LONDON, Feb 22 — Champions Mercedes suspect Ferrari are considerably faster than the Italian team let on in Formula One’s first pre-season test in Spain, with the gap between the top three and the rest closing. Teams have six days of testing before the season-opener in Australia on March 15 and...
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during a testing session in Barcelona February 21, 2020. ― Reuters pic
On paper, Mercedes were more than a second quicker than the next team at the Circuit de Catalunya and also covered the most distance. “What we can say is that we predict the battle in Melbourne at the front is going to be tight. We can also see that the midfield have closed on the front and that there is some considerable midfield swing compared to last year’s competitive order.”
“This year we’ve decided to focus more on ourselves, trying to learn the car as much as possible in the first few days and focus on performance a bit later on and see if that pays off,” Charles Leclerc said on Wednesday. According to figures published by tyre supplier Pirelli, Mercedes did 494 laps over the first three days while Ferrari completed 354. That placed them eighth overall, ahead of only Williams and Haas .
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