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The morning was long for
Carlos Sainz
, who had to kill the nerves of waiting in the company of his father, approaching a terrace with views of the Montmeló chicane.
From that area of the RACC, the driver from Madrid did not lose sight of
Charles Leclerc
, the first to take to the track with the F1-75, the car with which Ferrari intends to fight again for victories in the 2022 World Championship. After 80 laps without incident, the best time in the morning (1:20.165) and a brief conversation in the garage, the Monegasque handed over the wheel to Sainz, who responded with 73 laps and the second fastest time of the afternoon session (1:20.416) , only surpassed by
Lando Norris
(1:19.568).
With less than an hour to go in the session, a couple of attempts from the young McLaren driver moved Ferrari away from a one-two finish in the timesheets.
However, the
Scuderia
can be more than satisfied with this first contact, as it was the team that completed the most laps (153), ahead of Red Bull (147) and Mercedes (127).
While
Max Verstappen
rode alone with the spectacular RB18,
Adrian Newey
's latest design , the Silver Arrows' W13 was shared between
George Russell
and
Lewis Hamilton
.
Another who took full responsibility was
Fernando Alonso
, whose 146 laps were only behind the reigning world champion (147).
Despite some early morning incidents with the DRS, the Spaniard coupled well with the A522, with which he was able to ride with amazing regularity in the morning around 1:24.
Despite Alpine's initial forecasts, which had announced
Esteban Ocon
for the afternoon, Alonso continued to lead operations until the end of the day.
two in the well
At this start of the course, the two priorities always go through the reliability of the engines and the punctual correlation of data with respect to those offered in the simulator.
In this sense, all met expectations, except for Alfa Romeo and Haas, condemned in advance to occupy the last places on the grid.
However, the global figures offered really striking results, especially when compared with those of the 2014 preseason, the last of a regulatory revolution like the current one.
By then, the nine riders who came to Jerez rode a total of 93 laps.
This Wednesday, in Montmeló, the sum of the 16 cars on the asphalt amounted to 1,123 laps.
First test day
Classification and times
1. Lando Norris (McLaren) |
1:19,568 |
C4 |
103 laps
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) |
1:20.165 |
C3 |
80 laps
3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) |
1:20,416 |
C3 |
73 laps
4. George Russell (Mercedes) |
1:20,784 |
C3 |
77 laps
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) |
1:20,929 |
C3 |
50 laps
6. S. Vettel (Aston Martin) |
1:21.276 |
C3 |
52 laps
7. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) |
1:21,638 |
C3 |
121 laps
8. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) |
1:21,746 |
C3 |
146 laps
9. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) |
1:22.246 |
C2 |
147 laps
10. V. Bottas (Alfa Romeo) |
1:22,572 |
C3 |
23 laps
11. A. Albon (Williamlos) |
1:22,760 |
C3 |
66 laps
12. Mick Schumacher (Haas) |
1:22.962 |
C3 |
23 laps
13. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) |
1:23,327 |
C3 |
67 laps
14. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) |
1:23,379 |
C3 |
66 laps
15. Nikita Mazepin (Haas) |
1:24,505 |
C2 |
20 laps
16. Robert Kubica (Alfa Romeo) |
1:25,909 |
C3 |
9 laps
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