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 |
