Sebastian Vettel Is Showing the True Colors of the SF1000

Ferrari F1 finally began to uncover their F1 2020 pace on the penultimate day of testing. Sebastian Vettel topped an engaging morning session, which included fast times on a drying track and multiple red flags.

Vettel and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen both had spun into the gravel that prompted the session to be suspended. While Valtteri Bottas went off course in his Mercedes. Indeed, even Antonio Giovinazzi had the same incident in his Alfa Romeo.

Sebastian Vettel followed the case of Bottas and Verstappen, failing to understand the situation at Turn 5. However, replays indicated him losing it a lot later in the corner.

However, the timesheets were similarly fascinating. Overnight downpour left the Barcelona circuit in an especially sodden state toward the start of the day. In spite of the fact that there was a sprinkling of activity on the intermediate tire in the opening hour.

Sebastian Vettel fastest on day 2

Eventually, the slicks would return, and Vettel went fastest initially on the C4 compound before improving by two-tenths on the C5 tire with a 1m16.841s on Pirelli’s softest rubber.

When the circuit had dried adequately, the vehicles started to take to the circuit to conduct aero tests, with various teams trialing new parts toward the beginning of the day’s running.

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari, calm over the past four days in Barcelona, burst into life as the four-time world champion set the tone with a 1:16.841. It was over a second quicker than he had overseen before Thursday.

His time was the third-best of the winter so far yet should likewise be taken into the setting as it was posted on C5 tires, a similar compound Valtteri Bottas posted a 1:15.7. It is the leading time of the test set a week ago.

Leclerc feels cornering speed is the biggest improvement Ferrari has made with the SF1000. He said “Sector 3 is the most technical one, where there are the most corners, and on that, I’m pretty sure we have improved. I can go quicker through the corners.”