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Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, fastest Thursday in Day 1 of the young driver test at Silverstone repeated his performance today, emerging quickest in the Renault-powered Williams FW34.
Today, the test took place on the shorter International circuit and not of the long Grand Prix track.
The Williams reserve driver completed 170 laps today and set a time of 48.963 seconds.
The Marussia F1 team ran again Max Chilton and Rio Haryanto. Both rookies concentrated on getting enough mileage to gain a superlicence, achieving the required 300km.
The Marussia MR01 featured a new nose cone and a revised rear wing.
Chilton finished the day in second place with a time of 49.932 seconds. Haryanto, who only ran in the morning session was third with a 50.405.
The Spanish HRT team did not run today.
Young driver test, Silverstone*:
1. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 48.963s
2. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 49.932s 0.969s
3. Rio Haryanto Marussia-Cosworth 50.405s 1.442s
*Unofficial timing
Today, the test took place on the shorter International circuit and not of the long Grand Prix track.
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| Vallteri Bottas, Williams (Photo: WRI2) |
The Williams reserve driver completed 170 laps today and set a time of 48.963 seconds.
The Marussia F1 team ran again Max Chilton and Rio Haryanto. Both rookies concentrated on getting enough mileage to gain a superlicence, achieving the required 300km.
The Marussia MR01 featured a new nose cone and a revised rear wing.
 |
| Max Chilton, Marussia (Photo: WRI2) |
Chilton finished the day in second place with a time of 49.932 seconds. Haryanto, who only ran in the morning session was third with a 50.405.
The Spanish HRT team did not run today.
Young driver test, Silverstone*:
1. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 48.963s
2. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 49.932s 0.969s
3. Rio Haryanto Marussia-Cosworth 50.405s 1.442s
*Unofficial timing