Title leaders trial 'trumpet' exhaust on W05; Susie Wolff returns to action for Williams; McLaren debutant Stoffel Vandoorne sails past superlicence threshold; Caterham don't run after chassis damage
Monday 19 May 2014 10:25, UK
Mercedes, having already turned the tide of F1's established pecking order at the start of the sport's new era, attempted to turn up the volume of the new-generation turbo cars on the second and final day of the Barcelona test by trialling a 'trumpet' exhaust on their W05.
The World Champion racked up 73 laps on his first in-season test appearance of the year as he continued to acclimatise to the RB10, his start to the session having been delayed slightly while Red Bull worked to fix a Day One gearbox fault. Sister team Toro Rosso, though ran into lengthy delays, Daniil Kvyat completing just 21 laps as the STR9 broke down on track. But that was nothing compared to Caterham's day as the CT05 chassis damage sustained in Kamui Kobayashi's late Day One crash provided terminal for the remainder of their test and Robin Frijns scheduled day of running. Barcelona Test, Day Two timesheet:just tried the new exhaust system. but didn't work out. didn't make it much louder. we r pushing for another solution http://t.co/hL24YrijLD
- Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) May 14, 2014
102 not out... @Pastormaldo ends the day fastest by almost a second @Circuitcat_eng with a 1:24.871 and 102 laps pic.twitter.com/fN2P6qosb5
- Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 14, 2014
Susie jumps out the car to end the final day here at #Barcelona @Susie_Wolff pic.twitter.com/E8Bbujy1Kw
- WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) May 14, 2014
For those asking about the noise, there is not an audible difference as far as I can tell. Sounds the same! #horn #noise #skyf1
- Rachel Brookes (@RachelBrookesTV) May 14, 2014