The Ferrari of the German Sebastien Vettel, the Mercedes of the also German Nico Rosberg and the McLaren-Honda of the British Jenson Button have set the tone on Tuesday in the first of the two days of the Formula One World Championship in Montmeló two days after the dispute of the Spanish Grand Prix.
The session, in which ten drivers from as many teams took part, served to observe the evolution of the Williams of the Briton Alex Lynn with the new double-decker rear wing, a modification that could be seen in the cars of the future.
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), who was third in last Sunday’s race won by young Dutchman Max Verstappen, set the best time (1: 23.220) after riding for 103 laps.
The second best time was for Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) with 1: 23.337, who together with Jenson Button (McLaren), who scored 1: 23.753, and the Frenchman Romain Grosjean (Haas) with 1: 23.882, were the only ones who came down from the 1:24.
Two other drivers, Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) and German Pascal Wehrlein (Manor), completed the list of six starting drivers participating in these tests. The other four were young testers. Only Sauber missed the tests.
The great incentive of the second session, and last of those scheduled in Montmeló, this Wednesday will be the presence of Max Verstappen, winner of the last Grand Prix.
Vettel, Rosberg and Button set the tone in training sessions at Montmeló
