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F1: Valtteri Bottas goes fastest again in Silverstone young driver test

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Khatir Soltani
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.

Vallteri Bottas, Williams F1 2012
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 F1 2012
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

Khatir Soltani
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