In-Season Test #2 - Day #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

IN-SEASON TEST #2 - DAY #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

Test Location: Hungaroring - Mogyorod, Hungary

    Day 1 of testing at the Hungaroring proved to be tricky with rain coming and going. However, it didn't seem to phase Antonio Giovinazzi, who took the Ferrari to the top spot with a fastest time of 1:15.648.

    Giovinazzi wasn't the only one out on track who does not currently have a full-time seat in the sport. Rowland, Norris, Russell, Latifi and Gelael all took part in the first day of testing as well.

    Toro Rosso ran two cars, with Brendon Hartley running the main car. Sean Gelael ran the other car in order to gather information for Pirelli's tyre test. Gelael, however had a heavy crash near Turn 11, causing red flags. Gelael wasn't injured, but that ending his running for the day. He racked up a total of 109 laps.

    Hartley ended the session in third with a 1:19.251 and a total of 126 laps. In total, Toro Rosso had a combined 135 laps at the end of the day.

    Lando Norris, in the McLaren was 4th fastest, just behind Hartley and Ericsson, who finished second for Sauber. Norris, who is poised to join McLaren next year, either partnering Alonso or Vandoorne, set a fastest time of 1:19.294 and did a total of 107 laps.

    Oliver Rowland, who finished 3rd in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 championship, drove for Williams for the day, gathering 65 laps and setting the 9th quickest time on the board with a 1:20.970. He finished ahead of Sean Gelael.

    George Russell, who is currently competing in Formula 2 and leading the championship, ran for Mercedes and was 5th fastest, just behind Norris, who is second in the Formula 2 championship standings. Russell completed 49 laps and set a fastest time of 1:19.781.

    Despite entering administration, Force India was still able to participate in testing and chose to run Nicholas Latifi, a current Canadian Formula 2 driver for DAMS. Latifi is also one of Force India's test drivers, alongside Nikita Mazepin, who drives in GP3 for ART Grand Prix. Latifi placed the seventh quickest time, a 1:19.994. He also completed 103 laps.

TIMES: 

1. Antonio Giovinazzi - 1:15.648 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Italy / 96 Laps

2. Marcus Ericsson - 1:18.155 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden / 95 Laps

3. Brendon Hartley - 1:19.251 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand / 126 Laps

4. Lando Norris - 1:19.294 / McLaren-Renault / Great Britain / 107 Laps

5. George Russell - 1:19.781 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / 49 Laps

6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:19.854 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia / 125 Laps

7. Nicholas Latifi - 1:19.994 / Force India-Mercedes / Canada / 103 Laps

8. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:20.826 / Renault-Renault / Germany / 63 Laps

9. Oliver Rowland - 1:20.970 / Williams-Mercedes / Great Britain / 65 Laps

10. Sean Gelael - 1:21.451 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / Indonesia / 109 Laps*

* - Notes Gelael was testing for Pirelli's 2019 programme

NOTE: Haas has chosen not to participate in this test

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Pre-Season Test #2 - Day #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

PRE-SEASON TEST #2 - DAY #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Sebastian Vettel topped the times in the first day of the second preseason test at Barcelona.

    The Ferrari driver set his fastest time of the day with medium tyres in the morning session, his 1m20.396s lap two tenths of a second faster than Valtteri Bottas, who led for most of the morning.

    McLaren’s misery continued as Stoffel Vandoorne came to a stop due to a power shut down just one hour into the morning, bringing out the first red flag of the week.

    He spent most of the morning in the pits but managed a handful of laps just before the lunch break to take his lap count to seven.

    Hoping to make up for lost time, Vandoorne was the first man out I the afternoon and managed to triple his lap count before coming to a stop two hours  into the session with a similar problem.

    He managed a total of 38 laps over the course of the day and was 12th fastest from 13 drivers.

    McLaren wasn’t the only team with problems. Pierre Gasly spent most of the afternoon in the pits due to a brake system issue and Kevin Magnussen’s running was restricted due to a possible ERS component problem.

    A last minute driver change put Max Verstappen in the Red Bull to start the week. After a difficult week one, Red Bull seemed to be back in control, managing 130 laps – second only to Vettel’s 171 laps – and third fastest.

    Lewis Hamilton was the fastest man to only run in the afternoon. He finished fourth overall, ahead of Gasly and Magnussen.

    Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz took seventh and eighth, though Renault warned Sainz was aiming for a race distance in his session rather than lap time.

    The Williams’ duo were also sharing duties in the first day of the second test. Sergey Sirotkin, who was running in the faster morning session, finished ninth quickest, ahead of Sergio Perez and Marcus Ericsson.

    Lance Stroll took over for the afternoon, finishing at the bottom of the timings but with over 80 laps.

