Norris stopped at end of pitlane 30 min ago, he was recovered quickly .... and 72 laps are not to bad for day 1 and I'm sure there will be still to come.
To be taken with a pinch of salt but nice to see nonethelessThe-race
16:28:01
Norris takes top spot
Sure enough, we are seeing a few faster times. After Alonso's effort, Hamilton also improved his time - but it's the McLaren of Norris that's gone fastest on all on a 1m19.951s on C4s. That's the first sub-1m20s lap we've seen so far.
Does his name start with "mark" and end with "o"?Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 18:52Some knowitall would say that these are glory runs and we are 9th just in front of Williams.
I think Lando is still on top even if you take the tyre difference between C3 and C4.Arcanum wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 19:01In recent years, the more technical journalists (like Mark Hughes) have speculated that McLaren run around mid-fuel levels (60kg IIRC) and have the engine turned down. If that's how the team choose to go testing, why change this year? If so, being around the top of the timesheets not a bad thing (though if we tire correct McLaren are still behind Ferrari).
Sure, being around the top of the timesheets doesn't mean much at this stage of testing, but it's (obviously) much better than being at the bottom of the timesheets!
Norris, McLaren, 1m19.568s, C4 - 103 laps Leclerc, Ferrari, 1m20.165s, C3 - 80 Sainz, Ferrari, 1m20.416s, C3 - 73 Russell, Mercedes, 1m20.784s, C3 - 77 Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m20.929s, C3 - 50 Vettel, Aston Martin, 1m21.276s, C3 - 52 Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, 1m21.638s, C3 - 121 Alonso, Alpine, 1m21.746s, C2 - 127 Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m22.246s, C2 - 147 Bottas, Alfa Romeo, 1m22.572s, C3 - 23 Albon, Williams, 1m22.760s, C3 - 66 Schumacher, Haas, 1m22.962s, C3 - 23 Stroll, Aston Martin, 1m23.327s, C2 - 67 Latifi, Williams, 1m23.379s, C3 - 66 Mazepin, Haas, 1m24.505s, C2 - 20 Kubica, Alfa Romeo, 1m25.909s, C3 - 9Solid amount of laps on the board, but no need to compare to others. McLaren have always been methodical to their testing approach and it's put them in good steading the past few years. It is satisfying seeing Lando top the charts, but the most appeasing fact from the day is reports of how sharp the McLaren appears on turn in.
