Lewis completes 151 laps on the first day of in-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Date: Tuesday 15 May 2018
Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Circuit Length: 4.655 km
Laps Completed: 151
Distance Covered: 703 km
Best Lap Time: 1:18.543
Following the Spanish Grand Prix, Formula One teams have remained in #barcelona for this week’s in-season #test. #lewishamilton was behind the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG #f1w09eqpower, completing 151 laps on the opening day. The Brit finished in sixth place on the leaderboard.
Lewis Hamilton
It was a good day and a relatively interesting #test, I’m glad we did it. We got through a large programme and did 151 laps which is a good sign of reliability. I’m looking forward to Monaco; hopefully we can take some of the things we’ve learned onto there.
Andrew Shovlin
We’ve had a very good day completing 151 laps with Lewis without any real issues on the car. We had a good baseline to work with from the #test, so our focus has been further understanding the car and tyres. We had a comprehensive aero data collection programme which we got through whilst the track was cold first thing, then got stuck into proper running for the remainder of the day.
It’s difficult on a race weekend to complete proper tests due to the limited number of tyres, the constantly evolving track and the requirement to get the maximum speed out of the car. Here we were able to step through a large programme of setup items, so Lewis has been able to get a good feel for the effect of these changes and hopefully that will help us get the most out of the car at the upcoming races. We’ve got Valtteri in the car tomorrow and another very busy day planned.
Position | Driver | Team | Laps Completed | Best Lap Time |
1 | Max Verstappen (33) | Red Bull | 148 | 1:17.528 |
2 | Carlos Sainz Jr (55) | Renault | 119 | 1:17.562 |
3 | Sebastian Vettel (5) | Ferrari | 136 | 1:17.659 |
4 | Romain Grosjean (8) | Haas | 129 | 1:18.449 |
5 | Nicholas Latifi (34) | Force India | 107 | 1:18.530 |
6 | Lewis Hamilton (44) | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport | 151 | 1:18.543 |
7 | Stoffel Vandoorne (2) | McLaren | 85 | 1:18.981 |
8 | Antonio Giovinazzi (36) | Sauber | 135 | 1:19.693 |
9 | Oliver Rowland (41) | Williams | 121 | 1:20.009 |
10 | Lando Norris (47) | McLaren* | 76 | 1:20.997 |
11 | George Russell (42) | Force India* | 123 | 1:21.478 |
12 | Sean Gelael (38) | Toro Rosso | 50 | 1:21.935 |
13 | Oliver Turvey (48) | McLaren* | 58 | 1:23.070 |
*Conducting tyre testing with Pirelli
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