• Training. Sainz is fed up of shooting in Montmeló: "The car is a good step forward compared to 2019"

The sliding steering wheel of the Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) car that caught on Thursday the on-board camera that is in the car on the driver was the matter of most interest on the second day of the pre-season rehearsals of F1 developing in the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalonia.

In the absence of great times, the first four hours of rehearsals had everyone with their eyes on the screen when Lewis Hamilton appeared in a subjective image, watching him drive the car from above his helmet. In each straight line, Hamilton pulled the steering wheel towards him, which approached the chest, and at the same time the two front wheels converged slightly . Pronatura of this experiment did not bring great times at the car six times champion of the world consecutively (1: 18,387), but encouraged the press room and paddock debate about its legality, something that will motivate a long discussion.

The question is whether this movement of the steering wheel, which only the pilot makes in the straight lines, since in the curves it returns it to its usual position, it affects the suspension, in which case it could incur an irregularity.

The morning of this Thursday again had a car driven by Mercedes engine as faster, as happened with the Mexican Sergio 'Checo' Pérez (Racing Point), with a time of 1: 17,347, followed by Daniel Ricciardo (Renault ).

The McLaren of the British Lando Norris , who replaced the Spaniard Carlos Sainz on the day, was the slowest in the morning and one of the least laps (48), although the British team did not report any incident.

For his part, Charles Leclerc returned to take the Ferrari, waiting for Sebastian Vettel to do it in the afternoon, while in the tests of Lewis Hamilton with the Mercedes he obtained very discreet times (1: 18.386) and away from those of the Wednesday, although he completed a very profitable day, in which he took 106 laps.

Morning times

  • .one. Sergio Pérez MEX-Racing Point 1: 17,347
  • .two. Daniel Ricciardo AUS-Renault 1: 17,749
  • .3. Alexander Albon TAI-Red Bull 1: 18,155
  • .4. Pierre Gasly FRA-AlphaTauri 1: 16,165
  • .5. George Russell GBR-Williams 1: 18.266
  • .6. Charles Leclerc MON-Ferrari 1: 18.335
  • .7. Lewis Hamilton GBR-Mercedes 1: 18,387
  • .8. Romain Grosjean FRA-Haas 1: 18,496
  • .9. Kimmi Raikonen FIN-Alfa Romeo 1: 18.508
  • 10. Lando Norris GBR-McLaren 1: 18,537.

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