Circuit de Catalunya: Testing Day Two

During qualifier of the 2010 Brazil Grand Prix, many fans knew that the young German, Nico Hulkenberg had what it takes to make it in Formula One. With 112 laps ran, Nico Hulkenberg set quickest time in Barcelona on day two with a lap time of 1:22.608.

Coming in a close 0:04 seconds behind Hulkenberg was Sauber's Sergio Perez. With a near full day of running, it wasn't until the last 5 minutes of running that Perez's C31 was forced into pits with an exhaust problem.

With the luck (bad a sit may be) following the paddock from Jerez to Barcelona, day two at Circuit de Catalunya saw two red flags on track.

The first of the two red flags was brought out with Daniel Ricciardo but  it did not keep him off track long. The second one (also caused by Ricciardo) came when the STR07 stopped at the end of the pit lane shortly after lunch, with a drive shaft problem keeping Ricciardo in the pits just until the final few minutes of the day.

"The afternoon did not go to plan, but the morning was positive and we did all the runs we had planned for the first part of the day," Ricciardo was quoted. "We worked on making adjustments to the car balance, also trying some different mechanical changes to the car, which is why I did mainly short runs. I could feel the effect of these changes and the car reacted in the way we expected."

For a full set of pictures from day two at Catalunya, check out Octane Photo's gallery here!

Times

	Driver	Car	Time	Laps
1.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM05	1:22.608	112
2.	Sergio Perez	Sauber C31	1:22.648	85
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	1:22.891	104
5.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	1:23.180	87
5.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR07	1:23.639	50
6.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-27	1:23.806	120
7.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes W03	1:24.555	82
8.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams FW34	1:25.738	117
9.	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham CT01	1:26.605	69
10.	Charles Pic	Marussia MVR02	1:27.343	108