Kimi Raikkonen led the way for Alfa Romeo on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing as Mercedes suffered its first setback of the winter at Barcelona. 40-year-old Raikkonen displaced morning pacesetter Sergio Perez with a late effort on Pirelli’s C1 Soft compound tyres during the final hour of running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Finn strapped on a fresh set of red-walled Soft tyres with around 45 minutes left on the clock to beat Perez’s long-standing benchmark on a 1m17.091s in what was his first day of testing action for the Swiss squad. After nearly two days and over 15 hours of uninterrupted running, Raikkonen also was the first driver to cause a red flag...
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