Lewis Hamilton secured the best time in his Mercedes racing car on the first day of testing. To 94 laps Hamilton was pleased with the fastest lap time of 1: 16. 976. Teammate Valtteri Bottas placed directly behind him in the timesheet. Teams like Racing Level (Sergio Perez), Purple Bull (Max Verstappen) and Alpha Tauri (Daniil Kvyat) follow. Charles Leclerc could only drive the eleventh fastest time with his Ferrari. The Take a look at on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will continue until Friday and creates anticipation for the start of the season in Australia in March.
Here are the times of the first day of the test:
| Pos. | driver | Crew | Time | rounds |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Crew | 1: 16. 976 | 94 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Crew | 1: 17. 313 | 79 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez (11) | Racing Level | 1: 17. 375 | 58 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen (33) | Purple Bull | 1: 17. 516 | 168 |
| 5 | Daniil Kvyat (26) | AlphaTauri | 1: 17. 698 | 116 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz (55) | McLaren | 1: 17. 842 | 161 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo (3) | Renault | 1: 17. 873 | 56 |
| 8th | Esteban Ocon (31) | Renault | 1: 18. 004 | 62 |
| 9 | George Russell (63) | Williams | 1: 18. 168 | 73 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll (18) | Racing Level | 1: 18. 282 | 52 |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc (16) | Ferrari | 1: 18. 289 | 132 |
| 12 | Nicholas Latifi (6) | Williams | 1: 18. 382 | 63 |
| 13 | Robert Kubica (88) | Alfa Romeo | 1: 18. 386 | 59 |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen (20) | Haas | 1: 18. 466 | 106 |
| 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi (99) | Alfa Romeo | 1: 20. 096 | 79 |
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