Results fifth day of F1 winter testing 2019
George Russell, Williams FW42 during the Barcelona February testing II at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on February 26, 2019 in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images)
Event: Winter test Barcelona
Track: Catalunya Circuit
Weather: Sunny & dry
Air temp: 7-15ºC
Tarmac: Dry, 8-29ºC
Today was the first day of the second week of testing for the upcoming 2019 Formula 1 season.
All teams where present at Catalunya circuit near Barcelona when Lando Norris kicked off the 4 days of testing as first in the McLaren MCL34. He also set the quickest lap time of the day in the last hour of testing.
In the morning part of this second week of testing, it was Alfa Romeo driver Antonio Giovinazzi who was the quickest.
Overall Red Bull Racing driver Pierre Gasly drove the most laps on his own. From a team point of view it was the Renault team who drove the most laps today with 138 in total.
The most remarkable moment of the day was when Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas car broke down on the track early after lunch. The Mercedes engine in the W10 broke down after a few laps into to his afternoon session.
Williams rookie George Russel was also a lot faster then last week. He now broke the 1:20 barrier and was 9th quickest of the day. The 119 laps he drove are also very encouraging. Did you by the way check out the Williams the front suspension on the FW42? It's very different then the other teams use. Could this also be a silver bullet, just like Alfa Romeo's front wing design?
Lap times 5th day of testing 2019
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17,709 | 80 | C4 | |
| 2 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:17,715 | +0,006 | 136 | C3 |
| 3 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:17,824 | +0,115 | 82 | C5 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17,925 | +0,216 | 81 | C3 |
| 5 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:18,589 | +0,880 | 99 | C4 |
| 6 | 23 | Alex Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:18,649 | +0,940 | 103 | C4 |
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18,651 | +0,942 | 29 | C3 |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:18,769 | +1,060 | 131 | C4 |
| 9 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | 1:19,662 | +1,953 | 119 | C5 |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:20,107 | +2,398 | 77 | C3 |
| 11 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 4:21,670 | +3,961 | 7 | C2 |
| 12 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20,332 | +2,623 | 83 | C2 |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:20,348 | 80 | C3 |
Hulkenberg isn't very enthusiastic about the reliability of the Renault RS19 in this video footage:
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1100421479676620802
See the pictures made on the 5th day of 2019 F1 winter testing.
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