TIMES:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:20:396 / Ferrari-Ferrari / 171 Laps
2. Valtteri Bottas (AM) – 1:20.596 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 86 Laps
3. Max Verstappen – 1:20.649 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / 130 Laps
4. Lewis Hamilton (PM) – 1:20.808 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 91 Laps
5. Pierre Gasly – 1:20.973 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / 54 Laps
6. Kevin Magnussen - 1:21.298 / Haas-Ferrari / 96 Laps
7. Nico Hulkenberg (AM) – 1:21.432 / Renault-Renault / 48 Laps
8. Carlos Sainz (PM) - 1:21.455 / Renault-Renault / 91 Laps
9. Sergey Sirotkin (AM) – 1:21.588 / Williams-Mercedes / 42 Laps
10. Sergio Perez - 1:21.643 / Force India-Mercedes / 93 Laps
11. Marcus Ericsson – 1:21.706 / Sauber-Ferrari / 120 Laps
12. Stoffel Vandoorne – 1:21.946 / McLaren-Renault / 38 Laps
13. Lance Stroll (PM) – 1:22.937 / Williams-Mercedes / 86 Laps

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Pre-Season Test #2 - Day #1 - LINE-UP

PRE-SEASON TEST #2 - DAY #1 - LINE-UP

Test Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya - Montmelo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

MERCEDES-MERCEDES: Valtteri Bottas (AM) / Lewis Hamilton (PM)

FERRARI-FERRARI: Sebastian Vettel

RED BULL RACING-TAG-HEUER: Max Verstappen 

RENAULT-RENAULT: Nico Hulkenberg (AM) / Carlos Sainz (PM)

FORCE INDIA-MERCEDES: Sergio Perez 

WILLIAMS-MERCEDES: Sergey Sirotkin (AM) / Lance Stroll (PM)

SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO-HONDA: Pierre Gasly 

HAAS-FERRARI: Kevin Magnussen 

McLAREN-RENAULT: Stoffel Vandoorne

SAUBER-FERRARI: Marcus Ericsson

*Subject to change

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Day #1 - LINE-UP

PRE-SEASON TEST #1 - DAY #1 - LINE-UP

Test Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya - Montmelo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

MERCEDES-MERCEDES: Valtteri Bottas (AM) / Lewis Hamilton (PM)

FERRARI-FERRARI: Kimi Raikkonen

RED BULL RACING-TAG-HEUER: Daniel Ricciardo

RENAULT-RENAULT: Nico Hulkenberg (AM) / Carlos Sainz (PM)

FORCE INDIA-MERCEDES: Nikita Mazepin

WILLIAMS-MERCEDES: Lance Stroll (AM) / Sergey Sirotkin (PM)

SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO-HONDA: Brendon Hartley 

HAAS-FERRARI: Romain Grosjean

McLAREN-RENAULT: Fernando Alonso

SAUBER-FERRARI: Marcus Ericsson

*Subject to change

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Post-Season Test - Day #1 - Line-Up

POST-SEASON TEST - DAY #1 - LINE-UP

Mercedes-Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari-Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen 

Red Bull-TAG-Heuer: Daniel Ricciardo

Williams-Mercedes: Robert Kubica (AM) / Lance Stroll (PM)*

Renault-Renault: Nico Hulkenberg

McLaren-Honda: Fernando Alonso & Oliver Turvey**

Toro Rosso-Renault: Sean Gelael

Force India-Mercedes: Nikita Mazepin

Sauber-Ferrari: Marcus Ericsson

Haas-Ferrari: Romain Grosjean

* - Notes drivers are sharing testing duties

** - Notes McLaren is running 2 cars during this test

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Day #1 - Line-Up

PRE-SEASON TEST #1 - DAY #1 - LINE-UP

Mercedes-Mercedes: Valtteri Bottas (AM) / Lewis Hamilton (PM)*
Ferrari-Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-TAG-Heuer: Daniel Ricciardo
Williams-Mercedes: Felipe Massa
Renault-Renault: Nico Hulkenberg
McLaren-Honda: Fernando Alonso
Toro Rosso-Renault: Carlos Sainz
Force India-Mercedes: Sergio Perez
Sauber-Ferrari: Marcus Ericsson
Haas-Ferrari: Kevin Magnussen

* - Notes drivers are sharing testing duties

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In-Season Test 2 - (Silverstone) Day 1 / Line-Up

IN-SEASON TESTING / DAY 1 / LINE-UP

Mercedes-Mercedes: Esteban Ocon & Pascal Wehrlein (Pirelli)

Ferrari-Ferrari: Charles Leclerc

Red Bull-TAG-HEUER: Pierre Gasly

Williams-Mercedes: Alex Lynn

Force India-Mercedes: Nikita Mazepin

Toro Rosso-Ferrari: Carlos Sainz

McLaren-Honda: Fernando Alonso

Renault-Renault: Sergey Sirotkin

Manor-Mercedes: Rio Haryanto

Haas-Ferrari: Santino Ferrucci

Sauber: **

** - Sauber has withdrawn from the second in-season test.

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