Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Valtteri Bottas Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Lewis Hamilton Ferrari SF90 & Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF90 & Sebastian Vettel |
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Montmelò, 21 February, 2019
Charles Leclerc was at the wheel of the SF90 on what was the last day of this four day Formula 1 pre-season test at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit. The Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow driver completed a total of 138 laps; 72 in the morning and 66 in the afternoon. That means the SF90 has covered 598 laps in this first test, (303 for Sebastian Vettel and 295 for Charles Leclerc), equivalent to a total distance of 2783,69 kilometres.
Different configurations Following the installation lap, the Monegasque driver then got down to a series of runs to evaluate different set-ups, running various tyre compounds. Towards the end of the morning, Charles set what would be his fastest lap of the day in 1’18”046. The afternoon featured further tyre testing with the car running in different configurations.
With the media During the lunch break, Leclerc spoke to the media about his first days in Ferrari. “For now, I don’t want to say too much, because this is just testing” he said. “But the feeling from the car is very good. We did many laps, the reliability was good and every day we managed to complete our programme.”
At ease in the car “I feel quite at ease in the car, even if there are still a few things I need to get used to, including how the team operates. But this is quite an easy car to drive. As Seb said, this doesn’t feel like a new car, but more like one that is quite well developed. Driveability is very good, which shows that the team has done an amazing job over the winter to bring a very solid car here.”
Always improve “As soon as I arrived here in Barcelona, I switched to ‘work’ mode and put any emotion to one side to get on with the job as well as possible,” concluded Charles. “The results? I’m not really focusing on that side of things. I’m focusing on myself, trying to do my best and to improve with every lap.”
Lewis Hamilton It was quite cold in the morning which meant that it was a little bit difficult with the tyres for everyone. In general, the car was feeling better today and is coming together. However, we still have to keep on digging deep, analysing the data and the changes that we are making. The reliability has been really solid which is a great showing of all the hard work that everyone in the factory has done. But we have to keep on pushing, the competition looks very strong. The weather has been good all week so we could get through our programme and it was great to see the fans out there. I’m looking forward to coming back next week.
Valtteri Bottas The first week of testing was really good for us in terms of reliability, we got a lot of mileage in with the new car and didn’t experience any major issues. Today we did some shorter runs, seeing how the W10 works when you try to extract a little bit more performance out of it. We’ve been making progress throughout the entire week, the car felt better every single day. We’re now looking forward to next week when we will hopefully make even more progress. Many thanks to the entire team, it was a good first test. Now we’re all hungry to improve even more in the second test.
Andrew Shovlin Lewis had a tricky start to the day as the track was so cold it was difficult to get the used tyres to work. To avoid doing any damage, we waited around for a while for the surface to warm before getting into the programme. It’s the first time we’ve tried the softer tyres on the W10 and today was just a first look to understand the grip and balance differences between them. Valtteri’s programme in the afternoon was quite similar to Lewis, running through the same compounds. We’ve had a very productive few days and the car has run very reliably which has helped us get through the programme. It’s clear from this week that we’re going to have strong competition this year with Ferrari and Red Bull but hopefully we’ll have another good test next week which will help us with our final preparations for Melbourne.
Last test now In between now and the start of the championship, which gets underway in Australia on 17 March, there are a further four days of testing scheduled for all the teams, again at the Barcelona track. The session gets underway on Tuesday 26 February and end on Friday 1 March.
