From the fastest times for each driver and team to the most laps completed each day, here are all the statistics from the first week of Winter Testing!
Reports from each day
Here’s a summary of what happened on each day of the first week of testing. Click on each day to read the full report:
Day 1: Ferrari went furthest and fastest on the first day of testing in 2019, while Red Bull enjoyed a trouble-free first day with new engine partner Honda.
Day 2: Charles Leclerc set the fastest time of day two, while Mercedes completed the most laps and Pierre Gasly crashed out in the afternoon.
Day 3: Daniil Kvyat was the surprise pace-setter, Mercedes completed almost fifty more laps than any other team and Williams finally made it out on track.
Day 4: Nico Hulkenberg set the fastest lap on a day of limited running for Renault, while Antonio Giovinazzi and Alfa Romeo completed the most laps.
Fastest time each day
Here is the fastest lap set on each of the first four days of testing:
Day | Driver | Lap Time | Tyre |
1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:18.161 | C3 |
2 | Charles Leclerc | 1:18.247 | C3 |
3 | Daniil Kvyat | 1:17.704 | C5 |
4 | Nico Hulkenberg | 1:17.393 | C5 |
Fastest Sector times
The three fastest sector times were set on the fourth day of testing. The times added together give a lap time of 1:17.704 – around a second slower than last year’s pole time.
Sector 1: 21.839 – Alexander Albon
Sector 2: 28.759 – Daniel Ricciardo
Sector 3: 26.506 – Nico Hulkenberg
Drivers Fastest laps
Here is the fastest lap set by each driver over the first four days of testing:
Pos | Driver | Team | Lap Time | Tyre | |
1 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:17.393 | C5 | Day 4 |
2 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:17.637 | C5 | Day 4 |
3 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:17.704 | C5 | Day 3 |
4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.762 | C5 | Day 3 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.785 | C5 | Day 4 |
6 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.857 | C5 | Day 4 |
7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.977 | C4 | Day 4 |
8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.046 | C3 | Day 4 |
9 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:18.161 | C3 | Day 1 |
10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.431 | C4 | Day 4 |
11 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.511 | C3 | Day 4 |
12 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:18.558 | C4 | Day 1 |
13 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:18.563 | C4 | Day 4 |
14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:18.720 | C3 | Day 4 |
15 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:18.780 | C3 | Day 4 |
16 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.787 | C3 | Day 3 |
17 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | 1:19.249 | C4 | Day 3 |
18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:19.664 | C2 | Day 4 |
19 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 1:19.944 | C3 | Day 1 |
20 | George Russell | Williams | 1:20.997 | C3 | Day 4 |
21 | Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:21.542 | C2 | Day 4 |
Team Fastest laps
Here is the fastest lap set by each team over the first four days of testing:
Pos | Driver | Team | Lap Time | Tyre | |
1 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:17.393 | C5 | Day 4 |
2 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:17.637 | C5 | Day 4 |
3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.762 | C5 | Day 3 |
4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.857 | C5 | Day 4 |
5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.046 | C3 | Day 4 |
6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.431 | C4 | Day 4 |
7 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:18.563 | C4 | Day 4 |
8 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:18.780 | C3 | Day 4 |
9 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:19.664 | C2 | Day 4 |
10 | George Russell | Williams | 1:20.997 | C3 | Day 4 |
Lap Counts
Here are the laps completed by each driver on each day of the first week of testing:
Driver | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Total | |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | 81 | 74 | 94 | 58 | 307 |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 69 | 89 | 88 | 57 | 303 |
3 | Sebastian Vettel | 169 | – | 134 | – | 303 |
4 | Charles Leclerc | – | 157 | – | 138 | 295 |
5 | Alexander Albon | – | 132 | – | 136 | 268 |
6 | Antonio Giovinazzi | – | 101 | – | 154 | 255 |
7 | Kimi Raikkonen | 114 | – | 138 | – | 252 |
8 | Nico Hulkenberg | 66 | 95 | 63 | 24 | 248 |
9 | Pierre Gasly | – | 92 | – | 146 | 238 |
10 | Max Verstappen | 128 | – | 109 | – | 237 |
11 | Lando Norris | – | 104 | – | 132 | 236 |
12 | Daniil Kvyat | 77 | – | 137 | – | 214 |
13 | Carlos Sainz | 119 | – | 90 | – | 209 |
14 | Romain Grosjean | 65 | – | 69 | 64 | 198 |
15 | Daniel Ricciardo | 44 | 28 | 80 | 34 | 186 |
16 | Lance Stroll | – | 79 | – | 72 | 151 |
17 | Kevin Magnussen | – | 59 | – | 66 | 125 |
18 | Sergio Perez | 30 | – | 67 | – | 97 |
19 | Pietro Fittipaldi | – | 13 | 48 | – | 61 |
20 | Robert Kubica | – | – | – | 48 | 48 |
21 | George Russell | – | – | 23 | 17 | 40 |
Here are the laps completed by each team on each day of the first week of testing:
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Total | ||
1 | Mercedes | 150 | 163 | 182 | 115 | 610 |
2 | Ferrari | 169 | 157 | 134 | 138 | 598 |
3 | Red Bull | 128 | 92 | 109 | 146 | 475 |
4 | Renault | 110 | 123 | 143 | 58 | 434 |
5 | Haas | 65 | 72 | 117 | 130 | 384 |
6 | McLaren | 119 | 104 | 90 | 132 | 445 |
7 | Racing Point | 30 | 79 | 67 | 72 | 248 |
8 | Alfa Romeo | 114 | 101 | 138 | 154 | 507 |
9 | Toro Rosso | 77 | 132 | 137 | 136 | 482 |
10 | Williams | – | – | 23 | 65 | 88 |
After graduating in 2015 with a First Class honours degree in English Language and Literature, Nicky Haldenby, a lifelong fan of Formula 1, founded the Lights Out F1 Blog in 2016. The blog has become a firm fan-favourite, delving deep into the sport’s history books and lifting the cover on unusual F1 statistics.
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