DAY ONE OVERVIEW 

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

 

CARLOS SAINZ, #55

“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.”

ANDREA STELLA, Racing Director

“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.”

 

TODAY'S OFFICIAL TESTING TIMES

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

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

Lando will step into the cockpit of the McLaren MCL35 tomorrow, on day two of the first pre-season test.

 

TEST DATES

Three days (Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 February 2019).

 

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