8 March 2023 08:55 (UTC)
"We're learning more about this new car with each run"
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Thursday 24 February
Hear from McLaren Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, and Executive Director, Racing, Andrea Stella after Day 2 of the pre-season test.
Drivers | Daniel Ricciardo |
Laps/km/miles | 126/589km/366 miles |
Best laptime | 1m20.288s (3rd) |
“A good day from many angles. I think reliability was great. That’s on the team and everyone who’s worked hard to put this car together, so massive thank you to them. They’re pretty awesome to build a whole new car, put it on track and have it run so smoothly, so big thanks to them again. Both days have been over 100 laps, which for me and Lando gives us more opportunity to learn the car and push ourselves, so really pleased with that. We’ve got some good strengths and we just need to keep working on a few of the areas where we can improve.”
“Our second day of testing in Barcelona has been very productive. With Daniel in the car today, we were able to put together a lot of laps with no particular problems, either from an operational or a reliability point of view. We’ve completed a series of tests and acquired a lot of information on tyre performance, set-up and aerodynamics. We’re learning more about this new car with each run, and this is helping us extract the most from the MCL36 in preparation for the season ahead.”
1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:19.689s | 79 laps |
2 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:19.918s | 147 laps |
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:20.288s | 126 laps |
4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:20.537s | 66 laps |
5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:20.546s | 71 laps |
6 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:20.784s | 74 laps |
7 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 1:21.430s | 78 laps |
8 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 1:21.512s | 42 laps |
9 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:21.531s | 47 laps |
10 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:21.885s | 71 laps |
11 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:21.894s | 61 laps |
12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:21.920s | 55 laps |
13 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:21.949s | 66 laps |
14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:22.164s | 125 laps |
15 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.288s | 21 laps |
16 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.562s | 40 laps |
Lando and Daniel will share driving duties tomorrow, with Lando in the car in the AM, and Daniel in the PM.
Three days (Wednesday 23 - Friday 25 February 2022).
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