As of tomorrow F1 is back. Winter testing commences at Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona.
I expect the first sequence (26/2 -> 1/3) to be a bit weird: the cold snap in Europe will also reach Barcelona for the first two days, with temperatures of 8°C max expected. Then day 3 and 4 are expected to warm up slightly, but wet.
Mercedes – Valtteri Bottas (AM), Lewis Hamilton (PM)
Ferrari – Kimi Raikkonen
Red Bull – Daniel Ricciardo
Force India – Nikita Mazepin
Williams – Lance Stroll (AM), Sergey Sirotkin (PM)
Renault – Nico Hulkenberg (AM), Carlos Sainz Jr (PM)
Toro Rosso – Brendon Hartley
Haas – Romain Grosjean
McLaren – Fernando Alonso
Sauber – Marcus Ericsson
7°C today with a maximum of 8°C forecasted. Tomorrow even colder with maximum temperature of 5°C.
apart from the unusually low temperatures, also the resurfacing of the track should make all comparisons between this years' times and those of last year irrelevant.
And here are the (known / confirmed) lineups for the rest of the week.
Tuesday February 27
Mercedes:
Ferrari:
Red Bull: Max Verstappen
Force India: Esteban Ocon
Williams: Sergey Sirotkin (a.m.), Robert Kubica (p.m.)
Renault: Nico Hulkenberg (a.m.), Carlos Sainz Jr. (p.m.)
Toro Rosso: Pierre Gasly
Haas: Kevin Magnussen
McLaren: Stoffel Vandoorne
Sauber: Charles Leclerc
Wednesday February 28
Mercedes:
Ferrari:
Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo
Force India: Sergio Perez
Williams: Lance Stroll (a.m.), Robert Kubica (p.m.)
Renault: Carlos Sainz Jr. (a.m.), Nico Hulkenberg (p.m.)
Toro Rosso: Brendon Hartley
Haas: Romain Grosjean
McLaren: Fernando Alonso
Sauber: Marcus Ericsson
Thursday March 1
Mercedes:
Ferrari:
Red Bull: Max Verstappen
Force India: Nicholas Latifi
Williams: Sergey Sirotkin (a.m.), Lance Stroll (p.m.)
Renault: Nico Hulkenberg (a.m.), Carlos Sainz Jr. (p.m.)
Toro Rosso: Pierre Gasly
Haas: Kevin Magnussen
McLaren: Stoffel Vandoorne
Sauber: Charles Leclerc
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Antonov wrote: ↑6 years ago
7°C today with a maximum of 8°C forecasted.
I think they are hoping it gets that warm. Actual air temp atm is 5.5C and the track temperature is 11.7C
I guess that why it is called winter testing.
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