Day 4 01 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:17.393 | 24 | 4 | 02 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | | 1:17.637 | 136 | 4 | 03 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:17.785 | 34 | 4 | 04 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:17.857 | 57 | 4 | 05 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:17.977 | 58 | 4 | 06 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | | 1:18.046 | 138 | 4 | 07 | Lando Norris | McLaren | | 1:18.431 | 132 | 4 | 08 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | | 1:18.511 | 154 | 4 | 09 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | | 1:18.563 | 64 | 4 | 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | | 1:18.720 | 66 | 4 | 11 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | | 1:18.780 | 146 | 4 | 12 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | | 1:19.664 | 72 | 4 | 13 | George Russell | Williams | | 1:20.997 | 17 | 4 | 14 | Robert Kubica | Williams | | 1:21.542 | 48 | 4 |
Consolidated Time Sheet 2019
Pos. | Driver | Team | | Best Lap Time | Laps | Day | 01 | Leclerc | Ferrari | | 1:16.231 | 138 | 7 | 02 | Albon | Toro Rosso | | 1:16.882 | 118 | 7 | 03 | Norris | McLaren | | 1:17.084 | 84 | 7 | 04 | Gasly | Red Bull | | 1:17.091 | 65 | 7 | 01 | Sainz | McLaren | | 1:17.144 | 130 | 6 | 05 | Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:17.204 | 65 | 7 | 01 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:17.393 | 24 | 4 | 06 | Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:17.496 | 73 | 7 | 07 | Stroll | Racing Point | | 1:17.556 | 103 | 7 | 02 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | | 1:17.637 | 136 | 4 | 08 | Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | | 1:17.639 | 71 | 7 | 01 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | | 1:17.704 | 137 | 3 | 01 | Lando Norris | McLaren | | 1:17.709 | 80 | 5 | 02 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | | 1:17.762 | 138 | 3 | 02 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | | 1:17.715 | 136 | 5 | 03 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:17.785 | 34 | 4 | 03 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | | 1:17.824 | 82 | 5 | 02 | Perez | Racing Point | | 1:17:842 | 88 | 6 | 09 | Grosjean | Haas | | 1:17.854 | 16 | 7 | 04 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:17.857 | 57 | 4 | 04 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | | 1:17.925 | 81 | 5 | 05 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:17.977 | 58 | 4 | 10 | Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:18.097 | 85 | 7 | 11 | Russell | Williams | | 1:18.130 | 140 | 7 | 03 | Vettel | Ferrari | | 1:18.195 | 40 | 6 | 12 | Magnussen | Haas | | 1:18.199 | 53 | 7 | 04 | Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | | 1:18.209 | 113 | 6 | 05 | Grosjean | Haas | | 1:18.330 | 120 | 6 | 04 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | | 1:18.350 | 134 | 3 | 06 | Verstappen | Red Bull | | 1:18.395 | 128 | 6 | 07 | Lando Norris | McLaren | | 1:18.431 | 132 | 4 | 08 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | | 1:18.511 | 154 | 4 | 02 | Lando Norris | McLaren | | 1:18.553 | 104 | 2 | 09 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | | 1:18.563 | 64 | 4 | 02 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | | 1:18,558 | 119 | 1 | 05 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | | 1:18.589 | 99 | 5 | 06 | Alex Albon | Toro Rosso | | 1:18.649 | 103 | 5 | 07 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | | 1:18.651 | 29 | 5 | 07 | Kvyat | Toro Rosso | | 1:18.682 | 101 | 6 | 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | | 1:18.720 | 66 | 4 | 08 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | | 1:18.769 | 131 | 5 | 11 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | | 1:18.780 | 146 | 4 | 05 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | | 1:18.787 | 109 | 3 | 06 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:18.800 | 63 | 3 | 13 | Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:18.862 | 97 | 7 | 08 | Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:18.941 | 74 | 6 | 09 | Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:18.943 | 102 | 6 | 10 | Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:19.056 | 58 | 6 | 07 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | | 1:19.060 | 69 | 3 | 03 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | | 1:19,159 | 65 | 1 | 03 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | | 1:19.206 | 59 | 2 | 08 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | | 1:19.249 | 48 | 3 | 04 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | | 1:19.301 | 132 | 2 | 05 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | | 1:19.312 | 101 | 2 | 09 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | | 1:19.354 | 90 | 3 | 11 | Kubica | Williams | | 1:19.367 | 130 | 6 | 04 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | | 1:19,426 | 128 | 1 | 05 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | | 1:19,462 | 114 | 1 | 06 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | | 1:19,464 | 77 | 1 | 06 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:19.535 | 89 | 2 | 09 | George Russell | Williams | | 1:19.662 | 119 | 5 | 12 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | | 1:19.664 | 72 | 4 | 07 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | | 1:19.814 | 92 | 2 | 08 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:19.837 | 95 | 2 | 09 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:19.886 | 28 | 2 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:19.928 | 74 | 2 | 07 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | | 1:19,944 | 30 | 1 | 10 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | | 1:20.102 | 67 | 3 | 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:20.107 | 77 | 5 | 08 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:20,127 | 69 | 1 | 09 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:20,135 | 81 | 1 | 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:20.167 | 7 | 5 | 12 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:20.332 | 83 | 5 | 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:20.348 | 80 | 5 | 11 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | | 1:20.433 | 79 | 2 | 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | | 1:20.693 | 88 | 3 | 12 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | | 1:20.818 | 94 | 3 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | | 1:20,980 | 65 | 1 | 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:20,983 | 44 | 1 | 13 | George Russell | Williams | | 1:20.997 | 17 | 4 | 14 | Robert Kubica | Williams | | 1:21.542 | 48 | 4 | 12 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | | 1:21.849 | 13 | 2 | 12 | Ricciardo | Renault | | 1:22.597 | 72 | 6 | 13 | George Russell | Williams | | 1:25.625 | 23 | 3 | 12 | | Williams | | Not on track | | 1 | 13 | Leclerc | Ferrari | | - | 1 | 6 | Consolidated Time Sheet 2018 Pos. | Driver | Team | Chassis # | Best Lap Time | Laps | Day | 01 | Sebastian Vettel (5) | Ferrari | | 1:17.182 | 188 | 7 | 01 | Kimi Räikkönen (7) | Ferrari | | 1:17.221 | 157 | 8 | 02 | Fernando Alonso (14) | McLaren | | 1:17.784 | 93 | 8 | 01 | Daniel Ricciardo (3) | Red Bull | | 1:18.047 | 165 | 6 | 03 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:18.092 | 45 | 8 | 04 | Daniel Ricciardo (3) | Red Bull | | 1:18.327 | 92 | 8 | 02 | Kevin Magnussen (20) | Haas | | 1:18.360 | 153 | 7 | 03 | Pierre Gasly (10) | Toro Rosso | | 1:18.363 | 169 | 7 | 02 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:18.400 | 90 | 6 | 05 | Romain Grosjean (8) | Haas | | 1:18.412 | 181 | 8 | 03 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:18.560 | 85 | 6 | 06 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:18.825 | 104 | 8 | 04 | Nico Hülkenberg (27) | Renault | | 1:18.675 | 79 | 7 | 05 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:18.725 | 69 | 7 | 06 | Stoffel Vandoorne (2) | McLaren | | 1:18.855 | 151 | 7 | 07 | Brendon Hartley (28) | Toro Rosso | | 1:18.949 | 156 | 8 | 08 | Esteban Ocon (31) | Force India | | 1:18.967 | 163 | 8 | 09 | Charles Leclerc (16) | Sauber | | 1:19.118 | 75 | 8 | 10 | Sergey Sirotkin (35) | Williams | | 1:19.189 | 105 | 8 | 07 | Marcus Ericsson (9) | Sauber | | 1:19.244 | 148 | 7 | 08 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:19.296 | 84 | 7 | 01 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:19.333 | 69 | 4 | 11 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:19.464 | 97 | 8 | 09 