ground on Friday afternoon. Alonso did briefly jump to the top of the times in the final 10 minutes, but had his lap deleted for cutting the final chicane.

McLaren's frustrating pre-season continued on Friday as Alonso stopped early in the morning after an oil leak caused a turbo failure in his car. That issue prompted an engine change, although the Spaniard returned in the afternoon to complete 93 laps, including a late hyper-soft tyre run to second position, albeit 0.5s behind Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

Renault had difficulties, too, with a gearbox glitch limiting Carlo Sainz’s running in the morning. Once fixed, the team then took the decision to keep him in the car, rather than have Nico Hulkenberg take over as planned, to make up for the lost time. Sainz got back out and used the hypersofts late on to set the third quickest time, nearly nine-tenths off Raikkonen’s leading pace.

As for Red Bull, it was easy to forget Daniel Ricciardo was on duty today, such was his low profile. Then, with just under two hours remaining, he banged in an 18.715 on his supersofts to go third, as if to remind us he was still there.

Valtteri Bottas took over testing duties from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon, going sixth fastest on mediums and giving the champion outfit a combined session-topping total of 201 laps.

Charles Leclerc caused a red flag. The Formula 2 champion spun into the gravel at Turn 12 while on a hot-lap, the third time this week a Sauber driver has caused a stoppage by beaching the car.

Teams will now head back to their bases to crunch the data and fine tune their cars before heading to Australia, with the first race of the 2018 season taking place on March 25.

BARCELONA II TEST, DAY 4 RESULTS

P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP/TIRES
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:17.221	/ (HS, 157)
2	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:17.784	+ 0.563 (HS,93)
3	Carlos Sainz JR.	Renault	1:18.092	+ 0.871 (HS,45)
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:18.327	+ 1.106(SS,92)
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:18.412	+ 1.191(US,181)
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	1:18.825	+ 1.604 (Mе,104)
7	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:18.949	+ 1.728 (HS,156)
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:18.967	+ 1.746 (HS,163)
9	Charles Leclerk	Sauber	1:19.118	+ 1.897 (HS,75)
10	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:19.189	+ 1.968 (S,105)
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:19.464	+ 2.243 (SS,97)
12	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:19.954	+ 2.733 (S,27)

BARCELONA II TEST, DAY 3 RESULTS

P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP/TIRES
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:17.182	/ (HS, 188)
2	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:18.360	+ 1.178 (SS,153)
3	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:18.363	+ 1.181 (HS,169)
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:18.675	+ 1.493 (HS,79)
5	Carlos Sainz JR.	Renault	1:18.725	+ 1.543 (HS,69)
6	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:18.855	+ 1.673 (HS,151)
7	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:19.244	+ 2.062 (HS,148)
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:19.296	+ 2.114 (Mе,84)
9	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	1:19.532	+ 2.350 (Mе,97)
10	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:19.629	+ 2.447 (SS,73)
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	1:19.634	+ 2.452 (HS,159)
12	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.842	+ 2.660 (S,187)
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:20.262	+ 3.080 (US,67)

BARCELONA II TEST, DAY 2 RESULTS

P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP/TIRES
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:18.047	/ (HS, 165)
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:18.400	+ 0.353 (US,90)
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	1:18.560	+ 0.515 (US,85)
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:19.541	+ 1.494 (S,67)
5	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:19.823	+ 1.776 (HS,119)
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:19.856	+ 1.809 (HS,57)
7	Carlos Sainz JR.	Renault	1:20.042	+ 1.995 (Me,88)
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:20.237	+ 2.190 (S,78)
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:20.242	+ 2.195 (S,49)
10	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:20.349	+ 2.302 (S,63)
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:20.758	+ 2.711 (SS,102)
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:20.805	+ 2.785 (S,130)
13	Charles Leclerk	Sauber	1:20.919	+ 2.872 (SS,160)
14	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:22.350	+ 4.303 (S,80)

BARCELONA II TEST, DAY 1 RESULTS

P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP/TIRES
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:20.396	/ (Me, 171)
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	1:20.596	+ 0.200 (S,86)
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:20.649	+ 0.253 (Me,130)
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:20.808	+ 0.412 (S,91)
5	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:20.973	+ 0.577 (S,54)
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:21.298	+ 0.902 (S,96)
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:21.432	+ 1.036 (Me,48)
8	Carlos Sainz JR.	Renault	1:21.455	+ 1.059 (S,91)
9	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:21.588	+ 1.192 (S,42)
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	1:21.643	+ 1.247 (S,93)
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:21.706	+ 1.310 (SS,120)
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:21.946	+ 1.550 (SS,38)
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:22.937	+ 2.541 (S,86)

HS - HyperSoft US - UltraSoft SS - SuperSoft
S - Soft Me - Medium
H - Hard SH - SuperHard
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BEST RESULTS PER DRIVER FROM SECOND SESSION

P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP/TIRES
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:17.182	/ (HS, 426)
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:17.221	+ 0.039 (HS,206)
3	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:17.784	+ 0.602 (HS,150)
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:18.047	+ 0.865 (HS,257)
5	Carlos Sainz JR.	Renault	1:18.092	+ 0.910 (HS,293)
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:18.360	+ 1.178 (SS,249)
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:18.363	+ 1.181 (HS,229)
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:18.400	+ 1.218 (US,362)
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:18.412	+ 1.230 (US,259)
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	1:18.560	+ 1.378 (US,372)
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:18.675	+ 1.493 (HS,229)
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:18.855	+ 1.673 (HS,189)
13	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:18.949	+ 1.767 (HS,275)
14	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:18.967	+ 1.785 (HS, 293)
15	Charles Leclerk	Sauber	1:19.118	+ 1.938 (HS,235)
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:19.189	+ 2.007 (S,227)
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:19.244	+ 2.062 (HS,268)
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:19.629	+ 2.447 (SS,73)
19	Sergio Perez	Force India	1:19.634	+ 2.452 (HS,252)
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.842	+ 2.660 (S,317)
21	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:19.954	+ 2.772 (S,243)