Formula 1 Pre-Season Testing 2016: Times and Tuesday Analysis from Barcelona

Mercedes offered another glimpse of their searing pace ahead of the 2016 Formula One campaign, as Nico Rosberg topped the standings on Day 1 of the second round of pre-season testing in Barcelona.   The German set the second-fastest time of the winter testing so far on Tuesday, posting one minute, 23.022 seconds after the team decided to try out the soft tyre compound for the first time during the morning session; they also managed another massive amount of volume. It meant the W07 was by far the fastest car of the morning, with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who only used the medium tyre, posting 1:24.836 during his time on the track. Valtteri Bottas was the only driver to use the supersoft tyres, clocking the second-best time in his...

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