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Red Bull newboy Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed his most productive day of testing so far yesterday, and sounds more optimistic about the team's chances after a difficult pre-season so far.
Team-mate Sebastian Vettel takes over driving duties today.
@danielricciardo: "Good progress on track yesterday. The guys been working hard. Hope we can finish off the test strong & continue to learn about the new beast."
Engine changes are much bigger job with these new-for 2014 units, so it will be interesting to see how soon the F1 W05 can be ready for action.
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Mercedes has had the smoothest winter but its drivers have constantly reiterated that it's not above problems, and here's a reminder as the team announces a late start for Rosberg today:
"It'll be a delayed start for @nico_rosberg today; overnight inspection of high-mileage components has led to a precautionary engine change."
"It'll be a delayed start for @nico_rosberg today; overnight inspection of high-mileage components has led to a precautionary engine change."
Perez and Ricciardo's winter running is now done, they can step out of the cockpit until Melbourne in just under a fortnight.
This is the driver line-up we're expecting to see today:
Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel
Mercedes - Nico Rosberg
Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus - Romain Grosjean
McLaren - Kevin Magnussen
Force India - Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber - Adrian Sutil
Toro Rosso - Daniil Kvyat
Williams - Felipe Massa
Marussia - Jules Bianchi
Caterham - Kamui Kobayashi
This is the driver line-up we're expecting to see today:
Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel
Mercedes - Nico Rosberg
Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus - Romain Grosjean
McLaren - Kevin Magnussen
Force India - Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber - Adrian Sutil
Toro Rosso - Daniil Kvyat
Williams - Felipe Massa
Marussia - Jules Bianchi
Caterham - Kamui Kobayashi
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So far this week it's been all Force India at the top of the timesheets, with Sergio Perez flying to the fastest lap on both Thursday and Friday.
Here's a full recap of what went on yesterday:
Bahrain test day two full report
But the big news wasn't the man in first place yesterday, but the man in third, as Red Bull's winter finally began to (seemingly) turn around.
Daniel Ricciardo was just a tenth off the pace and managed 66 laps, a vast improvement on previous days.
Here's a full recap of what went on yesterday:
Bahrain test day two full report
But the big news wasn't the man in first place yesterday, but the man in third, as Red Bull's winter finally began to (seemingly) turn around.
Daniel Ricciardo was just a tenth off the pace and managed 66 laps, a vast improvement on previous days.
Good morning and welcome to AUTOSPORT Live's coverage of the penultimate day of pre-season Formula 1 testing for 2014.
By: Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, Ben Anderson, Dan Cross
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