8 March 2023 13:29 (UTC)
"It was a solid day for the team with everything running smoothly"
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.
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."
"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."
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 |
Three days (Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 February 2023).
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