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!
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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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. Now in its sixth season, the blog has become a firm fan-favourite, delving deep into the sport’s history books and lifting the cover on unusual F1 statistics. Nicky also writes at F1Destinations and GPDestinations. In 2017 and 2018, he wrote for Badger GP. Nicky is also the host of the F1 Rewind Podcast and can be heard as the resident stats man on the 2 Soft Compounds Podcast.