Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit - Sakhir, 5.412 kms

Driver: Daniil Kvyat

Car: STR9 chassis number 01

Laps: 67

Best time: 1:40.452

After a brief pause for breath on Monday following the excitement of the Bahrain Grand Prix, all the teams were back in action today testing at the very same Sakhir circuit. It’s part of the return to limited in-season testing, after a ban that lasted a couple of years. Not much change to the weather or track conditions, apart from the fact that track time runs from 09h00 to 17h30 and therefore in a much hotter part of the day than was the case over the race weekend. That can have an effect on car balance, but nothing too significant.

In the Toro Rosso camp, Daniil Kvyat was on driving duty today, completing a satisfactory number of laps, as the team focussed on chassis work over long runs. The main aims were to move forward on the development of the car in race trim as well as give Daniil valuable extra mileage under race conditions, in addition to carrying out tyre work. Tomorrow, the last day of this two day session, the STR9 will be in the hands of Jean-Eric Vergne.

Daniil Kvyat: “Even if you can’t see it from looking at the timing screen, this was a productive day during which we learned a lot. It was very useful for me, giving me a lot of laps away from the race weekend environment. We also learned something about why our pace was not as strong as we had expected in Sunday’s race. I think this in-season testing is a very useful thing, not just for the teams, but also for guys like me who have to catch up in terms of experience.”

1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m35.697s 121 laps

2 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1m36.064s 69 laps

3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m36.626s 68 laps

4 Kevin Magnussen McLaren 1m36.634s 102 laps

5 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m37.305s 28 laps

6 Max Chilton Marussia 1m37.678s 60 laps

7 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m38.326s 91 laps

8 Sergey Sirotkin Sauber 1m39.023s 76 laps

9 Robin Frijns Caterham 1m40.027s 62 laps

10 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1m40.183s 16 laps

11 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m40.452s 67 laps