Alfa Romeo take a look at driver Robert Kubica went quickest on the principle day of Formula 1’s second pre-season take a look at at Barcelona, with the Pole ending four tenths of a second before Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen whose unhurried creep introduced out red flags on the tip of the session.
Kubica situation his benchmark time of 1m16.942 all around the morning session the utilization of Pirelli’s softest C5 tyres.
Kubica handed over to Alfa Romeo hurry driver Kimi Räikkönen in the afternoon and as the level of curiosity shifted to hurry simulations and extra strong compounds the Pole’s time became once rarely threatened. Verstappen acquired stop, nonetheless, leaping to as much as second pickle on the timesheet with a lap of 1: 17.347s situation on the extra strong C3 compound.
Verstappen pushed too laborious into Turn 10 unhurried on, even supposing, and went off. With his RB16 stranded in the hurry-off house the session became once red-flagged. AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat moreover came to a stay on the tip of the session, with the Russian griding to a stay at Turn 4.
Third pickle in the session went to Racing Level’s Sergio Perez who situation a C3-shod time of 1: 17.428 to attain inside of a tenth of Verstappen. Kvyat, in the period in-between rose to fourth pickle after a factual lap outdated to his unhurried stoppage.
The Russian became once backed up by AlphaTauri team-mate Pierre Gasly, even supposing the French driver easiest managed 25 laps in a morning session haunted by a loose pipe. Sixth pickle on the timesheet became once taken by Alex Albon, even supposing the Thai driver suffered a equally spirited morning to his Crimson Bull stablemate Gasly as suspension considerations stored Albon in the garage for long lessons in the morning.
Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton completed in seventh pickle before the second Racing Level of Lance Stroll. Hamilton managed 89 laps in the morning and Valtteri Bottas went one higher in the afternoon to clutch Mercedes’ entire to 179 for the day. The Finn ended the day in ninth pickle, with Sebastian Vettel ending the tip 10 for Ferrari.
The German introduced out the principle red flags of the morning session when he had a creep at Turn 8 early on, while William’s Nicholas Latifi precipitated the second stoppage when he pulled over in Turn 9.
2020 Formula 1 Pre-Season Test 2, Day 1
1 Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo 1: 16.942 53
2 Max Verstappen Crimson Bull Racing 1: 17.347 84
3 Sergio Perez Racing Level 1: 17.428 84
4 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri 1: 17.456 61
5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1: 17.540 25
6 Alexander Albon Crimson Bull Racing 1: 17.550 29
7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1: 17.562 89
8 Lance Stroll Racing Level 1: 17.787 43
9 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 18.100 90
10 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1: 18.113 84
11 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1: 18.214 53
12 Carlos Sainz McLaren 1: 18.221 46
13 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1: 18.244 80
14 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1: 18.300 48
15 George Russell Williams 1: 18.535 59
16 Romain Grosjean Haas 1: 18.670 107
17 Lando Norris McLaren 1: 18.826 57
18 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1: 19.515 51
19 Esteban Ocon Renault 1: 21.542 74
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