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Maldonado sets F1 test pace for Lotus
Pastor Maldonado shrugged off technical gremlins to put his Lotus-Mercedes top on a fairly eventful first F1 test day at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The Venezuelan – who scored his one and only F1 race win at this venue in 2012 – brought out two red flags early on in the day when his Lotus E23 ground to a halt with two different technical issues. He also spent a portion of the afternoon in the pit lane, but would eventually re-emerge late on to pump in a best lap of 1min 25.011secs, giving Lotus a much-desired pre-season boost Maldonado's efforts were enough to unseat long-time leader Kimi Raikkonen from the top of the timesheets in the Ferrari, the former champion commanding an...
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