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3 March 2014

Stats and facts from the second Bahrain test

There we have it. Winter testing has come to a close and the opening round of the 2014 Formula 1 season is just around the corner.
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We know who has a reliable car and who doesn't, but the lap times fail to give us a look at the potential pecking order. Here are stats and facts from the four-day event, including combined times and total laps.

The test was certainly a busy one for a number of reasons. Some managed to add plenty of miles to their tally, while others (basically Red Bull) continued to struggle with reliability woes.

All 11 teams were hoping for a trouble-free four days in Bahrain but there were still plenty of issues to be ironed out. It really was the last opportunity to test the cars, as the next stop is Melbourne and the Albert Park Circuit.

Combined times from all four sessions, with the day the fastest lap was set in brackets:
  1. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m33.258 (Day Three) 
  2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m33.278 (Day Four) 
  3. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m33.484 (Day Three) 
  4. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1m33.987 (Day Four) 
  5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m34.280 (Day Four) 
  6. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m35.290 (Day One) 
  7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m35.426 (Day Three) 
  8. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m35.477 (Day Four) 
  9. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m35.701 (Day Four) 
  10. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m35.743 (Day Two) 
  11. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m35.894 (Day Three) 
  12. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m36.113 (Day Three) 
  13. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m36.647 (Day Four)
  14. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1m36.835 (Day Four) 
  15. Jenson Buton, McLaren, 1m36.901 (Day Two) 
  16. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1m37.087 (Day Three) 
  17. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m37.303 (Day Four) 
  18. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m37.468 (Day Four) 
  19. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m38.083 (Day Three) 
  20. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m38.391 (Day Four) 
  21. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1m39.302 (Day Four) 
  22. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1m40.599 (Day One) 
Here are the combined times from BOTH Bahrain tests, with the test (two or three) and day in brackets:
  1. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1m33.258 (Test Three, Day Three) 
  2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m33.278 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  3. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m33.283 (Test Two, Day Three) 
  4. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1m33.987 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1m34.280 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  6. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1m34.910 (Test Two, Day Two) 
  7. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1m34.957 (Test Two, Day Four) 
  8. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1m35.290 (Test Three, Day One) 
  9. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m35.426 (Test Three, Day Three) 
  10. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1m35.477 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  11. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1m35.701 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  12. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m35.743 (Test Three, Day Two) 
  13. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m36.113 (Test Three, Day Three) 
  14. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1m36.647 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  15. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1m36.835 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  16. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1m37.087 (Test Three, Day Three) 
  17. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1m37.180 (Test Two, Day Three) 
  18. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1m37.468 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  19. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 1m38.083 (Test Three, Day Three) 
  20. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 1m38.391 (Test Three, Day Four) 
  21. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1m38.707 (Test Two, Day Four) 
  22. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1m39.302 (Test Three, Day Four) 
Here are the lap counts from the third test, with each driver's total from all three tests in brackets:
  1. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 235 laps (448) 
  2. Sergio Perez, Force India, 213 laps (337) 
  3. Felipe Massa, Williams, 202 laps (400) 
  4. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 197 laps (485) 
  5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 196 laps (529) 
  6. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 192 laps (554) 
  7. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 191 laps (402) 
  8. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 189 laps (343) 
  9. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 181 laps (372) 
  10. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, 172 laps (284) 
  11. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 159 laps (420) 
  12. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 153 laps (186) 
  13. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 141 laps (344) 
  14. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 137 laps (208) 
  15. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 135 laps (257) 
  16. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, 125 laps (261) 
  17. Max Chilton, Marussia, 105 laps (131) 
  18. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 105 laps (158) 
  19. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 78 laps (161) 
  20. Jenson Button, McLaren, 74 laps (326) 
  21. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 64 laps (91)* 
  22. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 62 laps (151)* 
*Only took part in the final two tests

Here are the total lap counts for the 11 teams from the third Bahrain test, with each outfit's total from the three tests in brackets:
  1. Williams, 437 laps (935) 
  2. Force India, 402 laps (761) 
  3. Sauber, 372 laps (694) 
  4. Mercedes, 351 laps (974) 
  5. Ferrari, 337 laps (873) 
  6. Caterham, 297 laps (621) 
  7. Toro Rosso, 272 laps (465) 
  8. McLaren, 271 laps (811) 
  9. Marussia, 258 laps (317) 
  10. Red Bull, 183 laps (319) 
  11. Lotus, 126 laps (241)** 
**Team only took part in the final two tests

Here are the lap counts from the third test for each power-unit manufacturer, with the overall totals for the three tests in brackets and followed by the team's they supply:
  1. Mercedes, 1461 laps (3335) – Mercedes, McLaren, Force India & Williams 
  2. Ferrari, 967 laps (1884) – Ferrari, Sauber & Marussia 
  3. Renault, 878 laps (1646) – Red Bull, Lotus, Toro Rosso & Caterham
© Pirelli Media
Day one was the quietest of the test, with a total of 762 laps being completed, and day four was the busiest with 874. There was a combined tally of 868 on day three and 803 laps on day two. Teams were given 30 sets of tyres for the four-day event, with 22 being allocated by Pirelli and eight by each team. 

F1's sole tyre supplier found that the performance difference between the supersoft and soft compound is 0.7 seconds. The soft tyre is 1.3-1.5 seconds faster than the medium, which is a further 1.3-1.5 seconds quicker than the hard compound. A total of 22 drivers took part and a total of 7,099 laps were completed in total at the three tests.

341 sets of Pirelli tyres were brought to Bahrain for the final two tests. 319 of them were used, with the medium compound being the most popular and the supersoft being the least (other than the special 'winter' tyre, the intermediate and the wet compounds).

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