Driver: Nicholas Latifi
Chassis / Engine: FW42-02 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power+
Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain
Weather: Warm and dry Temperatures (min-max): Air 14-20ºC / Track 28-44ºC
Dave Robson, Senior Race
Engineer: We had a successful and productive morning completing over 50
laps and gathering useful information on some test components. The morning
running came to an end just before the allotted lunch break when the car
unexpectedly stopped on the start-finish straight. Resolving this issue took
a little while but the team worked hard and diligently to ensure that we
could return to the track and complete the most important afternoon work.
Our in-season testing campaign is now over for 2019 and our attention will
return to learning during Free Practice sessions at race weekends. Nicholas
has done a superb job throughout this test and this has been crucial to our
testing programme. We now look forward to having him back in the car in
Canada where he will continue to assist our development programme. The
trackside team have worked extremely hard over the last week or so in
Barcelona and they can now look forward to a few days of rest before we move
on to Monaco for Round Six of the Championship.
Nicholas Latifi: Day two from a driver’s point of view was more
interesting than day one. I got to trial some of the softer compound of
tyres, I used the C3, C4 and C5 which is fun to push a bit more. I tried
some new development items that were brought to the car. In F2 we normally
make a few balance changes, whereas this was putting something completely
new on the car. It was interesting to see how that affected the car and for
me to give feedback to the team. Unfortunately, we had a problem that cost
us one or two runs at the end of the morning and delayed our afternoon
session by a few hours. However, we were still able to get back out and do
some high fuel running which is good for my experience. Overall, I am
pleased with the two days of testing and I look forward to my next outing
with the team for FP1 at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Pos. Driver Team Best Time Laps
1. N. Mazepin Mercedes 1:15.775 128
2. A. Albon Toro Rosso 1:17.079 110
3. A. Fuoco Ferrari 1:17.284 120
4. C. Leclerc (P) Ferrari 1:17.349 127
5. K. Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1:17.393 110
6. J. Aitken Renault F1 Team 1:17.621 75
7. K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:18.101 106
8. N. Yelloly Racing Point F1 Team 1:18.212 83
9. N. Latifi ROKiT Williams Racing 1:18.573 88
10. D. Ticktum Red Bull Racing 1:19.458 79
11. O. Turvey McLaren F1 Team 1:20.712 52
12. L. Stroll (P) Racing Point F1 Team 1:20.745 119
13. S. Sette Camara McLaren F1 Team 1:21.565 19