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:19.532 | 97 | 7 | 04 | Sebastian Vettel (5) | Ferrari | | 1:19.541 | 66 | 6 | 10 | Robert Kubica (40) | Williams | | 1:19.629 | 73 | 7 | 01 | Sebastian Vettel (5) | Ferrari | | 1:19.673 | 98 | 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez (11) | Force India | | 1:19.634 | 159 | 7 | 05 | Brendon Hartley (28) | Toro Rosso | | 1:19.823 | 119 | 6 | 12 | Max Verstappen (33) | Red Bull | | 1:19.842 | 187 | 7 | 02 | Stoffel Vandoorne (2) | McLaren | | 1:19.854 | 110 | 4 | 06 | Fernando Alonso (14) | McLaren | | 1:19.856 | 57 | 6 | 12 | Lance Stroll (18) | Williams | | 1:19.954 | 27 | 8 | 02 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:19.976 | 94 | 2 | 07 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:20.042 | 88 | 6 | 01 | Daniel Ricciardo (3) | Red Bull | | 1:20.179 | 105 | 1 | 08 | Romain Grosjean (8) | Haas | | 1:20.237 | 78 | 6 | 03 | Sebastian Vettel (5) | Ferrari | | 1:20.241 | 120 | 4 | 09 | Kimi Räikkönen (7) | Ferrari | | 1:20.242 | 49 | 6 | 04 | Kevin Magnussen (20) | Haas | | 1:20.317 | 96 | 4 | 03 | Stoffel Vandoorne (2) | McLaren | | 1:20.325 | 37 | 2 | 04 | Max Verstappen (33) | Red Bull | | 1:20.326 | 67 | 2 | 02 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:20.349 | 58 | 1 | 10 | Lance Stroll (18) | Williams | | 1:20.349 | 63 | 6 | 01 | Sebastian Vettel (5) | Ferrari | | 1:20.396 | 171 | 5 | 03 | Kimi Räikkönen (7) | Ferrari | | 1:20.506 | 80 | 1 | 02 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:20.596 | 86 | 5 | 04 | Nico Hülkenberg (27) | Renault | | 1:20.547 | 73 | 1 | 03 | Max Verstappen (33) | Red Bull | | 1:20.649 | 130 | 5 | 11 | Nico Hülkenberg (27) | Renault | | 1:20.758 | 102 | 6 | 12 | Esteban Ocon (31) | Force India | | 1:20.805 | 130 | 6 | 04 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:20.808 | 91 | 5 | 13 | Charles Leclerc (16) | Sauber | | 1:20.918 | 160 | 6 | 05 | Fernando Alonso (14) | McLaren | | 1:20.929 | 51 | 4 | 05 | Pierre Gasly (10) | Toro Rosso | | 1:20.973 | 54 | 5 | 06 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:20.940 | 60 | 4 | 07 | Lance Stroll (18) | Williams | | 1:21.142 | 54 | 4 | 05 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:21.212 | 65 | 2 | 06 | Kevin Magnussen (20) | Haas | | 1:21.298 | 95 | 5 | 06 | Pierre Gasly (10) | Toro Rosso | | 1:21.318 | 82 | 2 | 07 | Nico Hülkenberg (27) | Renault | | 1:21.432 | 48 | 5 | 08 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:21.455 | 91 | 5 | 07 | Robert Kubica (40) | Williams | | 1:21.495 | 48 | 2 | 09 | Sergey Sirotkin (35) | Williams | | 1:21.588 | 42 | 5 | 10 | Sergio Perez (11) | Force India | | 1:21.643 | 93 | 5 | 11 | Marcus Ericsson (9) | Sauber | | 1:21.706 | 120 | 5 | 08 | Sergey Sirotkin (35) | Williams | | 1:21.822 | 52 | 2 | 09 | Esteban Ocon (31) | Force India | | 1:21.841 | 79 | 2 | 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne (2) | McLaren | | 1:21.946 | 38 | 5 | 08 | Sergio Perez (11) | Force India | | 1:21.973 | 65 | 4 | 09 | Max Verstappen (33) | Red Bull | | 1:22.058 | 35 | 4 | 10 | Pierre Gasly (10) | Toro Rosso | | 1:22.134 | 147 | 4 | 05 | Carlos Sainz (55) | Renault | | 1:22.168 | 26 | 1 | 06 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:22.327 | 25 | 1 | 07 | Fernando Alonso (14) | McLaren | | 1:22.354 | 51 | 1 | 08 | Brendon Hartley (28) | Toro Rosso | | 1:22.371 | 93 | 1 | 09 | Lance Stroll (18) | Williams | | 1:22.452 | 46 | 1 | 11 | Nico Hülkenberg (27) | Renault | | 1:22.507 | 49 | 4 | 10 | Romain Grosjean (8) | Haas | | 1:22.578 | 55 | 1 | 10 | Charles Leclerc (16) | Sauber | | 1:22.721 | 81 | 2 | 11 | Kevin Magnussen (20) | Haas | | 1:22.727 | 36 | 2 | 12 | Valtteri Bottas (77) | Mercedes-AMG | | 1:22.789 | 60 | 4 | 13 | Charles Leclerc (16) | Sauber | | 1:22.808 | 59 | 4 | 13 | Lance Stroll (18) | Williams | | 1:22.937 | 86 | 5 | 14 | Marcus Ericsson (9) | Sauber | | 1:23.825 | 79 | 4 | 11 | Marcus Ericsson (9) | Sauber | | 1:23.408 | 63 | 1 | 12 | Nikita Mazepin (34) | Force India | | 1:25.628 | 22 | 1 | 15 | Sergey Sirotkin (35) | Williams | | 1:31.979 | 47 | 4 | 13 | Sergey Sirotkin (35) | Williams | | 1:44.148 | 28 | 1 | 14 | Sergey Sirotkin (35) | Williams | | 1:22.350 | 80 | 6 | 13 | Lance Stroll (18) | Williams | | 1:20.262 | 67 | 7 |
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