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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