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Bahrain test in numbers - who went fastest, and furthest

22 Feb 2014

Whereas the opening pre-season test in Spain was effectively an extended shake-down, this week’s session in Bahrain allowed at least some of the teams to start discovering the true performance of their 2014 machines.

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg topped the overall times, but which teams completed the most mileage - and with which power unit?

This week’s unofficial aggregate test times from Bahrain

1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m 33.283s, 174 laps

2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m 34.263s, 141 laps

3. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m 34.910s, 127 laps

4. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m 34.957s, 169 laps

5. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m 36.445s, 137 laps

6. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m 36.516s, 161 laps

7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m 36.718s, 126 laps

8. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m 37.066s, 65 laps

9. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m 37.180s, 151 laps

10. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1m 37.328s, 171 laps

11. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m 37.367s, 76 laps

12. Felipe Nasr, Williams, 1m 37.569s, 87 laps

13. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1m 38.707s, 85 laps

14. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m 38.974s, 57 laps

15. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m 39.837s, 43 laps

16. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m 39.855s, 83 laps

17. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m 40.224s, 73 laps

18. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m 40.443s, 89 laps

19. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m 40.472s, 77 laps

20. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1m 41.670s, 26 laps

21. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m 42.130s, 102 laps

22. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1m 42.511s, 21 laps

23. Robin Frijns, Caterham, 1m 42.534s, 68 laps

24. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, no time, 8 laps

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

1. Williams (Mercedes), 323

2. Mercedes, 315

3. McLaren (Mercedes), 296

4. Ferrari, 287

5. Caterham (Renault), 253

6. Sauber (Ferrari), 240

7. Force India (Mercedes), 213

8. Toro Rosso (Renault), 134

9. Red Bull (Renault), 116

10. Lotus (Renault), 111

11. Marussia (Ferrari), 29

Total laps run - by power unit:

1. Mercedes, 1147 (4 teams)

2. Renault, 614 (4 teams)

3. Ferrari, 556 (3 teams)