MONTMELO, Spain (AP) Reserve Alfa Romeo driver Robert Kubica was fastest as Formula One preseason testing resumed Wednesday at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit.

Kubica had a time of 1 minute, 16.942 seconds in the morning session, becoming the first driver other than Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to go faster than 1:17.000 this year.

"It has been a positive morning in the car for me," Kubica said. "Times don't matter ... what really counts is finishing the day having completed your testing program, and we did that."

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