Ferrari impressed for the second day running at the first pre-season test in Barcelona, Spain. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas set the pace with the fastest time of the week, but Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was only 0.247 seconds behind on a slower tyre. Bottas' time was set on the fastest ultra-soft tyre, Vettel's on the soft, which is two grades more durable. Vettel was 0.155secs faster than Bottas managed on the same tyre. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest. Day three of pre-season testing as it happened Vettel's performance came after team-mate Kimi Raikkonen set the pace on Tuesday, again using a harder tyre than the one Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton used to be second...
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