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Valtteri Bottas situation the quickest lap of the significant week of System opening pre-season test, posting a time of 1: 15.732 to beat crew-mate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes took the tip two spots on the final day timesheet

Riding in the morning session Bottas bolted on a situation of C5 compound tyres – the softest in Pirelli’s fluctuate – and rapidly rose to the tip of the uncover with a lap that after Hamilton had tried and failed to look at on the same compound in the afternoon remained the benchmark for the the rest of the day.

Hamilton’s escape on the tyre became scruffy and the six-time champion ended the day in P2, 0.784s off his teammate’s benchmark.

Third plight in the session went to Renault’s Esteban Ocon, with the Frenchman setting a time of 1: 17.102 to enact a small bit over two tenths of a second sooner than Racing Point’s Lance Stroll, with AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat a further tenth again in fourth. 

Ocon posted a total of 76 laps to give Renault a solid morning total and crew-mate Daniel Ricciardo added one more 93 laps in the afternoon to give the French squad its perfect single-day total of the week. It wasn’t all easy crusing for Renault, alternatively, and Ricciardo introduced out the crimson flags midway thru the afternoon when he stopped heading in the suitable direction on the escape to Turn 9. The crew became in a position to safe the Australian again out for the final hour of running, alternatively, and carried out the day in P7.

Ricciardo’s stoppage became the fourth of the day. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel introduced out the crimson flags midway thru the morning session which capability of a suspected energy unit wretchedness, although the four-time did manage to advance to the action and posted 100 laps on his reach to P13. 

Williams’ Nicholas Latifi became the following to trigger a raze, the Canadian furthermore suffering an engine topic in the morning. The crew fitted a peculiar energy unit for the afternoon, and he managed to full 72 laps as he took P15 on the timesheet, seven tenths of a second away from the day’s remaining crimson-flagged driver, Kevin Magnussen. The Haas driver crashed at Turn 8 early in the afternoon session and with fundamental injure introduced about to his automobile, he became unable to escape again. 

Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi posted the times perfect single-driver lap count with 152 laps, and the Italian’s easiest time of 1: 17.469 became appropriate ample to safe sixth plight sooner than Ricciardo. 

Crimson Bull Racing made the selection to split using duties on the final day of test one and Max Verstappen put 86 laps on the board on his reach to eighth plight as the crew conducted escape simulations. Crew-mate Alex Albon took over in the afternoon and although he became unable to full a escape sim which capability of crimson flags the Thai driver added one more 83 laps to Crimson Bull’s total as he claimed P10. 

The Crimson Bulls had been split by second AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly, while Carlos Sainz carried out 11thfor McLaren sooner than Haas’ Romain Grosjean and Lando Norris who drove for McLaren in the afternoon. 

2020 System 1 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 3

1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 15.732 65

2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1: 16.516 73

3 Esteban Ocon Renault 1: 17.102 76

4 Lance Stroll Racing Point 1: 17.338 116

5 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri 1: 17.427 62

6 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1: 17.469 152

7 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1: 17.574 93

8 Max Verstappen Crimson Bull 1: 17.636 86

9 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1: 17.783 59

10 Alexander Albon Crimson Bull 1: 18.154 83

11 Carlos Sainz McLaren 1: 18.274 76

12 Romain Grosjean Haas 1: 18.380 48

13 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1: 18.384 100

14 Lando Norris McLaren 1: 18.454 49

15 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1: 19.004 72

16 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1: 19.708 4

 


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