Two and half days into pre-season testing, Alfa Romeo is the surprise leader at the top of the time sheets with Kimi Raikkonen's 1:17.762 lap placing him over half a second clear of his former Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who has previously dominated the charts. It's still early days, and there are a few teams that almost certainly have not shown their hand yet in terms of performance, but what is significant already about Raikkonen's time is that his team are, as yet, the only one to have gone quicker than they did in testing last year. Wawaweewaaa! ???????????? What a lap for Kimi! ???? An awesome 1:17:762 and P1... #Kimi7 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/Q6RdXb4Y1J — Alfa Romeo...
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