Aston Martin Red Bull Racing F1 finish Barcelona test with Max and Alex

 
BARCELONA TEST 2 – DAY 3
Driver:                Alex Albon and Max Verstappen

Car:                    RB16
Laps:                  Alex 59, Max 45
Best time:          Alex 1:17.803, Max 1:16.269
Circuit length:   4.655km
 

The second and final test of F1’s pre-season programme concluded today at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. Alex took charge of the RB16 in the morning with Max taking over after lunch.

Concentrating on set-up work, Alex worked on the harder tyre, completing 59 laps before, a little after mid-day, a wind-assisted trip through the gravel cut short his final stint. Alex kept the car going and brought it back to the garage, ready for Max to take over after the break. Max added 45 laps, running through the three compounds from the middle of Pirelli’s range and concluding our winter testing a few minutes before the chequered flag.
 




After stepping out of the car at lunchtime, Alex said: “It’s been a really solid and smooth six days of testing. We’ve pushed the mileage and completed a lot of laps, testing and experimenting with a lot of development parts and everything is looking good. We have a lot of data to look through but we now have more of an understanding of the car and we’ve definitely found some good things, so it’s been a positive test.

Mercedes are clearly very quick and there’s more to see from Ferrari, so it’s hard to know for sure where everyone stands at this point. We’ve been happy with the car since day one and it felt strong from the first lap, but we won’t know where we are until we get to Melbourne. I can’t believe it’s already time to go racing, I’m excited and now I can’t wait to get out there.”
 

Concluding the test shortly before 18:00, Max added: “I definitely feel ready for Melbourne and the last two weeks have been a good preparation. We tried everything we wanted to over the six days which is very important from our side, so I’m happy with that. Overall, I can’t complain but that doesn’t mean we should stop the hard work and there are always things to improve.

No car is ever perfect, especially at this stage in the season, so we will keep pushing to make improvements. Me and Alex had a few moments but I’m not worried and I want to find the limit of the car in testing instead of at the first race. It’s better this way rather than being caught out and realising there is more pace in the car in Melbourne.

Mercedes also look very fast as expected but I don’t really look too much at them as nobody knows exactly what they are doing, so it’s better to focus on ourselves. Overall I think the pace looks pretty good, it’s been a positive start and I hope it’s enough to be competitive in Melbourne.”
 

Guillaume Rocquelin, Head of Race Engineering, said: “Generally the plan for today was to give the drivers some practice time in the car ahead of Melbourne and that went well. We experimented with a set-up option overnight which didn’t quite work out as we had planned but that proved no issue as that’s what testing is for. We’re quite happy with the balance and performance, particularly when we reverted back to a decent baseline in the afternoon which Max was pleased with.

We feel between the reliability and long runs we completed in the first week, and the performance tests in the second, we’re quite well prepared for the first race of the season in Australia. Obviously, this year we had six days of testing instead of eight to tick off all the jobs on our list and I think we approached this with a good structure and discipline which meant we were able to make the most of the time given to us.”
 

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