McLaren enjoyed their first full day of testing today as the Renault powered cars suffered from electrical issues causing Sebastian Vettel to park his Red Bull after 8 laps.
Caterham, Red Bull and Toro Rosso all had restricted running due to issues related to the Renault engine/power train.
Mercedes and Ferrari enjoyed a great days testing as Sergio Perez pulled over in a smoky Force India.
Jenson Button McLaren 1m24.165s 43 laps
Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m24.812s 47 laps
Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m25.344s 35 laps
Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.588s 97 laps
Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m28.376s 37 laps
Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m33.270s 53 laps
Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m37.975s 11 laps
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m38.320s 8 laps
Sebastian Vettel cancelled his media engagements, packed up and flew home early after problems continued to plague the world champion team’s brand new Red Bull RB10 during the first two days of Formula 1 preseason testing at Jerez.
After only completing three timed laps on the opening day, and just eight on the second day, Vettel’s title defence has started in the worst way possible.
Although not clear what has been afflicting the Adrian Newey penned RB10, it has emerged that on the first day an assembly mistake curtailed their running severely, while on day two the problem appears related to an electrical issue which was described as a “Renault energy store problem.”