Bahrain International Circuit, Friday 24 February

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Team Principal Andrea Stella after Day 2 of the pre-season test.

Key facts

Laps/km/miles	74/400km/249 miles
Fastest lap	1:33.175 (9th)

"It was a solid day for the team with everything running smoothly. Today’s session has increased my learning of the car and I feel like I am improving with every lap. It was good to focus on different areas throughout my drive, including the race simulation.

"We are going in a good direction which is pleasing to see on day two of testing and I’m looking forward to getting back out on track in the session tomorrow morning."

Laps/km/miles	65/352km/219 miles
Fastest lap	1m35.522s (16th)

"It's been a productive day for everyone in the team. I did a lot of testing on a number of different setups as planned and we also put in a solid number of laps which is positive. I’m looking forward to heading into tomorrow’s running in the evening to finish off our run plan."

ANDREA STELLA, Team Principal

"It was a positive day for the team. The car has been reliable, and we have recovered some of the mileage we were short of yesterday. Lando went through some basic tests in the morning which weren’t performance focused. We have also saved the Soft tyres for day three where Lando will run in conditions which are more representative of a race weekend.

"Oscar’s runs today have been more focused on the race weekend preparation with a range of different setups. We are happy we have achieved all these objectives on day two and look forward to a positive final test day on track tomorrow."

Today's official testing times

1	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.610	133 laps
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.650	47 laps
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:32.205	130 laps
4	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	1:32.222	74 laps
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:32.466	68 laps
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.486	70 laps
7	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:32.549	154 laps
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.725	68 laps
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:33.175	74 laps
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:33.186	59 laps
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.442	67 laps
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.490	49 laps
13	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.654	26 laps
14	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	1:33.751	76 laps
15	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.954	72 laps
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.522	65 laps
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:35.708	85 laps

Test dates

Three days (Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 February 2023). 

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