The Formula One season unofficially starts right here, with the opening day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. We’ll be with you every step of the way.
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TESTING SO FAR
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(All Central European Time)
10:40: Here are two of the cars causing the most intrigue this week. The Renault, which rolled out with a slim-line nose — arguably the most radical change to any car on the 2020 grid.
And then there’s the controversial ‘pink Mercedes’, the 2020 Racing Point. Or is it last year’s Mercedes with a different lick of paint?
1015: Here are the times after 75 minutes.
First hour in the bag 💰@PierreGASLY tops the second day of #F1Testing 💪#F1 pic.twitter.com/eO9LWw9ySv
— Formula 1 (@F1) February 20, 2020
0930: Day one was a productive one for all the teams so you would expect the same today. All 10 teams seem pretty well prepped for this preseason given the stability in the regs between 2019 and 2020.
0900: Here’s a look at the teams’ planned running order for the day. The teams with two drivers listed usually use the hour-long lunch break to swap its drivers.
Driver line-ups for Day 2! #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/b36eUFU4bg
— Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (@Circuitcat_eng) February 20, 2020