Welcome to Barcelona, where today had been disputed the first and second practice of the Spanish Grand Prix, practices which mark the start of the European part of the season.
As expected , the two Mercedes have continued to set the standard in this circuit, but it may have been in this session that have surprised us more than ever with a rhythm higher than their opponents, a second with Ricciardo and second and a half with Fernando Alonso.
The teams have been testing aerodynamic improvements to gather information for tomorrow,this will help them to put together the entire package and make a correct balance of the car, as has been the case and Ferrari.
Speaking about Ferrari, this session has been marked by the appearance of the most important person, Luca di Montezemolo, whose charisma has taken the attention of TV cameras and applause from the grandstand of Ciruit.
Although this circuit was apparently characteristic for the cars of Red Bull and Ferrari, with less importance powertrain, the Mercedes team dominated with very heavy-handed and two sessions at this track, apparently seem to have something more than other great prizes.
In this session, as usual, the teams have tested with their two cars, stints of classification and race, except in the case of Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel could not roll in this free session due to a problem it has been with his car in the first session.
As for race times, it looks like Rosberg and Hamilton and the rest of the world, the fight will be at the podium for all other than these two drivers who, as always, are going to fight for the first position both in grid and the race.
Except for both Mercedes, the times Ricciardo scored are very similar to those of Alonso and Raikkonen,we could even hasten the time of McLaren, that seems to have taken a leap of quality.
Results: 1ºLewis Hamilton 2ºNico Rosberg 3ºDaniel Ricciardo 4ºFernando Alonso 5ºKimi Raikkonen 6ºMagnussen 7ºButton 8ºMassa 9ºMaldonado 10ºKvyat.