Max Verstappen Fastest on First Day of Catalunya Test

Max Verstappen headed the times on the first day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.

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The Red Bull driver logged 147 laps, more than two race distances around the Spanish Grand Prix track, and his best lap of the day was 1.4 seconds off last weekend’s pole position time.

The only driver who covered more laps than Verstappen was the driver who took that pole position, Lewis Hamilton, who covered 150 laps in his Mercedes.

McLaren split their running between test drivers Lando Norris and Oliver Turvey while race driver Stoffel Vandoorne conducted tyre testing for Pirelli. Force India also ran two cars, George Russell covering more test laps for Pirelli while Nicholas Latifi had his first run for the team.

Sean Gelael returned to test for Toro Rosso but the Formula Two driver’s day was disrupted when a radiator fault caused a significant loss of oil and forced them to change the power unit.

The test will conclude tomorrow.

Pos. Car number Driver Team Model Best time Gap Laps
1 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14 1’17.528 147
2 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Renault RS18 1’17.562 0.034 118
3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1’17.659 0.131 134
4 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18 1’18.449 0.921 129
5 34 Nicholas Latifi Force India VJM11 1’18.530 1.002 106
6 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes W09 1’18.543 1.015 150
7 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33 1’18.981 1.453 85
8 36 Antonio Giovinazzi Sauber C37 1’19.693 2.165 135
9 41 Oliver Rowland Williams FW41 1’20.009 2.481 121
10 47 Lando Norris McLaren MCL33 1’20.997 3.469 76
11 42 George Russell Force India VJM11 1’21.478 3.950 123
12 38 Sean Gelael Toro Rosso STR13 1’21.935 4.407 49
13 Oliver Turvey McLaren MCL33 1’23.070 5.542 58

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