Order of Testing Session Two: Barcelona

The second session of Winter Testing begins today, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

The second session of pre-season testing begins today, with four days of running at the Circuit de Catalunya, host of the Spanish Grand Prix. The Barcelona test - the first of two to be held at the Spanish Grand Prix venue before the teams fly out to Australia for the March 18 first race - will see teams begin to focus on the performance and set-up of their new machines after predominantly using the four days at Jerez for reliability and data-gathering work. The test is a four day session, running from 21st to 24th February.

Eleven of the twelve teams are at Barcelona this week, with only HRT absent. HRT, who ran their 2011 car in the Jerez test, will not use their 2012 car until the third and final testing session, also at Barcelona. Marussia weren't at the Jerez test with either their 2011 or 2012 car, but will be using their 2011 car over the four days at Barcelona. Mercedes used their 2011 car in Jerez, and will be launching their 2012 challenger, named the W03, tomorrow morning before testing starts. The car has had a shakedown at Silverstone earlier this week, as well as a private testing day yesterday. New Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov will be running on Wednesday and Thursday, as he tries to understand the CT01 car. At Williams, test driver Valtteri Bottas will have a full day of running, the GP3 champion in the car on Wednesday. Rookie Charles Pic will make his testing debut, with three days in the Marussia 2011 car.

TESTING TWO – BARCELONA              Day One                   Day Two                     Day Three               Day Four
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen	Vitaly Petrov	Vitaly Petrov	Heikki Kovalainen
Ferrari	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
Force India	Nico Hulkenberg	Nico Hulkenberg	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta
Lotus	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen
Marussia*	Charles Pic	Charles Pic	Timo Glock	Charles Pic
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	Jenson Button
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg
Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Mark Webber
Sauber	Sergio Perez	Sergio Perez	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Jean-Eric Vergne	Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams	Bruno Senna	Valtteri Bottas	Pastor Maldonado	Pastor Maldonado

*2011 Car

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