On a maratondag for Kevin Magnussen, with 131 laps around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – six more than his total in last week – did dane not much fuss when one looked fast times.
Here the stack among other McLaren and Racing Points the nose up. In the last week did Toro Rosso and Renault have something similar.
At Haas has not yet given its drivers the opportunity to get the feel of how VF19’s measure up against the rivals in one single place.
I look forward to the next days to see how fast everyone is running. I hope that the few of them who set lap times today, can’T run much faster. Let me put it this way, says Kevin Magnussen to Ekstra Bladet.
Traditionally, closed that most of the bag on the last two day of testing, where you get the clearest picture of the relationship.
– I hope that some of the other trains gap on the fast laps of the day, for otherwise they are really fast. But right now I’m not so worried.
Last year, showed Haas just its potential on Thursday and Friday in the second testuge.
– I would like to achieve to feel how the car is in a kind of qualification specification. But it is not the most important thing to test.
It will hardly screwed up at Haas and burned many sets of soft tyres.
– But we will take some fuel out of the tank and try something a little closer to an anguish-simulation. At one time or another. Just a lap or two is enough, he says.
advance your favorites from the Mercedes does not very much aware of itself under test. And they had exactly technical problems on Tuesday. The same as you with titelrivalerne from Ferrari.
How the rest of the midterfeltet doing, dry, Kevin Magnussen has not yet foretell.
honestly, it is so hard to say. I know it is not. First, I need to talk to our strategist, if he has an idea. It is trickier this year than last year. It seems to me that many of the others have changed their programs, and how much petrol they are running with.
– Last year it was a little more transparent, where everyone was. Perhaps give a clearer picture over the next couple of days, notes the dane.
Ten kilograms of fuel means about 0,3 seconds of difference on this track, which makes it easy to hide its true speed. Traditionally Haas team to be run heavy under test. There is a wealth of motorindstillinger.
Romain Grosjean takes over the wheel on Wednesday, while Haas Tuesday evening, informs, that one change in the program on Thursday and Friday. Here, the two Haas drivers in a parts manager position, so they are running a half day each.
F1 test times – day five
Lando Norris (McLaren) 1.17,709 minutes (C4) 80 laps
Pierre Gasly (Red Bull) 1.17,715 minutes (C3) 136 laps
Lance Stroll (Racing Points) 1.17,824 minutes (C5) 82 laps
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1.17,925 minutes (C3) 81 laps
Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1.18,589 minutes (C4) 99 laps
Alexander Albon (Toro Rosso) 1.18,649 minutes (C4) 103 laps
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1.18,561 minutes (C3) 29 laps
Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1.18,769 minutes (C4) 131 laps
George Russell (Williams) 1.19,662 minutes (C5) 119 laps
Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1.20,107 minutes (C3) 77 laps
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1.20,167 minutes (C2) 7 laps
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1.20,332 minutes (C2) 83 laps
Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) 1.20,348 minutes (C3) 80 laps
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