McLaren F1 Barcelona test 2 day 1 - Norris and Sainz on track 26.02.2020: Barcelona Test 2: Day 1 DAY ONE OVERVIEW Date Wednesday 26 February 2020 Driver Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris Location Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (4.655km/2.892 miles) Laps/km/miles 46 laps/214km/133 miles, 57 laps/265km/165 miles Best lapt

Barcelona Test 2: Day 1

DAY ONE OVERVIEW
Date     Wednesday 26 February 2020
Driver     Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris
Location     Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (4.655km/2.892 miles)
Laps/km/miles     46 laps/214km/133 miles, 57 laps/265km/165 miles
Best laptime     1m18.221s,  1m18.826s
 



"Today's target wasn't mileage, but some upgrades and set-up options"




CARLOS SAINZ, #55



“Today we focused our morning on trying to understand some new aero parts for the car. The programme was very intense and changing the parts around meant we didn’t get to do as many laps as last week, but we completed the run plan as intended.



"All the back-to-back testing was important and all the data gathered is going to be very useful to understand the car. All in all, a good day.”

 



LANDO NORRIS, #4


“A good day, we did a lot of shorter aero runs to get a better understanding of the balance of the car. We changed the car a bit since last week in the areas we felt we had to improve on, and the set-up was also slightly different. Because of that, we still needed to do a few more aero runs. It was another day of trying to learn more about the car, get a good feeling as a driver, and get some laps on the board.



“Overall, the day was productive, and we did pretty much everything we needed to on the run plan. Today was more about testing parts and the next two days will be more about setting up the car.”


 


ANDREA STELLA, Racing Director



“We had another positive day today. The conditions were a little bit more tricky than the previous days, but we were still able to go through our programme and gain accurate information. We had several test items to check and validate, which we did diligently thanks to good reliability.



"Today’s target wasn’t mileage, but some upgrades and set-up options. We look forward now to completing the test as efficiently as we have so far. We plan to look a little bit more into performance and into long runs over the next couple of days.”




 
TODAY'S OFFICIAL TESTING TIMES


1     Robert Kubica     Alfa Romeo     1:16.942s      53 laps
2     Max Verstappen     Red Bull Racing      1:17.347s      85 laps
3     Sergio Perez     Racing Point     1:17.428s      84 laps
4     Daniil Kvyat     AlphaTauri     1:17.456s      61 laps
5     Pierre Gasly     AlphaTauri     1:17.540s      25 laps
6     Alex Albon      Red Bull Racing     1:17.550s      29 laps
7     Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes     1:17.562s      89 laps
8     Lance Stroll     Racing Point     1:17.787s      43 laps
9     Valtteri Bottas     Mercedes     1:18.100s      90 laps
10      Sebastian Vettel     Ferrari     1:18.113s      84 laps
11     Daniel Ricciardo     Renault     1:18.214s      53 laps
12     Carlos Sainz     McLaren     1:18.221s      46 laps
13     Charles Leclerc     Ferrari     1:18.244s      80 laps
14     Nicholas Latifi     Williams     1:18.300s      48 laps
15     George Russell     Williams     1:18.535s      59 laps
16     Romain Grosjean      Haas     1:18.670s      107 laps
17     Lando Norris     McLaren     1:18.826s      57 laps
18     Kimi Raikkonen     Alfa Romeo     1:19.515s      51 laps
19     Esteban Ocon     Renault     1:21.542s      74 laps

 


WHAT'S NEXT?

Lando will take to the wheel of the MCL35 tomorrow for his final day of pre-season testing.

 


TEST DATES

Three days (Wednesday 26 – Friday 28 February 2020).

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