Kobayashi fastest over all four days at Barcelona

Kamui Kobayashi is the fastest driver over all four days of the Barcelona test.


Kamui Kobayashi was fastest this week

Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest time out of any driver when all the times from the four days are collated. The Sauber man's time came on the last day of the test, and his 1.22.312 was slightly faster than Pastor Maldonado's 1.22.391, who ended the four day test 2nd. Nico Hulkenberg was 3rd with Sergio Perez 4th, but the first of the "big boys" was Sebastian Vettel, who was fifth. The World Champion looked very good at both the Jerez test and at Barcelona this week, and so far, Red Bull appear to be the team to beat. Fernando Alonso was seventh for Ferrari, who endured another troublesome four days, the Maranello outfit do appear to be struggling somewhat, with Alonso even stating that the team were not "where they want to be." McLaren seem in reasonable form, and Jenson Button was eighth, with Lewis Hamilton eleventh. So far though, Red Bull certainly look strongest. Marussia ran their 2011 car this week, and they, along with HRT, are expected to have their 2012 cars ready for the final test, also at Barcelona, which starts next Thursday.

The full times of the four day test:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1.22.312
2	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1.22.391
3	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1.22.608
4	Sergio Perez	Sauber	1.22.648
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1.22.891
6	Paul di Resta	Force India	1.23.119
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1.23.180
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1.23.200
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1.23.384
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1.23.563
11	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1.23.590
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1.23.618
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1.23.774
14	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1.23.792
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1.23.843
16	Bruno Senna	Williams	1.25.711
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1.25.738
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1.26.035
19	Timo Glock	Marussia*	1.26.173
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1.26.448
21	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1.26.809
22	Charles Pic	Marussia*	1.27.343

*2011 Car

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