First out on circuit was Renault’s RS17 but the rest quickly followed suit. The eagerly awaited first day of testing got off to an expected slow start as the new cars trickled out of their respective garages to set the first installations laps. will also be providing extensive live coverage from Barcelona, including a daily live blog, breaking news and video content and live timing. The first official day of testing commenced at Spain’s Circuit de Catalunya on Monday. But plunging track temperatures made it hard to get heat into the tires. Updated: 5:58 pm Posted: 1:57 pm The ninth installment in Codemasters Formula One racing series, F1 2017, will launch on August 25 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You can watch live coverage of week 1 of pre-season testing on F1 TV.
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The time was quicker already than anything the Briton did in 2017 pre-season testing, when Mercedes were behind only Ferrari, and not far off the 1:19.301 that team mate Valtteri Bottas produced on day six of last year.Īnd he did it on the medium Pirelli tires, slower than the ones used by Ferrari - whose best lap was a 1:19.673 by Sebastian Vettel on softs on Tuesday. F1 in 2016: Schedule and calendar, driver line-ups and test dates Your one-stop run-down of the essential details for the new season. Hamilton was fastest over the opening four days at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya with a lap of one minute 19.333 seconds on Thursday, after snow and rain blew out Wednesday’s track action. The four-times world champion, who can expect to start the campaign in Australia on March 25 as a favorite, said bad weather, a resurfaced and smoother track and heavier cars had made comparisons tricky. F1 Formula One - Formula One Test Session - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmelo, Spain - MaLewis Hamilton of Mercedes as engineers push his car to the garage during testing REUTERS/Albert Gea
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