Barcelona Pre-Season Test: Day 2 Recap

Mick Schumacher was back behind the wheel of the VF-22 on Thursday morning at Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya. Following limited running yesterday, the German was out early in the session on a set of Pirelli C2 tires for his first outing. After 23 laps, Schumacher switched to the Pirelli C3 tire compound, where he set his fastest lap time of 1:21.949. 

As winds picked up in the final hour of the morning session, the 22-year-old set about making up for lost time from the day before, accumulating 66 laps in total – a full race distance of the Spanish Grand Prix. 

Nikita Mazepin returned to the track in the afternoon, starting the session on the Pirelli C2 tire compound. Seven laps into his first run, a red flag was brought out after Mazepin stopped on track with a damaged fuel pump. With the team working fast and efficiently as ever to fix the issue, the VF-22 was once again on the road, this time on the Pirelli C3 compound. Mazepin set his quickest time of the day on the penultimate lap of running (1:21.512) and managed to bring the total lap count for the day up to 108. 

Mazepin will commence running on Friday before Schumacher brings the pre-season track session in Spain to a close in the afternoon.