The real winner on F1 testing day two
Daniel Ricciardo set the pace at Barcelona on Friday, but SCOTT MITCHELL crunches the long-run numbers and explains where the real winner was on the timesheets
Leaderboards lie. Trust them at the end of the season, but at this stage they are not to be believed.
Even amid the smoke and mirrors of pre-season testing, it might seem churlish to discount the team that topped the times and the driver who clocked the most laps. After all, aren't they two of the most sought after gains from testing?
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