News Details

Barcelona Morning 3: Raikkonen pushes Ferrari off the top

Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen produced the fastest lap so far in Formula 1's preseason testing to push his previous team, Ferrari, off the top of the lunchtime leaderboard on Wednesday. It was the first time since testing started on Monday at the Circuit de Catalunya that Ferrari had not led at the end of a session. The Finn, returning to the Swiss-based team previously known as Sauber, lapped with a best time of one minute 17.762 seconds on the softest, and fastest, C5 tyre compound. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, his teammate last season, was second fastest in 1:18.350. Raikkonen's lap was also the first time a team had gone faster in 2019 than they managed in last year's pre-season...
Full Story »
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen: The first feelings are very, very positive

Although Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen started off his season with a...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Raikkonen displaces Ferrari on third morning of F1 test

Kimi Raikkonen became the first non-Ferrari driver to head the times at...
5y ago from Crash.net

Raikkonen ends Ferrari's reign in Barcelona testing

Kimi Raikkonen put a blot on Ferrari's copybook as he dethroned Sebastian...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Juncos Hollinger shows off new-look livery for 2025...

Juncos Hollinger Racing unveiled a new look for the 2025 NTT IndyCar...

IndyCar takes over promotion of Nashville event

IndyCar’s Music City Grand Prix will be promoted internally by IndyCar...

Scott McLaughlin on track to repeat Supercars success...

After spending the last four years moving up the ranks in the NTT IndyCar...

Christian Lundgaard hails ‘pure racing’ aspect of...

Christian Lundgaard is beginning his fourth full season driving in the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Team News: Girona vs. Arsenal injury, suspension list,...

Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal in talks to sign Nypan

Arsenal are in talks with Norwegian side Rosenborg over a deal for...
4h ago from SkySports.com

Myles Lewis-Skelly red card overturned: Can Michael...

Arsenal expert Charles Watts believes that Michael Oliver should not...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

'Hamilton's old braking woes at Mercedes, a thing of the...

Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are... Read More »
4h ago from GPBlog.com

Hamilton and Leclerc ramp up 2025 F1 preparations in...

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were in action... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

F1 race winner reveals Cullen IMPACT on Hamilton hopes

Angela Cullen's new role within Lewis Hamilton's... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.