“It was definitely better than yesterday,” Ricciardo told reporters at the track as the day’s running ended. “We’ve been trying to get a day with 100 laps and it was good we did that today. “It’s just testing, but it’s encouraging seeing us on the top, or at least in that front group.” World champion
Alonso: Mercedes won’t repeat 2014
Alonso does not think Mercedes will dominate Formula One this year in the same way it did in 2014, despite a remarkable opening day of testing for the world champions. On a day when Alonso completed just six laps in the new McLaren-Honda, Nico Rosberg racked up 157 in the impressively-reliable Mercedes W06. But Alonso