2026 Pre-Season Testing

[Emag]

Best times of Day 5

Hamilton 1:16.348
Norris 1:16.594
Leclerc 1:16.653
Piastri 1:17.446
Verstappen 1:18.05
Bearman 1:18.423
Ocon 1:18.98
Gasly 1:19.69
Bortoleto 1:20.179
Alonso 1:20.795
Bottas 1:20.912
Hülkenberg 1:21.8

I think I saw a 17.5 for Max somewhere in my feed but I lost the post after refreshing.

[Sergej]

Best times of Day 5

Hamilton 1:16.348
Norris 1:16.594
Leclerc 1:16.653
Piastri 1:17.446
Verstappen 1:18.05
Bearman 1:18.423
Ocon 1:18.98
Gasly 1:19.69
Bortoleto 1:20.179
Alonso 1:20.795
Bottas 1:20.912
Hülkenberg 1:21.8

DrObbs says 17.586 for Max with 118 laps

[gearboxtrouble]

Why would Hadjar go out and then do just 4 laps?

[swifteddie1]

Pos. Driver Team Lap time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.348 63
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:16.594 83
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.653 78
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:17.446 80
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.586 118
6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:17.707 160
7 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:18.393 85
8 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:18.423 106
9 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:19.870 78
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.179 66
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.795 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:20.920 54


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[langedweil]

Great, thnx lads !
Insane amount of laps with complete new rules, cars and PU's ..
Feel sorry for Williams to miss out, but PU wise (aside from integration) they're kinda fine one would say.

[gearboxtrouble]

Pos. Driver Team Lap time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.348 63
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:16.594 83
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.653 78
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:17.446 80
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.586 118
6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:17.707 160
7 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:18.393 85
8 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:18.423 106
9 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:19.870 78
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.179 66
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.795 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:20.920 54


https://racingnews365.com/2026-f1-barce ... -5-results

Thanks! Ferrari look every bit as strong as Mercedes in terms of reliability and while you can't read too much into the laptimes they clearly got enough data to push the package harder. Impressive reliability from RBPT all test and Audi finally got a good number of laps in today. Lots of work to do for Aston/Honda as this was a true shakedown for them.

[dren]

Why would Hadjar go out and then do just 4 laps?

3 laps weren't enough

[GoranF1]

Pos. Driver Team Lap time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.348 63
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:16.594 83
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.653 78
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:17.446 80
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.586 118
6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:17.707 160
7 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:18.393 85
8 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:18.423 106
9 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:19.870 78
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.179 66
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.795 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:20.920 54


https://racingnews365.com/2026-f1-barce ... -5-results

Aston did 61 laps not 49

[Paa]

Best times of Day 5

Hamilton 1:16.348
Norris 1:16.594
Leclerc 1:16.653
Piastri 1:17.446
Verstappen 1:18.05
Bearman 1:18.423
Ocon 1:18.98
Gasly 1:19.69
Bortoleto 1:20.179
Alonso 1:20.795
Bottas 1:20.912
Hülkenberg 1:21.8

Interesting, that Red Bull didn't really go for any fast runs with so many C3.
Maybe they are a bit behind schedule, due to Tuesday.

[InsaneX_Badger]

What are the lap totals over the 5 days?

[swifteddie1]

Pos. Driver Team Lap time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.348 63
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:16.594 83
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.653 78
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:17.446 80
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.586 118
6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:17.707 160
7 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:18.393 85
8 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:18.423 106
9 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:19.870 78
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.179 66
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.795 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:20.920 54


https://racingnews365.com/2026-f1-barce ... -5-results

Aston did 61 laps not 49

Seeing 61 in some sites now.

[Badger]

If the times at the very top are in some form representative we're going to have a competitive season, obviously it's too early to say if they are. What we can say is the reliability from Merc, Ferrari, and RBPT is impressive at this stage.

Most disappointing has to be Audi and Honda in terms of their mileage. Audi did redeem themselves in the final day after several reliability woes. Honda got very little mileage and seemingly had to run the engine in a special (low) mode. Unfortunate because those two manufacturers needed perhaps the most mileage seeing as they only supply one team each.

[deadhead]

What are the lap totals over the 5 days?

Engine:


Mercedes - 1137
Ferrari - 992
RBPT - 621
Audi - 243
Honda - 65

[Luscion]

Total amount of laps done

[Sbrillo88]

Mercedes with 500 laps covered almost 8 gp.
Ferrari with 437 covered more than 6.

Not bad with the reliability.

Honda covered an entire gp but in the afternoon they made only few laps