SEBASTIAN VETTEL TOPS TIMESHEETS IN BARCELONA TEST.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel set the pace on the first day of the second 2012 pre-season test.

 After the first of four days’ testing at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, the world champion was 0.175 seconds faster than Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg.

 McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was third, followed by Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

 Eleven of the 12 teams are at the Circuit de Catalunya until Friday.