Fernando Alonso led the first day of testing at Silverstone for McLaren.
Alonso was one of few drivers to set his quickest time on the super-soft tyre. Rain disrupted the running in the middle of the day.
Several teams ran junior drivers at the test including first-timers Santino Ferrucci of Haas and Nikita Mazepin of Force India.
“We managed to do a lot of running this morning, before the rain and thankfully we have a second day in the car to make up for the time we lost in the afternoon,” said Mazepin.
“Jumping from a Formula Three car into a Formula One, there are hundreds of surprises, but the biggest have been the amount of downforce and the amount of speed you can carry through corners, and how great the change of direction feels.
Red Bull used the test to evaluate the new version of the Halo head protection device. Test driver Pierre Gasly said he was “a bit surprised” by his first experience with it. “It doesn’t change that much,” said the GP2 race winner. “For sure it looks different but from the inside of the car it doesn’t change much.”
Charles Leclerc, who has previously driven one of the team’s cars on a filming day, had his first run in a proper session. However his running was curtailed by a power unit fault.
Pos. | Car number | Driver | Team | Model | Best time | Gap | Laps | Tyres |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | MP4-31 | 1’31.290 | 105 | Super-soft | |
2 | 24 | Esteban Ocon | Mercedes | W07 | 1’32.833 | 1.543 | 123 | Medium |
3 | 41 | Alex Lynn | Williams | FW38 | 1’34.433 | 3.143 | 54 | Medium |
4 | 32 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | SF16-H | 1’34.446 | 3.156 | 19 | Medium |
5 | 34 | Nikita Mazepin | Force India | VJM09 | 1’34.521 | 3.231 | 35 | Soft |
6 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso | STR11 | 1’34.643 | 3.353 | 91 | Medium |
7 | 51 | Santino Ferrucci | Haas | VF-16 | 1’34.866 | 3.576 | 55 | Medium |
8 | 0 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mercedes | W05 | 1’34.982 | 3.692 | 48 | Prototype |
9 | 64 | Rio Haryanto | Manor | MRT05 | 1’35.631 | 4.341 | 64 | Soft |
10 | 48 | Sergey Sirotkin | Renault | RS16 | 1’36.575 | 5.285 | 48 | Hard |
11 | 15 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | RB12 | 1’43.891 | 12.601 | 52 | Medium |
*Tyre testing for Pirelli
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JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
12th July 2016, 18:52
Is there any info on who will be there tomorrow?
lezmar63
12th July 2016, 20:44
Mercedes AMG Petronas
Esteban Ocon (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Pascal Wehrlein (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Scuderia Ferrari
Charles Leclerc (Tuesday)
Kimi Raikkonen (Wednesday)
Williams Martini Racing
Alex Lynn (Tuesday)
Valtteri Bottas (Wednesday)
Red Bull Racing
Pierre Gasly (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Sahara Force India
Nikita Mazepin (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz (Tuesday)
Sergio Sette Camara (Wednesday)
McLaren
Fernando Alonso (Tuesday)
Stoffel Vandoorne (Wednesday)
Renault Sport F1
Sergey Sirotkin (Tuesday)
Jolyon Palmer (Wednesday)
Manor Racing Team
Rio Haryanto (Tuesday)
Jordan King (Wednesday)
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
12th July 2016, 20:56
Thanks!
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
12th July 2016, 22:30
Haas?
DaveF1 (@davef1)
12th July 2016, 19:10
Did Gastly bring his Gp2 car?
Nin13 (@nin13)
12th July 2016, 20:03
@davef1 – He was driving F1 car for first time. Plus he did only 6 laps in dry morning, with new Halo, before mechanical problem put him out. And afternoon was wet, so he could not improve.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
12th July 2016, 19:17
Is this the first time a McLaren had led a session (unofficial or not) since their partnership with Honda?
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
12th July 2016, 20:52
Yes.
Selbbin (@selbbin)
13th July 2016, 1:47
Sadly it took being the only car on super-soft with a far more experienced driver and a rain interruption. :(
The Blade Runner (@)
13th July 2016, 10:19
@selbbin
Don’t spoil the moment!
bull mello (@bullmello)
12th July 2016, 20:12
Wehrlein tested in a Mercedes W05? Interesting…
IJW (@)
12th July 2016, 20:36
He was testing some 2017 tyres for Pirelli. They (Pirelli) have to use a 2014 car, and Mercedes provided theirs which was nice of them. ;-)
bull mello (@bullmello)
12th July 2016, 20:40
@ijw1 – Thanks!
mateuss (@mateuss)
12th July 2016, 22:09
@ijw1 Was it full spec 2017 tyres or just the compounds? Have not seen any photos of the W05 with the fat tyres.
IJW (@)
12th July 2016, 23:45
No idea, although I suspect that it would be the compounds rather than the actual 2017 tyres themselves.
Oople
12th July 2016, 20:39
Pokemon GO is getting so popular, there’s even a Pokemon at the bottom of the time sheets of an F1 session!
Michael Brown (@)
12th July 2016, 21:03
Can’t wait until the mechanics and marshals are playing Pokémon at the races
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
12th July 2016, 20:55
These young aspiring kids are quite fast, especially Fernando Alonso. He placed even McLaren to p1.
Michael Brown (@)
12th July 2016, 21:04
I foresee two championships for him
Selbbin (@selbbin)
13th July 2016, 1:48
Maybe with that up and coming Renault mob.
josh
12th July 2016, 21:50
Just watched a youtu e vid of 2006 schumi chasing alonso at turkey all race. Would love to see some of these kids pee their pants in a V8 or V10.
pSynrg (@psynrg)
12th July 2016, 22:39
In F1 cars with less power, less torque and traction control? Easy peasy!
The screaming V8’s, as wonderful as they are, are no match for the current PU’s!
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
12th July 2016, 23:11
Ferrari’s laps are just 19… This is not good.
Dan
13th July 2016, 0:08
What is it with these drivers and their incessant ‘for sures’ and ‘yeahs’. They ALL say it so I’m wondering: do they learn that in driver school? :) I think that school may need a new English teacher!
bharat (@bharat141)
13th July 2016, 4:10
Any idea why wehrlein and haryanto used car numbers other than their normal race car numbers? Also isn’t sauber participating in the test? And correct me if I am wrong but I remember someone else using 34 before
x303 (@x303)
13th July 2016, 9:01
Sauber skips the test because they lack the money for it @bharat141.
Gabriel Balint (@damon2099)
13th July 2016, 9:15
what was pascal wehrlehin testing? the old w05? prototype? da hell is that?
sean
13th July 2016, 10:05
2017 tyres
dodge5847 (@)
13th July 2016, 13:07
Can teams use all new components without risk of penalty in testing? Ie it would make sense to use all new everything without putting 100 laps plus strain on existing or planned parts
U2F1 (@u2f1)
14th July 2016, 10:21
Did anyone notice the time Alonso set is almost a second faster than his quali time in the race last weekend. This effort in Q3 would have got him to P6