The German driver of Force India, Nico Hulkenberg has been fastest on first day of second round of 4-days-testing in Sakir, Bahrain; where we see again, the Mercedes superiority.

On morning, Lotus made his public debut with Romain Grosjean completing 10 laps. Frijns, with Caterham, was the Renault car who completes more laps, 30. Just the opposite of Red Bull and Toro Rosso who was unable to made any lap. Williams had problems as well with Mercedes, and only did 3 laps.

On the Top, Magnussen with his McLaren was the fastest followed by Hamilton (Mercedes) and Hulkenberg (Force India) at top 3. Adrian Sutil with Sauber, powered by Ferrari, has been the car who most laps completed. Alonso and Sutil have caused the two red flags of Morning session.

However at afternoon, Vettel completed 14 laps with the RB10, his record on a day. Also Toro Rosso completed 5 laps due to a oil leak that crippled do more laps in Bahrain. Vettel and Kvyat have caused the two red flags of afternoon session.

Williams remains with his problems and Lotus had detected a problem with software of his Renault, and a battery problem as well. The good think for Renault is Caterham who completed more laps than Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Lotus, together.

Ferrari and Mercedes teams (least Williams) had completed more than 50 laps.

Pos. Driver Number Team Car Lap Time Dif. Laps
1. Nico Hülkenberg #27 Force India VJM07 1:36.880 76
2. Fernando Alonso #14 Ferrari F14 T 1:37.879 +0.999 64
3. Lewis Hamilton #44 Mercedes W05 1:37.908 +1.028 74
4. Kevin Magnussen #20 McLaren MP4-29 1:38.295 +1.415 81
5. Sebastian Vettel #1 Red Bull RB10 1:40.224 +3.344 14
6. Adrian Sutil #99 Sauber C33 1:40.443 +3.563 80
7. Robin Frijns #46 Caterham CT05 1:42.900 +6.020 66
8. Daniil Kvyat #26 Toro Rosso STR9 1:44.346 +7.466 5
9. Romain Grosjean #8 Lotus E22 1:44.832 +7.952 8
10. Felipe Massa #19 Williams FW36 – – 4
11. Jules Bianchi #17 Marussia MR03 – – 3

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