Vettel continues strong start in Ferrari

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA- Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel continued his positive start to life with Ferrari by going fastest again on the second morning of pre-season testing in Jerez.The German took nearly two seconds off the fastest time he set on Sunday to record a best time of 1min 20.984secs.Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton looked comfortable on his first outing in the new Mercedes W06 as he clocked up 91 laps by early afternoon to take Mercedes well over the 200 lap mark for the opening two days.However, McLaren’s struggles with their new Honda-powered MP4-30 continued as Jenson Button managed just five laps to add to the six Fernando Alonso completed on day one.By contrast, Max Verstappen enjoyed a fruitful opening day of his Formula One career for Red Bull’s junior team.

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