Ferrari’s new recruit Sebastian Vettel topped the times in the opening day of pre-season testing at Spain’s Jerez circuit. The four-time world champion enjoyed his first day behind the wheel of the Maranello squad’s SF15-T, completing 60 laps including a session best time of 1:22.620s. Vettel’s day started slowly before a short run in the afternoon yielded the fastest lap. Sauber surprised many with its new C34 driven by Marcus Ericsson emerging as Vettel’s nearest rival just 0.157s adrift of the Ferrari, while Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes was third fastest. Despite causing a red flag early in the session, Ericsson clocked 73 laps under his belt in a largely encouraging day for the...
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