F1 2020 Pre-Season Testing: Week 1 Statistics

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 pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya!

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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: Day 1 of pre-season testing saw Lewis Hamilton lead a Mercedes 1-2, with the team also completing the most laps.

Day 2: As Mercedes raised eyebrows with their innovative DAS system, Alfa Romeo set the fastest lap time of the day.

Day 3: There were plenty of red flags as the lap times tumbled at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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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	Lewis Hamilton	1:16.976	C2
2	Kimi Raikkonen	1:17.091	C5
3	Valtteri Bottas	1:15.732	C5

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Driver Fastest laps

Here is the fastest lap set by each driver over the first four days of testing:

	Driver	Team	Time	Tyre	Day
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.732	C5	Day 3
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.516	C5	Day 3
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.091	C5	Day 2
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:17.102	C4	Day 3
5	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:17.338	C4	Day 3
6	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	1:17.347	C3	Day 2
7	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:17.427	C4	Day 3
8	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:17.469	C4	Day 3
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.516	C3	Day 1
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:17.574	C3	Day 3
11	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:17.842	C3	Day 1
12	Alex Albon	Red Bull	1:17.912	C2	Day 2
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:18.121	C2	Day 2
14	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:18.154	C4	Day 2
15	George Russell	Williams	1:18.168	C3	Day 1
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.289	C3	Day 1
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:18.380	C3	Day 3
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:18.382	C4	Day 1
19	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1:18.386	C3	Day 1
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.454	C3	Day 3
21	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:18.466	C3	Day 1

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Team Fastest laps

Here is the fastest lap set by each team over the first four days of testing:

	Driver	Team	Time	Tyre	Day
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.732	C5	Day 3
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.091	C5	Day 2
3	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:17.102	C4	Day 3
4	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:17.338	C4	Day 3
5	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:17.427	C4	Day 3
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.516	C3	Day 1
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:17.842	C3	Day 1
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:18.154	C4	Day 2
9	George Russell	Williams	1:18.168	C3	Day 1
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:18.380	C3	Day 3

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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	TOTAL
1	Lewis Hamilton	94	106	73	273
2	Max Verstappen	168	–	86	254
3	Carlos Sainz	161	–	76	237
4	Antonio Giovinazzi	79	–	152	231
5	Valtteri Bottas	79	77	65	221
6	Alex Albon	–	134	83	217
7	Pierre Gasly	–	147	59	206
8	Romain Grosjean	–	158	48	206
9	Sergio Perez	58	145	–	203
10	Daniel Ricciardo	56	41	93	190
11	Esteban Ocon	62	52	76	190
12	George Russell	73	116	–	189
13	Lando Norris	–	137	49	186
14	Charles Leclerc	132	49	–	181
15	Daniil Kvyat	116	–	62	178
16	Sebastian Vettel	–	73	100	173
17	Lance Stroll	52	–	116	168
18	Nicholas Latifi	63	–	72	135
19	Kimi Raikkonen	–	134	–	134
20	Kevin Magnussen	106	–	4	110
21	Robert Kubica	59	–	–	59

Here are the laps completed by each team on each day of the first week of testing:

	Team	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Laps Complete
1	Mercedes	173	183	138	494
2	Red Bull	168	134	169	471
3	Alfa Romeo	138	134	152	424
4	McLaren	161	137	125	423
5	AlphaTauri	116	147	121	384
6	Renault	118	93	169	380
7	Racing Point	110	145	116	371
8	Ferrari	132	122	100	354
9	Williams	136	116	72	324
10	Haas	106	158	52	316

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2020 v 2019 Lap Times

Here’s how each team’s best lap time from Week 1 of 2020 pre-season testing compares to their best lap from last year’s eight days of testing:

	Best 2019 Time	Best 2020 Time	Difference
Mercedes	1:16.224	1:15.732	-0.492
Racing Point	1:17.556	1:17.338	-0.218
Alfa Romeo	1:17.239	1:17.091	-0.148
Williams	1:18.130	1:18.168	+0.038
Renault	1:16.843	1:17.102	+0.259
Red Bull	1:17.091	1:17.516	+0.425
AlphaTauri	1:16.882	1:17.427	+0.545
McLaren	1:16.913	1:17.842	+0.929
Haas	1:17.076	1:18.380	+1.304
Ferrari	1:16.221	1:18.154	+1.933

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