Date Wednesday 19 February 2020
Driver Carlos Sainz
Location Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (4.655km/2.892 miles)
Laps/km/miles 161/749km/466 miles
Best lap-time 1m17.842s
erye aren’t reading too much into the track times, but knowing that we’re completing race simulations and pit-stops on the first day is a very good achievement.”
Andrea Stella
Racing Director
“It’s been a positive day of testing, possibly the best first day of testing for McLaren for a long time. The day unfolded exactly as we had planned; it’s rare that we go through a programme as closely to the timings we had planned as we did today, which is good and efficient. Another positive note is that, from a performance perspective, the car responds in line with our expectations, and while we know that we have work to do, we also know how we can improve the car.
“Finally, credit to the team members who work on the reliability of the car; we ran for more than 160 laps today without any problems, which is another promising sign. A good start to a new season, a lot of work to do, but today has been encouraging and we know where to focus.”
Today’s times
- Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:16.976 94 laps
- ValtteriBottas Mercedes 1:17.313 79 laps
- Sergio Perez Racing Point 1:17.375 58 laps
- Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:17.516 168 laps
- Daniil Kvyat Alpha Tauri1:17.698116 laps
- Carlos Sainz McLaren1:17.842 161 laps
- Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:17.873 56 laps
- Esteban Ocon Renault 1:18.004 62 laps
- George Russell Williams 1:18.168 73 laps
- Lance StrollRacing Point 1:18.282 52 laps
- Charles Leclerc Ferrari1:18.289 132 laps
- Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:18.382 63 laps
- Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo 1:18.386 59 laps
- Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:18.466 106 laps
- Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:20.096 79 laps
What’s next?
Lando will step into the cockpit of the McLaren MCL35 tomorrow, on day two of testing.aren’t reading too much into the track times, but knowing that we’re completing race simulations and pit-stops on the first day is a very good achievement.”