Latest News / Feature

Jerez test in numbers - who went fastest, and furthest

Testing

31 Jan 2014

One should never read too much into testing times - especially when that test was effectively an extended shake-down, as last week’s Jerez session was for most - but that doesn’t mean they don't make for interesting reading, and Kevin Magnussen will no doubt be more than happy to leave Spain with the quickest overall time after his debut as a McLaren race driver.
Next Previous Enlarge
1 / 4

Kevin Magnussen (DEN) McLaren. Formula One Testing, Jerez, Spain, Day Three, Thursday, 30 January 2014

Info Close

Even more interesting, however, in the context of the 2014 regulation changes is which teams completed the most mileage - and with which power unit…

This week’s unofficial aggregate test times from Jerez:

1. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m 23.276s, 162 laps

2. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m 23.700s, 133 laps

3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m 23.952s, 121 laps

4. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m 24.165s, 83 laps

5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m 24.812s, 78 laps

6. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1m 25.344s, 42 laps

7. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m 25.495s, 173 laps

8. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m 25.588s, 188 laps

9. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m 26.096s, 17 laps

10. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m 28.376s, 48 laps

11. Daniel Juncadella, Force India, 1m 29.457s, 81 laps

12. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m 29.915s, 45 laps

13. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m 30.161s, 103 laps

14. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1m 32.222s, 25 laps

15. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m 33.270s, 60 laps

16. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m 37.975s, 12 laps

17. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m 38.320s, 11 laps

18. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m 43.193s, 54 laps

19. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m 44.016s, 9 laps

20. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m 45.374s, 10 laps

21. Robin Frijns, Caterham, No time, 10 laps

22. Max Chilton, Marussia, No time, 5 laps

Total laps run - by team (power unit, where different):

1. Mercedes, 309

2. Ferrari, 251

3. McLaren (Mercedes), 245

4. Williams (Mercedes), 175

5. Sauber (Ferrari), 163

6. Force India (Mercedes), 146

7. Caterham (Renault), 76

8. Toro Rosso (Renault), 54

9. Marussia (Ferrari), 30

10. Red Bull (Renault), 21

Total laps run - by power unit:

1. Mercedes, 875 (4 teams)

2. Ferrari, 444 (3 teams)

3. Renault, 151 (3 teams)

Longest stints - by tyre compound:

- 10 laps on the supersoft compound

- 9 laps on the soft compound

- 17 laps on the medium compound

- 24 laps on the hard compound

- 23 laps on the ‘winter’ compound

- 26 laps on the intermediate compound

- 13 laps on the wet compound

Jerez test comparison - 2013 versus 2014

2013 - 3,531 total laps (15,634 kilometres) completed in four days

2014 - 1,470 total laps (6,509 kilometres) completed in four days