Sebastian Vettel goes fastest in first morning of winter testing as Ferrari storm out the blocks... but title rival Lewis Hamilton will take to the track in the afternoon in Barcelona Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap early on as pre-season testing got underway German's time of 1min 18.161sec was nearly two seconds faster than anyone else Vettel will be behind the wheel of the Ferrari throughout day one in Barcelona Valtteri Bottas third for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton to run in the afternoon READ: All the latest F1 news and features ahead of the new season
By Jonathan Mcevoy For Mail Online
Published: 12:23 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 12:26 GMT, 18 February 2019
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Sebastian Vettel began his quest to wrest the world title off Lewis Hamilton by posting a startlingly fast time on the first morning of pre-season testing in Barcelona.
The early running comes with the usual caveats attached – a snapshot in a colder conditions than will prevail when the campaign starts for real in Melbourne on March 18.
But Vettel’s huge advantage
