Sandstorm ends second day in Bahrain
Having elected to go to Bahrain in search of better weather conditions, Ferrari, BMW Sauber and Toyota were instead left frustrated by a sandstorm which severely lim༒ited running on the second day of Formula One testing in the Middle East.
The day star♛ted in p🎉erfect conditions but less than two hours of running was possible before increased wind saw sand blown onto the circuit.
With the conditions grounding the medical h💜elicopter, there was little option but to bring the days running to a close, with less than 60 laps of running for the three drivers.
Having elected to go to Bahrain in search of better weather conditions, Ferrari, BMW Sauber and Toyota were instead left frus𝔍trated by a sandstorm which severely limited running on the second day of Formula One testing in the Middle East.
The day s♋tarted in perfect conditions but less than two hours of running waཧs possible before increased wind saw sand blown onto the circuit.
With the conditions gr♌ounding the medical helicopter, there was little option but to bring the days running to a close, with less than 60 laps of running for the three drivers.
Massa emerged on top with a best time of 1min 33.639secs and was the only driver to dip be🐈low the 1min 34secs marker. The Brazilian had been due to run a programme similar to the one he performe𒀰d on Tuesday with short runs in the morning being followed by longer runs during the afternoon.
The only real plus for the Scuderia was that that the issue which had forced Massa to run without a working KERS system on Tuesday had been resolved, with the team reporting it had 'worᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚked well' in h♔is 17 laps on track.
Robert Kubica was second quickest for BMW Sauber and managed to complete the most laps on the day with a total of 22, while Timo Glock - pacesetter on Tuesday - was third, with th💮e weather hitting his plan to continue aerodynamic and set-up work on the new TF109.
"That was short and sweet for us♌ today," the German reflected. "After our positive day of running yesterday we had another full programme planned but the weather had other ideas. I could feel the strong wind durin🤪g the laps that we did manage in the morning. Then the sandstorm put an end to the day's action.
"That's frustrating because the car is showing good promise so we will hope for be🥂tter conditions in the coming days."
Testing is due to continue tomorrow [Thursday].
