The Mercedes German driver has set the fastest time followed by Jenson Button (McLaren) and Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari).

Fourth and last day of the first week of pre-season testing in the Bahrain International Circuit. Nico Rosberg has finished on top with a 1:33.283, a time which is very close to those set in 2013. Moreover, despite causing two red flags and having to finish their session 1 hour before the end, Mercedes has been the team who has completed more laps (89).

Jenson Button has been second, almost 2 seconds behind Rosberg and with 66 laps done. Räikkönen has been third and with 81 laps done he’s been able to compensate the problems Ferrari had yesterday with telemetry. When there were 5 minutes left, Kimi hit the wall and the session was then finished for everybody.

It was the first day as Williams test driver for Felipe Nasr and the brazilian has set the fourth fastest time after 86 laps. Maldonado has been fifth with almost 60 laps completed.

The other drivers have had several problems and have not been able to do many laps today. Only more 4 days of testing next week and teams will have to be ready for the Australian GP in March.

Result:

Pos. Driver Team Car Lap TIme Dif. Laps
1. #6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas W05 1:33.283 89
2. #22 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes MP4-29 1:34.957 +1.674 66
3. #7 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari F14 T 1:36.718 +3.435 81
4. #40 Felipe Nasr Williams F1 Team FW36 1:37.569 +4.286 86
5. #13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus F1 Team E22 1:38.707 +5.424 58
6. #11 Sergio Perez Sahara Force India VJM07 1:39.258 +5.975 19
7. #3 Daniel Ricciardo Infiniti Red Bull Racing RB10 1:39.837 +6.554 15
8. #25 Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso STR9 1:40.472 +7.189 18
9. #10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham F1 Team CT05 1:43.027 +9.744 16
10. #9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham F1 Team CT05 1:45.094 +11.811 4
11. #99 Adrian Sutil Sauber F1 Team C33 – 6
12. #17 Jules Bianchi Marussia F1 Team MR03 – 4

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