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Pre-season testing in numbers - who went fastest, and furthest?

04 Mar 2016

With the eight days of pre-season testing complete, who is prepared and on the pace, and who is on the back foot heading to Australia? We crunch the combined numbers from the two sessions at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya…
Unofficial aggregate test times from Barcelona:
POS DRIVER TEAM/CAR BEST TIME GAP LAPS
1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari SF16-H 1:22.765   403
2
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF16-H 1:22.810 0.045 488
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid 1:23.022 0.257 656
4 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes VJM09 1:23.110 0.345 357
5 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11 1:23.134 0.369 515
6 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes FW38 1:23.193 0.428 411
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes FW38 1:23.229 0.464 445
8 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11 1:23.382 0.617 534
9 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12 1:23.525 0.760 457
10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid 1:23.622 0.857 638
11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes VJM09 1:23.650 0.885 289
12 Kevin Magnussen Renault R.S.16 1:23.933 1.168 509
13 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12 1:24.293 1.528 360
14 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda MP4-31 1:24.714 1.949 377
15 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda MP4-31 1:24.735 1.970 333
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari C34/C35 1:24.760 1.995 455
17 Alfonso Celis Force India-Mercedes VJM09 1:24.840 2.075 133
18 Jolyon Palmer Renault R.S.16 1:24.859 2.094 267
19 Pascal Wehrlein Manor Racing-Mercedes MRT05 1:24.913 2.148 252
20 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari C34/C35 1:25.031 2.266 383
21 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari VF-16 1:25.255 2.490 257
22 Esteban Gutierrez Haas-Ferrari VF-16 1:25.422 2.657 217
23 Rio Haryanto Manor Racing-Mercedes MRT05 1:25.899 3.314 232

Total distance run - by team: 
TEAM LAPS KILOMETRES
Mercedes 1294 6024
Toro Rosso 1049 4883
Ferrari 891 4148
Williams 856 3985
Sauber 838 3901
Red Bull 817 3803
Force India 779 3626
Renault 776 3612
McLaren 710 3305
Manor 484 2253
Haas 474 2206

Total distance run - by power unit:
POWER UNIT (TEAMS) LAPS KILOMETRES
Mercedes (4) 3413 15888
Ferrari (4) 3252 15138
Renault [inc. TAG Heuer] (2) 1593 7415
Honda (1) 710 3305

Best times - by tyre compound:
COMPOUND DRIVER TEAM/CAR BEST TIME
Ultrasoft Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari SF16-H 1:22.765
Supersoft Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF16-H 1:22.852
Soft Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari SF16-H 1:23.009
Medium Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid 1:24.126
Hard Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes FW38 1:25.402

Longest stints - by tyre compound:
COMPOUND DRIVER TEAM/CAR LAPS
Ultrasoft Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF16-H 7
  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes FW38 7
Supersoft Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF16-H 8
Soft Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes FW38 17
Medium Kevin Magnussen Renault R.S.16 30
Hard Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes FW38 26