BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Sebastian Vettel continued to show good pace with Ferrari in Formula One's preseason testing on Tuesday, setting the fastest time in the morning session.
Vettel was nearly a second faster than Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, the only other top driver to go out on Pirelli's new ultra-soft tire compound.
Vettel's time of 1 minute 22.810 seconds was almost two seconds quicker than the pole position in Spain last year. Vettel also was fastest on Monday.
Nico Rosberg of Mercedes was third on medium tires, two seconds slower than Vettel. Rosberg, last year's runner-up to teammate Lewis Hamilton, ran 81 laps, the most of any driver.
Two-time champion Fernando Alonso made his debut in testing by running 71 laps, a promising sign for McLaren after disappointing results last year.
