Top six inferior day of testing came, there was finally time in the Thursday morning. As the golden hour before lunch, where the Spanish winter sun stands highest, and the conditions for fast times is the best, approached, started the teams final to entertain.
Only Mercedes and Haas kept himself from playing with the soft tyres.
When the smoke had settled, and frokostklokken rang, tronede Ferrari’s new star Charles Leclerc at the top with 1.16,231 minutes. The fastest time ever under vintertest.
But he didn’t get carried away, when he in the did status to the press. It is only to test, all the keeps again. Of course, it’s nice to see his name up there not at least on top of his colleague Sebastian Vettels crash the day before. And so on.
– the Car feels good. From the first day has the balance been pretty good, and it did not change today. It was a good morning for us, and it is nice to be in the top, but it does not matter, said the young monegasker.
– Just as all the other runs we do not with full gas. There is still some margin.
actually he ran a more impressive time a little earlier in the day. And more hidden. In the much harder medium tyres (C4) gave he a game, which, according to the dækproducenten Pirelli means that the Ferrari is theoretically able to run times in Barcelona, which starts at 1.15 minutes.
No one provides suggestions on hakkeordenen yet, but the feeling is that the Ferrari just as it was last year at this time located at the top.
Would Charles Leclerc play to the Ferrari’s victory in Australia for his own money?
– At the moment I’m happy. So yes.
test times – day seven
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1.16,231 minutes ***** 138 laps
Alexander Albon (Toro Rosso) 1.16,882 ***** 118 laps
Lando Norris (McLaren) 1.17,084 ***** 84 laps
Pierre Gasly (Red Bull) 1.17,091 ***** 65 laps
Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1.17,204 ***** 65 laps
Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) 1.17,496 ***** 73 laps
Lance Stroll (Racing Points) 1.17,556 ***** 103 laps
Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1.17,639 ***** 71 laps
Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1.17,854 **** 16 laps
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1.18,097 ** 85 laps
George Russell (Williams) 1.18,130 ***** 140 laps
Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1.18,199 *** 53 laps
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1.18,862 *** 97 laps
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