Driver: Bruno Senna
Chassis / engine: FW34-01 / RS27-5341/1
Location: Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Italy 5.245km
Objectives: Aero evaluations and long runs
Weather: Dry and sunny
Ambient & track temps: 23ºC / 37ºC

The second day of the Williams F1 teams Mugello test would see Bruno Senna take over from Valtteri Bottas. The day would be an improvement over the first day. The track was damp in the morning requiring the use of intermediate tyres for the early installation laps. The team would be continuing with aero evaluation runs in the morning. Both Valtteri and Pastor Maldonado were also present at the track as Bruno started the morning runs. His first series of runs would see him complete some slow laps prior to returning to his pit. It would not be until another forty five minutes that Bruno would return to the track.

He would complete three laps with a best time of 1m:26.127. At this time Lotus driver Grosjean would set the quickest time with a 1m:21.603. Bruno would pit returning shortly after. He would complete one slow laps prior to pitting followed by another three lap run. He had completed twenty six laps at this time. Again after a short break the would complete a five lap run with a best time of 1m:25.506. After approximately thirty minutes he would return to the track to complete a further five laps with a best time of 1m:25.221. This would be his quickest time of the morning.

After a lunch break Bruno would return to the track for more aero runs. His first run was five laps with his times ranging from the mid 1m:27s to the mid 1m:25s. Bruno would complete another series of four to five laps runs. His time would be in the 1m:25s and 1m:26s. Late in the day Bruno had completed seventy three laps. He had not improved on his morning time. His last run would be a longer one while at the front it would be Vettel and Webber behind Grosjean in the times. Of the drivers who Despite this improvement he would still be slowest. had set times Bruno was slowest. On his seventy ninth lap Bruno would set a new quickest time with a 1m:24.842. After setting this time Bruno would pit.

Senna ended the day slowest more than three seconds behind Grosjean's quickest time for Lotus. However, Bruno put the time down to "boring" development work, rather than an actual lack of pace.

"It was a long day," he said. "We tried a million parts in the car, and all of these parts needed validation, so we tried exactly the same thing, with procedures.

"The morning was very boring, but it was important to get it out of the way, and fortunately the day was good in terms of weather so we got some good information.

"You always want to be in the top part of the times, but you don't know what everyone else is doing in the field, and this is a track that if you take some fuel out of the car, the lap-time comes big time. It was more important for us to know where we are than do a lap-time."

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We had an extremely busy second day with Bruno completing almost our entire scheduled test programme. We evaluated a detailed aero and mechanical test matrix and have learnt a great deal. The forecast for tomorrow looks fine and we are looking forward to another productive day.

Bruno Senna: It was a good day for us which we completed without incident. We gained a lot of information from our runs and have some good knowledge to carry forward into tomorrow. We aim to continue improving and to be competitive on the final day. Mugello is an awesome track. It’s really fast and physically challenging.

The Williams F1 Team will be back on track tomorrow, Thursday 3 May, with Pastor Maldonado driving the FW34 for the final day of the test.

Pos  Driver                 Team                    Time

 1.  Romain Grosjean        Lotus-Renault           1m21.603s
 2.  Mark Webber            Red Bull-Renault        1m21.997s
 3.  Felipe Massa           Ferrari                 1m22.257s
 4.  Jean-Eric Vergne       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m22.422s
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi        Sauber-Ferrari          1m22.424s
 6.  Michael Schumacher     Mercedes                1m23.404s
 7.  Charles Pic            Marussia-Cosworth       1m23.982s
 8.  Vitaly Petrov          Caterham-Renault        1m24.312s
 9.  Gary Paffett           McLaren-Mercedes        1m24.480s
10.  Bruno Senna            Williams-Renault        1m25.221s
11.  Paul di Resta          Force India-Mercedes    No time

Driver: Bruno Senna
Chassis / engine: FW34-01 / RS27-5341/1
Location: Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Italy 5.245km
Objectives: Aero evaluations and long runs
Weather: Dry and sunny
Ambient & track temps: 23ºC / 37ºC

The second day of the Williams F1 teams Mugello test would see Bruno Senna take over from Valtteri Bottas. The day would be an improvement over the first day. The track was damp in the morning requiring the use of intermediate tyres for the early installation laps. The team would be continuing with aero evaluation runs in the morning. Both Valtteri and Pastor Maldonado were also present at the track as Bruno started the morning runs. His first series of runs would see him complete some slow laps prior to returning to his pit. It would not be until another forty five minutes that Bruno would return to the track.

He would complete three laps with a best time of 1m:26.127. At this time Lotus driver Grosjean would set the quickest time with a 1m:21.603. Bruno would pit returning shortly after. He would complete one slow laps prior to pitting followed by another three lap run. He had completed twenty six laps at this time. Again after a short break the would complete a five lap run with a best time of 1m:25.506. After approximately thirty minutes he would return to the track to complete a further five laps with a best time of 1m:25.221. This would be his quickest time of the morning.

After a lunch break Bruno would return to the track for more aero runs. His first run was five laps with his times ranging from the mid 1m:27s to the mid 1m:25s. Bruno would complete another series of four to five laps runs. His time would be in the 1m:25s and 1m:26s. Late in the day Bruno had completed seventy three laps. He had not improved on his morning time. His last run would be a longer one while at the front it would be Vettel and Webber behind Grosjean in the times. Of the drivers who Despite this improvement he would still be slowest. had set times Bruno was slowest. On his seventy ninth lap Bruno would set a new quickest time with a 1m:24.842. After setting this time Bruno would pit.

Senna ended the day slowest more than three seconds behind Grosjean's quickest time for Lotus. However, Bruno put the time down to "boring" development work, rather than an actual lack of pace.

"It was a long day," he said. "We tried a million parts in the car, and all of these parts needed validation, so we tried exactly the same thing, with procedures.

"The morning was very boring, but it was important to get it out of the way, and fortunately the day was good in terms of weather so we got some good information.

"You always want to be in the top part of the times, but you don't know what everyone else is doing in the field, and this is a track that if you take some fuel out of the car, the lap-time comes big time. It was more important for us to know where we are than do a lap-time."

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We had an extremely busy second day with Bruno completing almost our entire scheduled test programme. We evaluated a detailed aero and mechanical test matrix and have learnt a great deal. The forecast for tomorrow looks fine and we are looking forward to another productive day.

Bruno Senna: It was a good day for us which we completed without incident. We gained a lot of information from our runs and have some good knowledge to carry forward into tomorrow. We aim to continue improving and to be competitive on the final day. Mugello is an awesome track. It’s really fast and physically challenging.

The Williams F1 Team will be back on track tomorrow, Thursday 3 May, with Pastor Maldonado driving the FW34 for the final day of the test.

Pos  Driver                 Team                    Time

 1.  Romain Grosjean        Lotus-Renault           1m21.603s
 2.  Mark Webber            Red Bull-Renault        1m21.997s
 3.  Felipe Massa           Ferrari                 1m22.257s
 4.  Jean-Eric Vergne       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m22.422s
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi        Sauber-Ferrari          1m22.424s
 6.  Michael Schumacher     Mercedes                1m23.404s
 7.  Charles Pic            Marussia-Cosworth       1m23.982s
 8.  Vitaly Petrov          Caterham-Renault        1m24.312s
 9.  Gary Paffett           McLaren-Mercedes        1m24.480s
10.  Bruno Senna            Williams-Renault        1m25.221s
11.  Paul di Resta          Force India-Mercedes    No time