F1 2020 Pre-Season Testing Statistics

Who completed the most laps? Who set the fastest times? Who caused the most red flags? We have all the answers for you as we take a look at the statistics from F1’s 2020 pre-season testing!

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REPORTS FROM EACH DAY

Before we delve into the numbers, here’s a summary of what happened on each day at testing. Click on a day to see 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.

Day 4: Robert Kubica topped the timesheet for Alfa Romeo, while Red Bull and Racing Point showed good pace on harder tyre compounds.

Day 5: Ferrari set the pace and Williams complete the most laps as Mercedes ended the day bottom of the lap count.

Day 6: As the teams’ pre-season running came to an end, the majority of their best lap times tumbled.

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FASTEST TIME EACH DAY

Five different drivers and three different teams set the fastest time of the day over the six days of F1 testing.

Day	Driver	Team	Time	Tyre
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.976	C2
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.091	C5
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.732	C5
4	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1:16.942	C5
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:16.841	C5
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:16.196	C5

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RED FLAGS

There were twelve red flags over the six days of pre-season testing in 2020, thirteen less than there were over last year’s eight days. Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari caused the most red flags, while Nicholas Latifi and Max Verstappen were the only other drivers to cause multiple stoppages. Here are all the red flags from testing and their causes:

DAY 1

No red flags

DAY 2

PM: Kimi Raikkonen comes to a halt, purposefully ran out of fuel

DAY 3

AM: Sebastian Vettel stops at Turn 12, engine problem
AM: Nicholas Latifi stopped on main straight, lost drive
PM: Kevin Magnussen in gravel between Turns 7 and 9 after a puncture at the rear
PM: Daniel Ricciardo stops on track near Turn 9

DAY 4

AM: Sebastian Vettel spins at Turn 8 but keeps going, red flag for mess on track
AM: Nicholas Latifi stops between Turns 9 and 10
PM: Max Verstappen and Daniil Kvyat both stopped on track at the same time

DAY 5

AM: Antonio Giovinazzi spins and hits barrier, red flag for debris
AM: Max Verstappen spins into gravel at Turn 5
AM: Sebastian Vettel spins at Turn 5, red flag for gravel on circuit
PM: Lewis Hamilton stops on track, oil pressure anomaly, engine shutdown as precaution

DAY 6

No red flags

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FASTEST LAP FOR EACH DRIVER

Here’s the fastest lap set by each driver over the six days of testing:

	Driver	Team	Time	Tyre	Day
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.732	C5	Day 3
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.269	C4	Day 6
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:16.276	C5	Day 6
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.360	C5	Day 6
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.410	C5	Day 6
6	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:16.433	C4	Day 6
7	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	1:16.634	C3	Day 6
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:16.820	C4	Day 6
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:16.841	C5	Day 5
10	George Russell	Williams	1:16.871	C5	Day 6
11	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:16.914	C3	Day 6
12	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1:16.942	C5	Day 4
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:17.037	C4	Day 6
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:17.066	C5	Day 5
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.091	C5	Day 2
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:17.118	C3	Day 5
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:17.313	C5	Day 5
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:17.469	C4	Day 3
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:17.495	C4	Day 6
20	Alex Albon	Red Bull	1:17.550	C2	Day 4
21	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.573	C3	Day 5

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FASTEST LAP FOR EACH TEAM

Here’s the fastest lap set by each team over the six days of testing:

	Team	Time	Tyre	Day
1	Mercedes	1:15.732	C5	Day 3
2	Red Bull	1:16.269	C4	Day 6
3	Renault	1:16.276	C5	Day 6
4	Ferrari	1:16.360	C5	Day 6
5	Racing Point	1:16.634	C3	Day 6
6	McLaren	1:16.820	C4	Day 6
7	Williams	1:16.871	C5	Day 6
8	AlphaTauri	1:16.914	C3	Day 6
9	Alfa Romeo	1:16.942	C5	Day 4
10	Haas	1:17.037	C4	Day 6

 

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DRIVER LAP COUNT

Here’s how many laps each driver completed on each day of testing and their overall totals:

