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Young driver test: Vergne sets the pace

On day two

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16 November 2011 - 15:44

The second day of the young driver test saw once again Jean-Eric Vergne setting the pace at the wheel of the RB7.

The Frenchman set the fastest time of the day despite some problems which lost him some track time. In the Ferrari camp, Jules Bianchi had a busy day at the office and ended the day 2nd quickest. Unlike yesterday, though, he was only 0.091s slower than the Red Bull Racing driver.

Third fastest was McLaren’s Gary Paffett. He too lost some time with mechanical problems in the morning. There were also some issues for Valtteri Bottas and Williams. The Finn concluded the session with the fourth fastest time and has now started his journey from Abu Dhabi to Macau, where he is due to contest the Formula Three Grand Prix this weekend.

Johnny Cecotto Jr set the fifth fastest time for Force India. He was quicker than Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez and Sam Bird’s Mercedes.

Fastest times of the day:

Pos	Driver	Team	Times	Laps
01	Jean-Eric Vergne	Red Bull Renault	1:40.188	43
02	Jules Bianchi	Ferrari	1:40.279	91
03	Gary Paffett	McLaren Mercedes	1:41.756	71
04	Valterri Bottas	Williams Cosworth	1:42.367	88
05	Johnny Cecotto Jr	Force India Mercedes	1:42.873	84
06	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber Ferrari	1:43.637	96
07	Sam Bird	Mercedes GP	1:43.734	94
08	Kevin Korjus	Lotus Renault GP	1:43.776	70
09	Luiz Razia	Team Lotus	1:43.944	89
10	Kevin Ceccon	Toro Rosso Ferrari	1:44.808	97
11	Jan Charouz	HRT Cosworth	1:46.644	56
12	Charles Pic	Virgin Cosworth	1:46.698	61
13	Nathanaël Berthon	HRT Cosworth	1:48.646	9