7 March 2023 16:05 (UTC)
"Possibly the best first day of testing for McLaren for a long time"
Date | Wednesday 19 February 2020 |
Driver | Carlos Sainz |
Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (4.655km/2.892 miles) |
Laps/km/miles | 161/749km/466 miles |
Best laptime | 1m17.842s |
“A very good job by everyone today, it shows that hard work over the winter pays off. I managed to complete 161 laps, which is a very decent number for my first day.
"The car already feels a step on from last year. We aren’t reading too much into the track times, but knowing that we’re completing race simulations and pit-stops on the first day is a very good achievement.”
“It’s been a positive day of testing, possibly the best first day of testing for McLaren for a long time. The day unfolded exactly as we had planned; it’s rare that we go through a programme as closely to the timings we had planned as we did today, which is good and efficient. Another positive note is that, from a performance perspective, the car responds in line with our expectations, and while we know that we have work to do, we also know how we can improve the car.
“Finally, credit to the team members who work on the reliability of the car; we ran for more than 160 laps today without any problems, which is another promising sign. A good start to a new season, a lot of work to do, but today has been encouraging and we know where to focus.”
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.976s | 94 laps |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.313s | 79 laps |
3 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 1:17.375s | 58 laps |
4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:17.516s | 168 laps |
5 | Danil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:17.698s | 116 laps |
6 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:17.842s | 161 laps |
7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.873s | 56 laps |
8 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:18.004s | 62 laps |
9 | George Russell | Williams | 1:18.168s | 73 laps |
10 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:18.282s | 52 laps |
11 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.289s | 132 laps |
12 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.382s | 63 laps |
13 | Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.386s | 59 laps |
14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:18.466s | 106 laps |
15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.096s | 79 laps |
Lando will step into the cockpit of the McLaren MCL35 tomorrow, on day two of the first pre-season test.
Three days (Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 February 2019).
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