Driver	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY 5	DAY 6	TOTAL
Lewis Hamilton	94	106	73	89	14	90	466
Carlos Sainz	161	-	76	46	-	163	446
Charles Leclerc	132	49	-	80	-	181	442
Sergio Perez	58	145	-	84	-	154	441
Valtteri Bottas	79	77	65	90	47	79	437
Max Verstappen	168	-	86	84	31	45	414
Sebastian Vettel	-	73	100	84	145	-	402
Daniil Kvyat	116	-	62	61	-	160	399
Romain Grosjean	-	158	48	107	-	86	399
George Russell	73	116	-	59	-	146	394
Esteban Ocon	62	52	76	74	37	75	376
Pierre Gasly	-	147	59	25	139	-	370
Daniel Ricciardo	56	41	93	53	59	65	367
Alex Albon	-	134	83	29	61	59	366
Lando Norris	-	137	49	57	113	-	356
Nicholas Latifi	63	-	72	48	160	-	343
Lance Stroll	52	-	116	43	130	-	341
Antonio Giovinazzi	79	-	152	-	92	-	323
Kimi Raikkonen	-	134	-	51	-	115	300
Kevin Magnussen	106	-	4	-	111	29	250
Robert Kubica	59	-	-	53	-	-	112

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TEAM LAP COUNT

Here’s how many laps each team completed on each day of testing and their overall totals:

Team	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY 5	DAY 6	TOTAL
Mercedes	173	183	138	179	61	169	903
Ferrari	132	122	100	164	145	181	844
McLaren	161	137	125	103	113	163	802
Racing Point	110	145	116	127	130	154	782
Red Bull	168	134	169	113	92	104	780
AlphaTauri	116	147	121	86	139	160	769
Renault	118	93	169	127	96	140	743
Williams	136	116	72	107	160	146	737
Alfa Romeo	138	134	152	104	92	115	735
Haas	106	158	52	107	111	115	649

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2018 v 2019 v 2020 LAP COUNT

7,992 laps were completed over the two weeks of testing in 2018 – with a number of days in the first week being affected by poor weather conditions. 8,775 laps were completed over the eight days of the 2019 test. In 2020, there were only six days of testing, with the teams completing 7,744 laps in total. Here’s how each team’s lap count compares year on year:

	2018 Lap Count	2019 Lap Count	2020 Lap Count
Mercedes	1040	1190	903
Ferrari	929	997	844
Red Bull	783	833	780
McLaren	599	873	802
Renault	795	962	743
AlphaTauri	835	935	769
Racing Point	711	625	782
Alfa Romeo	786	922	735
Haas	695	871	649
Williams	819	567	737

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TEAM MATE LAP COUNT COMPARISON

Which drivers have completed the most laps in comparison to their team mate? The data is below:

• Romain Grosjean completed 149 laps more than Kevin Magnussen
• Sergio Perez completed 100 laps more than Lance Stroll
• Carlos Sainz completed 90 laps more than Lando Norris
• George Russell completed 51 laps more than Nicholas Latifi
• Max Verstappen completed 48 laps more than Alex Albon
• Charles Leclerc completed 40 laps more than Sebastian Vettel
• Daniil Kvyat completed 29 laps more than Pierre Gasly
• Antonio Giovinazzi completed 23 laps more than Kimi Raikkonen
• Lewis Hamilton completed 29 laps more than Valtteri Bottas
• Esteban Ocon completed 9 laps more than Daniel Ricciardo

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BEST LAP TIME COMPARISON

How much faster (or slower) were each team in testing this year than last year? Here’s a comparison of each team’s best 2020 testing lap compared to their best 2019 testing lap, complete with the tyre compound on which each lap time was set:

	Best 2019 Time	2019 Tyre	Best 2020 Time	2020 Tyre	Difference
Williams	1:18.130	C5	1:16.871	C5	-1.259
Racing Point	1:17.556	C5	1:16.634	C3	-0.922
Red Bull	1:17.091	C5	1:16.269	C4	-0.822
Renault	1:16.843	C5	1:16.276	C5	-0.567
Mercedes	1:16.224	C5	1:15.732	C5	-0.492
Alfa Romeo	1:17.239	C5	1:16.942	C5	-0.297
McLaren	1:16.913	C5	1:16.820	C4	-0.093
Haas	1:17.076	C5	1:17.037	C4	-0.039
AlphaTauri	1:16.882	C5	1:16.914	C3	0.032
Ferrari	1:16.221	C5	1:16.360	C5	0.139