Pastor Maldonado was quickest on the second morning of testing in Barcelona as Lotus continued its strong week. After Charles Pic was second fastest on Tuesday, Maldonado set a time of 1:26.311 on soft tyres to lead Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari by 0.9s. Wednesday was a much more productive day for Raikkonen, who managed to complete X laps having been limited to just 20 by a number of stoppages on track yesterday. There was much interest around Mercedes at the start of the day as Nico Rosberg ran with a 'megaphone' exhaust fitted to his car as part of a test designed to improve the sound of the new engines. However, after some early runs with little audible difference, the exhaust was removed...
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