Sebastian Vettel is fastest on last day of F1 testing

The last day of ironing out chinks in the armour before the battle begins is over and all drivers are ready to fire on all six cylinders.

The last day of ironing out chinks in the armour before the battle begins is over and all drivers are ready to fire on all six cylinders.  Sebastian Vettel topped the charts on the last day with Carlos Sainz coming in second.

Sebastian Vettel is fastest on last day of F1 testing

Vettel said: “The new car gives us the chance to close the gap. How much? We need to be a bit more patient,” about Ferrari’s prospect of beating the current world champions Mercedes.

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes believes there will be little between Mercedes and Ferrari in Australia.

“We know that Ferrari is very close,” he said. “They’ve been very quick. All of the teams have their strategists, so we know more or less what fuel the other teams are running and they know our fuel. So we know more or less where we are compared to Ferrari – that’s why I say it’s close. But we’re not sure if we are ahead or behind.”

Hamilton said: “Best test ever in terms of how many laps, but it is not the best test in terms of it gets a bit boring after a while going around and around without learning too much. It has put us in a good position for the first race, but I have never been a fan of testing. It’s been gruelling.

border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">POSDriverTeam/CarBest lapGapLaps1Sebastian VettelFerrari SF16-H1:22.8521422Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari STR111:23.1340.2821333Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes FW381:23.6440.7921294Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes VJM091:23.7210.869605Lewis HamiltonMercedes F1 W07 Hybrid1:24.1331.281696Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB121:24.4271.5751237Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda MP4-311:24.7141.8621218Jolyon PalmerRenault R.S.161:24.8592.007909Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari C351:25.0312.17913210Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari VF-161:25.2552.4036611Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari VF-161:25.4222.5702512Rio HaryantoManor Racing-Ferrari MRT051:25.8993.0475813Nico RosbergMercedes F1 W07 Hybrid1:26.1403.28870

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