Ferrari is the only team which hasn’t beaten either of its benchmark lap times from 2019 in pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.
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Mercedes end test on top after last-gasp effort by Verstappen
2020 F1 season
Posted onValtteri Bottas’s Mercedes headed the final pre-season test day of 2020, though the top three cars were covered by less than a tenth of a second.
Ricciardo pips Leclerc as times tumble on morning of final test day
2020 F1 season
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo headed the morning of the final day of pre-season testing as seven different teams set their fastest lap times of testing so far.
Steiner impressed by reliability but Haas are trailing in testing
Lap times and mileages: 2020 pre-season testing day five
Posted onHaas team principal Guenther Steiner has been impressed by reliability levels in testing so far, though Haas has done the fewest laps of any team.
Vettel on top, Hamilton last as power unit problem halts Mercedes
2020 F1 season
Posted onFerrari and Mercedes had contrasting fortunes on the fifth day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. Sebastian Vettel was quickest, Lewis Hamilton stopped.
Vettel lowers Ferrari’s best test time by over a second after spin
2020 F1 season
Posted onSebastian Vettel took 1.2 seconds off Ferrari’s best time of pre-season testing so far after he and several other drivers had spins on Thursday morning.
Mercedes extend mileage lead as Williams lose laps to power unit problems
2020 testing lap times and counts: Day four
Posted onMercedes became the first team to break the 3,000 kilometre mark on the fourth day of pre-season testing but power unit problems held Williams back again.
Kubica heads test with Alfa Romeo’s best time so far
2020 F1 season
Posted onAlfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica was quickest as F1 testing resumed at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Kubica quickest while Red Bull make slow start to second test
2020 F1 season
Posted onRobert Kubica set Alfa Romeo’s quickest time of pre-season testing so far as he headed the morning’s running at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Mercedes break away from the pack on day three
Lap times and mileages: 2020 pre-season testing day three
Posted onOn Friday, Mercedes hinted at a little of the W11’s performance by knocking half a second off their best time from pre-season testing last year.
Mercedes end first test 1.3 seconds ahead after four stoppages on final day
2020 F1 season
Posted onMercedes ended the first pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya over 1.3 seconds faster than any of their rivals.
Mercedes beat 2019 benchmark as Ferrari hit engine trouble
2020 F1 season
Posted onMercedes beat their benchmark time from 2019 testing on the morning of day three. However Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari came was stopped by an engine problem.
Worth looking at DAS for potential use beyond 2020 – Szafnauer
2020 F1 season
Posted onRacing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer says the team will consider developing its own version of Mercedes’ DAS system rather than buying it from them.
Alfa Romeo are the second team to beat their 2019 testing time
Lap times and mileages: 2020 pre-season testing day two
Posted onAlfa Romeo became the second team to beat their 2020 testing time, while Renault are the only team to have covered less than 1,000 kilometres.
Perez: ‘It will be the first time we can arrive in Melbourne with a solid package’
2020 F1 season
Posted onSergio Perez says Racing Point is better prepared than ever before for the first race of the year having been “late” with their new car in previous seasons.
Raikkonen quickest before stopping, while electrical fault halts Mercedes
2020 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen was quickest on day two of testing but also caused the first red flag of the week when his Alfa Romeo came to a stop.
Racing Point on top as Mercedes’ steering wheel attracts attention
2020 F1 season
Posted onSergio Perez went even quicker in the Racing Point as day two of testing began, while Mercedes’ new steering wheel system became a focus of attention.
Haas are ‘trying to circumvent the regulations’, Racing Point claim
2020 F1 season
Posted onRacing Point technical director Andrew Green says his team would “never contemplate” the exchange of staff and information which he says goes on at rival teams.
Racing Point beat their fastest lap time from 2019 in the first two hours of testing
Lap times and mileages: 2020 pre-season testing day one
Posted onLess than two hours after the first test of 2020 began, Racing Point’s new RP20 beat the best time the team set in the whole of last year’s pre-season test.
Claims Racing Point built a Mercedes clone show “you have to think before you talk” – Steiner
2020 F1 season
Posted onThe team principals of Haas and AlphaTauri have given their views on claims their rival Racing Point’s new RP20 is a clone of last year’s Mercedes.