Leading F1 teams confirm status as title favorites (PA SportsTicker)
February 28, 2010
By PAUL LOGOTHETIS AP Auto Racing Writer
BARCELONA, Spain(AP)—McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes GP confirmed their positions as front-runners for Formula One’s championship as preseason testing wrapped on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton set a fastest time of 1 minute, 20.472 seconds for McLaren to edge Red Bull’s Mark Webber by just over two-hundreths of a second.
Felipe Massa of Ferrari was third ahead of Force India’s Adrian Sutil, with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel fifth. Michael Schumacher of Mercedes was sixth as the top drivers were separated by less than three-tenths of a second.
Rubens Barrichello of Williams and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi finished within half a second of Hamilton.
Most teams practiced low-fuel runs for the best indicator on pace heading into the season-opener at Bahrain on March 14.
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