The 2022 Formula 1 season has begun yesterday with three days of testing, running up until this Friday at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Shortly after 9 o’clock, Charles Leclerc was the first to steer the F1-75 out on track for its debut in an official session. The Monegasque driver completed 80 laps, running the C2, C3 and C4 compound tyres, getting through the planned pre-lunch break programme. Charles’ best time of 1’20”165 was set on C3 tyres.
73 more laps. Carlos Sainz took over driving duties in the afternoon. The Spaniard completed 73 laps (341 km), he too using the Pirelli C2, C3 and C4 compounds. His best time was a 1’20”416 set on C3 tyres. Therefore, the Maranello team’s F1-75 completed a total of 153 laps, equivalent to more than 711 kilometres, the most of all the cars on track in the first day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.
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Programme. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had several items on their worksheet, as confirmed by Ferrari: first off was a function check for the F1-75 challenger over a longer distance, as the new 2022 Formula 1 car had previously only completed 15 kilometres in a demonstration event on the 18 February, plus a further 100 during yesterday’s filming day. Another task for the drivers was for them to familiarise themselves with what is a totally new car. Today was also an opportunity for the drivers and the team to get used to the car’s increased size, with particular regard to pit stops. Another item was correlating the car’s behaviour on track compared to the results of the simulation work carried out during its design phase.
Today continues along the same lines with the two drivers on duty once again: this time Carlos Sainz will start the day while Charles Leclerc will take over in the afternoon.
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