DAY THREE OVERVIEW 

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

 

CARLOS SAINZ, #55

“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.”

 

LANDO NORRIS, #4

“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.”

ANDREAS SEIDL, Team Principal

“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.”

 

TODAY'S OFFICIAL TESTING TIMES

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

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

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.

 

TEST DATES

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

 

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