Antonio Giovinazzi put Alfa Romeo ahead on the first morning of the season test for the 2019 F1 season.
Giovinazzi’s best, a 1’18.589, was eight-tenths of a second shy of the team’s best time from testing last week. But others have already improved on their previous benchmarks.Pierre Gasly went second-quickest for Red Bull, setting their best time of pre-season testing so far with a 1’18.647. Fourth-placed Lance Stroll also set a new best for Racing Point.
These two were separated by the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, who experienced the team’s first hiccup of testing so far as a cooling problem limited him to just 28 laps. Sebastian Vettel is due to take over the SF90 this afternoon.
George Russell improved Williams’ previous best time by over 1.3 seconds. He ended the session sixth-fastest behind Kevin Magnussen’s Haas and just two-hundredths ahead of Alexander Albon’s Toro Rosso.
Mercedes brought a heavily revised W10 for Lewis Hamilton including a new nose, front wing and engine cover. The world champion covered 83 laps, a total only Magnussen bettered.
Lando Norris caused the only red flag of the morning session when his McLaren came to a stop with an unspecified fault.
2019 pre-season test day five morning times
Pos. | Car number | Driver | Team | Model | Best time | Gap | Laps | Tyres |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | C38 | 1’18.589 | 56 | C4 | |
2 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | RB15 | 1’18.647 | 0.058 | 61 | C3 |
3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | SF90 | 1’18.651 | 0.062 | 29 | C3 |
4 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | RP19 | 1’19.139 | 0.550 | 44 | Prototype |
5 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | VF-19 | 1’19.644 | 1.055 | 84 | C2 |
6 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | FW42 | 1’19.662 | 1.073 | 46 | C5 |
7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | STR14 | 1’19.689 | 1.100 | 39 | C3 |
8 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | W10 | 1’20.332 | 1.743 | 83 | C2 |
9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | RS19 | 1’20.348 | 1.759 | 80 | C3 |
10 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | MCL34 | 1’22.306 | 3.717 | 38 | C3 |
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GechiChan (@gechichan)
26th February 2019, 13:52
good to see the Williams finally in a sub-80 sec lap time.
GongTong (@gongtong)
26th February 2019, 14:42
Unfortunately it was on a compound softer than anyone else. Two compounds softer than most. =(
petebaldwin (@)
26th February 2019, 16:40
Can I please retract my vote for Mercedes as the best looking car. The new nose looks horrible!!