Ferrari completes two-day 2017 Pirelli tyre test at Barcelona

Ferrari and Pirelli have concluded their two-day 2017 tyre test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain.

Kimi Raikkonen was at the wheel of the modified 2015 Ferrari being used to complete the tyre testing on Tuesday.

Sebastian Vettel took over running on Wednesday, with the tyres increasing in width by 60mm at the front (245 to 305mm) and 80mm at the rear (325 to 405mm) for 2017.

Ferrari completed 11 laps on Tuesday with the new slick Pirelli rubber, adding 156 more laps to its tally on Wednesday.

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Mercedes is currently in action at Paul Ricard for another slick tyre test with Pirelli. Pascal Wehrlein is running on all three days at the wheel of a modified 2015 car.

Wehrlein managed 134 laps on Tuesday and 89 laps on Wednesday, with one more day of running left on Thursday.

Mercedes will be in action again at Paul Ricard on the 21 and 22 September, this time trying out Pirelli’s 2017 wet tyres.