7 March 2023 16:05 (UTC)
"Thanks to the entire team here at the track and back home in Woking"
Date | Friday 21 February 2020 |
Driver | Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris |
Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (4.655km/2.892 miles) |
Laps/km/miles | 76 laps/354km/220 miles, 49 laps/228km/142 miles |
Best laptime | 1m18.274s, 1m18.454s |
“In general, it’s been another good morning going through the whole test programme, still understanding the new car and working through our test items.
"I’m looking forward to going into a second week of testing after a positive first one.”
“It’s been a decent day. It wasn’t perfect, with a few little setbacks here and there, and a few red flags too which meant we didn’t get to do as many laps as planned, but we only missed a few. Apart from that, I got a better feeling for the car and I feel more confident. We’ve taken a few little steps forward.
“On the whole, it was a positive day. These first three days have been a positive way to start the season and to set us up for next week.”
“Winter testing part one, completed. I’m very happy with the outcome of this test, thanks to thorough preparation and very disciplined and focused execution by the entire team. We were able to tick all the boxes we had on our job list for this first part of the winter testing campaign.
“In terms of reliability, it was the best first winter test we’ve had in many years. That’s a great reward for everyone in the team, and proof that the hard work done over the winter is paying off.
“Regarding performance, the car behaved as expected given the different steps and tests we completed over the last three days.
“We’ll use the next few days until the second test to analyse all the data we have collected in detail. We’ll come back next Wednesday and keep working on our preparation for Melbourne and extracting more performance from the MCL35.
“Thanks to the entire team here at the track and back home in Woking, to our colleagues from Renault, and to Lando and Carlos for their hard work and commitment. We go again.”
1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:15.732s | 65 laps |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.516s | 73 laps |
3 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:17.102s | 76 laps |
4 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:17.338s | 116 laps |
5 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:17.427s | 62 laps |
6 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.469s | 152 laps |
7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.574s | 93 laps |
8 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:17.636s | 86 laps |
9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:17.783s | 59 laps |
10 | Alex Albon | Red Bull Racing | 1:18.154s | 83 laps |
11 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:18.274s | 76 laps |
12 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:18.380s | 48 laps |
13 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:18.384s | 100 laps |
14 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.454s | 49 laps |
15 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:19.004s | 72 laps |
16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:19.709s | 4 laps |
The first pre-season test has now concluded. The MCL35 will return to the track next Wednesday 26 February for the first day of the second test.
Three days (Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 February 2019).
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