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Barcelona Test, Day Two: Pastor Maldonado fastest as Mercedes try to turn up F1 noise

Title leaders trial 'trumpet' exhaust on W05; Susie Wolff returns to action for Williams; McLaren debutant Stoffel Vandoorne sails past superlicence threshold; Caterham don't run after chassis damage

Mercedes, having already turned the tide of F1's established pecking order at the start of the sport's new era, attempted to turn up the volume of the new-generation turbo cars on the second and final day of the Barcelona test by trialling a 'trumpet' exhaust on their W05.

The World Champion racked up 73 laps on his first in-season test appearance of the year as he continued to acclimatise to the RB10, his start to the session having been delayed slightly while Red Bull worked to fix a Day One gearbox fault. Sister team Toro Rosso, though ran into lengthy delays, Daniil Kvyat completing just 21 laps as the STR9 broke down on track. But that was nothing compared to Caterham's day as the CT05 chassis damage sustained in Kamui Kobayashi's late Day One crash provided terminal for the remainder of their test and Robin Frijns scheduled day of running. Barcelona Test, Day Two timesheet:
1) Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1:24.871, 102 laps.
2) Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:25.805, 102 laps.
3) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:26.480, 94 laps.
4) Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:26.972, 85 laps.
5) Susie Wolff, Williams, 1:27.280, 55 laps.
6) Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1:27.718, 55 laps.
7) Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:27.973, 73 laps.
8) Daniel Juncadella, Force India, 1:28.278, 91 laps.
9) Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren, 1:28.441, 136 laps.
10) Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1:28.910, 21 laps.

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