Formula 1

F1 TESTING 2020 : HAMILTON WAS FASTEST IN BARCELONA

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3 years ago

19/02/2020

Lewis Hamilton has topped an incident free day of running as Formula 1 pre-season testing got underway in Spain.

F1 testing 2020 : Hamilton was fastest in Barcelona from team-mate Valtteri Bottas, the pair recording 173 laps between them.

That was only five laps more than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, whose marathon day saw him fourth best at just over half a second back.

The Dutchman was the busiest of the 15 drivers who headed out on track, with Carlos Sainz completing 161 laps for McLaren.

He ended the day sixth fastest, close to nine tenths away from Hamilton’s outright pace.

Sitting third was Sergio Perez, who completed just 58 laps in his half day of running.

The Racing Point team split its programme with Lance Stroll also in the car, the Canadian 10th fastest and a second away from his team-mate’s time.

On track there was little in the way of drama, though Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) suffered a software glitch in the morning.

Elsewhere Daniel Ricciardo had a spell in the garage during his afternoon shift in the Renault, though still logged 56 laps to go with Ocon’s 62 from the morning’s running.

It left the pair seventh and eighth respectively, though given the nature of the day and variety of programmes little can be read into the times, with total laps of greater importance.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ended the day 11th, one spot up from rookie Nicholas Latifi in the Williams.

Robert Kubica was next best in his Alfa Romeo debut, from Kevin Magnussen and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Testing in Spain continues today, with Friday’s running set to conclude the opening test.

Formula 1 pre-season testing, Day 1 times

Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Diff	Tyres
Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	94	1:16.976		C2
Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	79	1:17.313	0.337	C3
Sergio Perez	Racing Point	58	1:17.375	0.399	C3
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	168	1:17.516	0.540	C3
Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	116	1:17.698	0.722	C3
Carlos Sainz	McLaren	161	1:17.842	0.866	C3
Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	56	1:17.873	0.897	C2
Esteban Ocon	Renault	62	1:18.004	1.028	C3
George Russell	Williams	73	1:18.168	1.192	C3
Lance Stroll	Racing Point	52	1:18.282	1.306	C2
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	132	1:18.289	1.313	C3
Nicholas Latifi	Williams	63	1:18.382	1.406	C3
Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	59	1:18.386	1.410	C3
Kevin Magnussen	Haas	106	1:18.446	1.470	C3
Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	79	1:20.096	3.120	C3