Circuit de Catalunya: 2013 Testing Day Two

Sergio Perez set the quickest time of the second day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. Perez went 0.3s clear of the rest of the field early in the afternoon session after lapping in 1:21.848 on the soft tyre to set the fastest time of the test so far. He also managed to complete a total of 97 laps on what was a trouble-free day for McLaren compared to its rivals.

Sebastian Vettel clocked the second-fastest time for Red Bull. The reigning triple world champion had the fastest time when all of the team's had stopped for lunch, but the afternoon was less successful as a race simulation run was cut short when his RB9 came to a halt on track with a loose wheel after a pit stop, bringing out the red flags.

Kimi Raikkonen came third quickest despite missing out on the majority of the day's running when he experienced a gearbox issue. After having completed just four laps, the stricken Lotus was unable to return to the track until there were less than two hours left in the day. Raikkonen managed to complete 43 laps with a best time of 1:22.697 set on the Pirelli medium tyre.

Lewis Hamilton set the fourth-fastest time in the morning and completed some longer runs in the afternoon. Hamilton and his team completed 121 laps - the most of anyone and nearly twice the length of the Spanish Grand Prix (which will be held in Barcelona on May 12)

Ferrari completed far fewer laps than on Tuesday with Fernando Alonso only doing 28 laps in the morning as an overheating exhaust seemed to confined him to the garage for a long time before recovering in the afternoon.

Times

	Driver	Car	Best time	Laps
1.	Sergio Perez	McLaren MP4-28	1:21.848	97
2.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB9	1:22.197	84
3.	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus E21	1:22.697	43
4.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes W04	1:22.726	121
5.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F138	1:23.247	76
6.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams FW34	1:23.561	98
7.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR8	1:23.718	70
8.	Paul di Resta	Force India VMJ06	1:23.971	62
9.	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber C32	1:24.205	88
10.	Max Chilton	Marussia MR02	1:25.115	66
11.	Charles Pic	Caterham CT03	1:26.243	102