Lando Norris unveiled a golden helmet at the one-day post-season tyre and young driver Abu Dhabi Test. The new world champion was wearing a special gold crash helmet for the occasion – returned to his title-winning MCL39 at the Yas Marina Circuit as all teams hit the track with two cars. Norris was still running
Charles Leclerc was fastest during the one-day post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit, the Ferrari drier was a tenth faster than his teammate Carlos Sainz who Made his debut for Williams. However, both drivers were a second off the pole time on Saturday night during the Pirelli tyre test for experienced drivers and young
Analysis, reaction and talking points, plus the story of the pre-season testing, at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. Plus the biggest news stories from the last seven days looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
Charles Leclerc was fastest on the final day of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit with a 30.322 on C4 tyre, which put the Ferrari nearly half a tenth faster than the Mercedes of George Russell. Leclerc drove the afternoon session after another morning which was red flagged once again because of lose drain cover.
Carlos Sainz was fastest on day two of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, the Spaniard set a 25.921 on the soft tyre during his afternoon stint when he managed eighty-four laps. Sainz was three-quarters of a second faster than the Red Bull of Sergio Perez, the Mexican getting his first taste of the
Max Verstappen was fastest on day one of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, the three-time champion managed a hundred and fourth-two laps on his way to a 31.344, using the C3 tyre the hardest of the medium tyres. Verstappen was a second faster than Lando Norris. The Red Bull driver is expected to
Carlos Sainz was fastest as Ferrari locked out the top three at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi test. The Spaniard set a 25.245 to go a tenth and a quarter faster than teammate Charles Leclerc in the afternoon session of the mixed tyre and young drivers test. Sainz’s time was just under a second
After the first three days of testing in Barcelona, it’s too early to conclude where the battles will be. As always, we need to be careful, but I think we have an idea of where we are going into the second test and the opening races that is the right time to give a better
McLaren’s Lando Norris was fastest on the first day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya. The Englishman set his fastest time a 19.568 on the C4 tyre as sparks flew in the closing moments of the afternoon to put himself almost seven-tenths faster than the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Ferrari set
The first of two three-day test brings F1 to the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya a circuit that drivers know well as it is regularly used for both testing and the Spanish Grand Prix. The circuit built in the late 1980s is the ideal test venue as it has a mixture of straights, flowing corners