From the fastest times for each driver and team to the most laps completed each day, here are all the statistics from the first week of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya!
Reports from each day
Here’s a summary of what happened on each day of the first week of testing. Click on each day to read the full report:
Day 1: Day 1 of pre-season testing saw Lewis Hamilton lead a Mercedes 1-2, with the team also completing the most laps.
Day 2: As Mercedes raised eyebrows with their innovative DAS system, Alfa Romeo set the fastest lap time of the day.
Day 3: There were plenty of red flags as the lap times tumbled at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Fastest time each day
Here is the fastest lap set on each of the first four days of testing:
Day | Driver | Lap Time | Tyre |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:16.976 | C2 |
2 | Kimi Raikkonen | 1:17.091 | C5 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | 1:15.732 | C5 |
Driver Fastest laps
Here is the fastest lap set by each driver over the first four days of testing:
Driver | Team | Time | Tyre | Day | |
1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:15.732 | C5 | Day 3 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.516 | C5 | Day 3 |
3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.091 | C5 | Day 2 |
4 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:17.102 | C4 | Day 3 |
5 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:17.338 | C4 | Day 3 |
6 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 1:17.347 | C3 | Day 2 |
7 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:17.427 | C4 | Day 3 |
8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.469 | C4 | Day 3 |
9 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.516 | C3 | Day 1 |
10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.574 | C3 | Day 3 |
11 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:17.842 | C3 | Day 1 |
12 | Alex Albon | Red Bull | 1:17.912 | C2 | Day 2 |
13 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:18.121 | C2 | Day 2 |
14 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:18.154 | C4 | Day 2 |
15 | George Russell | Williams | 1:18.168 | C3 | Day 1 |
16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.289 | C3 | Day 1 |
17 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:18.380 | C3 | Day 3 |
18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.382 | C4 | Day 1 |
19 | Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.386 | C3 | Day 1 |
20 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.454 | C3 | Day 3 |
21 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:18.466 | C3 | Day 1 |
Team Fastest laps
Here is the fastest lap set by each team over the first four days of testing:
Driver | Team | Time | Tyre | Day | |
1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:15.732 | C5 | Day 3 |
2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.091 | C5 | Day 2 |
3 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:17.102 | C4 | Day 3 |
4 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:17.338 | C4 | Day 3 |
5 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:17.427 | C4 | Day 3 |
6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.516 | C3 | Day 1 |
7 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:17.842 | C3 | Day 1 |
8 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:18.154 | C4 | Day 2 |
9 | George Russell | Williams | 1:18.168 | C3 | Day 1 |
10 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:18.380 | C3 | Day 3 |
Lap Counts
Here are the laps completed by each driver on each day of the first week of testing:
Driver | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | TOTAL | |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | 94 | 106 | 73 | 273 |
2 | Max Verstappen | 168 | – | 86 | 254 |
3 | Carlos Sainz | 161 | – | 76 | 237 |
4 | Antonio Giovinazzi | 79 | – | 152 | 231 |
5 | Valtteri Bottas | 79 | 77 | 65 | 221 |
6 | Alex Albon | – | 134 | 83 | 217 |
7 | Pierre Gasly | – | 147 | 59 | 206 |
8 | Romain Grosjean | – | 158 | 48 | 206 |
9 | Sergio Perez | 58 | 145 | – | 203 |
10 | Daniel Ricciardo | 56 | 41 | 93 | 190 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | 62 | 52 | 76 | 190 |
12 | George Russell | 73 | 116 | – | 189 |
13 | Lando Norris | – | 137 | 49 | 186 |
14 | Charles Leclerc | 132 | 49 | – | 181 |
15 | Daniil Kvyat | 116 | – | 62 | 178 |
16 | Sebastian Vettel | – | 73 | 100 | 173 |
17 | Lance Stroll | 52 | – | 116 | 168 |
18 | Nicholas Latifi | 63 | – | 72 | 135 |
19 | Kimi Raikkonen | – | 134 | – | 134 |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | 106 | – | 4 | 110 |
21 | Robert Kubica | 59 | – | – | 59 |
Here are the laps completed by each team on each day of the first week of testing:
Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Laps Complete | |
1 | Mercedes | 173 | 183 | 138 | 494 |
2 | Red Bull | 168 | 134 | 169 | 471 |
3 | Alfa Romeo | 138 | 134 | 152 | 424 |
4 | McLaren | 161 | 137 | 125 | 423 |
5 | AlphaTauri | 116 | 147 | 121 | 384 |
6 | Renault | 118 | 93 | 169 | 380 |
7 | Racing Point | 110 | 145 | 116 | 371 |
8 | Ferrari | 132 | 122 | 100 | 354 |
9 | Williams | 136 | 116 | 72 | 324 |
10 | Haas | 106 | 158 | 52 | 316 |
2020 v 2019 Lap Times
Here’s how each team’s best lap time from Week 1 of 2020 pre-season testing compares to their best lap from last year’s eight days of testing:
Best 2019 Time | Best 2020 Time | Difference | |
Mercedes | 1:16.224 | 1:15.732 | -0.492 |
Racing Point | 1:17.556 | 1:17.338 | -0.218 |
Alfa Romeo | 1:17.239 | 1:17.091 | -0.148 |
Williams | 1:18.130 | 1:18.168 | +0.038 |
Renault | 1:16.843 | 1:17.102 | +0.259 |
Red Bull | 1:17.091 | 1:17.516 | +0.425 |
AlphaTauri | 1:16.882 | 1:17.427 | +0.545 |
McLaren | 1:16.913 | 1:17.842 | +0.929 |
Haas | 1:17.076 | 1:18.380 | +1.304 |
Ferrari | 1:16.221 | 1:18.154 | +1.933 |
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