| 2022 Barcelona Test | |||
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| Test Information | |||
| Date | 23–25 February 2022 | ||
| Location |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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| Lap length | 4.675 km (2.906 mi) | ||
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |  Lewis Hamilton
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| Team |  Mercedes
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| Time | Day | Laps | |
| 1:19.138 | 3 | 94 | |
| Testing Guide | |||
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The 2022 Barcelona Test (officially the Formula 1 Pre-Season Track Session 2022) is the first of two pre-season tests ahead of the 2022 Formula One season, staged at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya between 23 to 25 February 2022.[1][2] All ten entrants to the 2022 season are taking part.[3]
Background[]
Coverage of this testing session will not be broadcasted on live television. Instead, there will be 60-minute summaries posted to F1 TV per testing day.[4][2]
Pirelli, the tire supplier, released a graphic (pictured right) which explains the tires available to the teams for testing.
Teams and Drivers[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2022 Barcelona Test is outlined below:
Driver Schedules[]
| Constructor | Day 1 AM |
Day 1 PM |
Day 2 AM |
Day 2 PM |
Day 3 AM |
Day 3 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfa Romeo | Kubica | Bottas | Bottas | Zhou | Zhou | Bottas |
| AlphaTauri | Tsunoda | Gasly | Gasly | |||
| Alpine | Alonso | Ocon | Alonso | |||
| Aston Martin | Vettel | Stroll | Stroll | Vettel | Vettel | |
| Ferrari | Leclerc | Sainz | Sainz | Leclerc | Leclerc | Sainz |
| Haas | Mazepin | Schumacher | Schumacher | Mazepin | Mazepin | |
| McLaren | Norris | Ricciardo | Norris | Ricciardo | ||
| Mercedes | Russell | Hamilton | Hamilton | Russell | Russell | Hamilton |
| Red Bull | Verstappen | Perez | Verstappen | Perez | ||
| Williams | Latifi | Albon | Albon | Latifi | Albon/Latifi | Latifi/Albon |
Day-by-Day[]
Day One[]
Report[]
Overall, the first day of testing was a success compared to the first day of testing when the regulations last got a major revamp in 2014. Lando Norris was fastest with a 1:19:568 set on a set of C4 soft tires, followed by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. A total of 1,121 total laps were completed amongst the teams. Max Verstappen completed the most laps to himself with 147 laps.
In the morning session, Robert Kubica and his team Alfa Romeo suffered some reliability issues[6] and weren't able to get out on track until right before the session ended; he was only able to complete a measly nine laps in the new C42 and only two fast laps. The morning session ended with Charles Leclerc on top of the timing screens with a 1:20.165, followed by Lando Norris and George Russell; all three were on the C3 medium tires.
Results[]
The full results from the first day of the 2022 Barcelona Test are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
103 | 1:20.474 
|
1:19:568 
|
Fastest |
| 2 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
 Ferrari
|
80 | 1:20.165
|
— | +0.597s |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
73 | — | 1:20.416
|
+0.848s |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
77 | 1:20.784
|
— | +1.216s |
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
50 | — | 1:20.929
|
+1.361s |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
52 | 1:21.276
|
— | +1.708s |
| 7 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
121 | 1:21.638*
|
+2.070s | |
| 8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
 Alpine-Renault
|
127 | 1:23.317
|
1:21.746
|
+2.178s |
| 9 | 1 |  Max Verstappen
|
 Red Bull
|
147 | 1:22.246* 
|
+2.678s | |
| 10 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
23 | — | 1:22.572
|
+3.004s |
| 11 | 23 |  Alex Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
66 | — | 1:22.760
|
+3.192s |
| 12 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
23 | — | 1:22.962
|
+3.394s |
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
67 | — | 1:23.327
|
+3.759s |
| 14 | 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
66 | 1:23.379
|
— | +3.811s |
| 15 | 9 |  Nikita Mazepin
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
20 | 1:24.505
|
— | +4.937s |
| 16 | 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
9 | 1:25.909
|
— | +6.341s |
| Source:[7][8][9] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver's best time of the day.
Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.- * Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.
- — indicates driver did not participate in that session.
Day Two[]
Report[]
Leclerc was the fastest overall in Day 2 ahead of Gasly and Ricciardo, who was the fastest in the morning session. The first red flag of the test came in the final hour when Perez stopped on-track with a gearbox issue. Another red flag was thrown in the afternoon session when Mazepin stopped from a fuel pump issue. A sensor issue meant that Hamilton ended the day slowest overall.
Results[]
The full results from the second day of the 2022 Barcelona Test are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | ||||||
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
79 | — | 1:19.689
|
Fastest |
| 2 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
147 | 1:20.764
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1:19.918
|
+0.229s |
| 3 | 55 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
126 | 1:20.355
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1:20.288
|
+0.599s |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
66 | — | 1:20.537
|
+0.848s |
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
71 | 1:20.546
|
— | +0.857s |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
74 | — | 1:20.784
|
+1.095s |
| 7 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
78 | 1:22.412
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1:21.430
|
+1.741s |
| 8 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
42 | — | 1:21.512
|
+1.823s |
| 9 | 23 | Alex Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
47 | 1:21.531
|
— | +1.842s |
| 10 | 24 |  Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
71 | — | 1:21.885
|
+2.196s |
| 11 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
61 | — | 1:21.894
|
+2.205s |
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
55 | 1:21.920
|
— | +2.231s |
| 13 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
66 | 1:21.949
|
— | +2.260s |
| 14 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
125 | 1:23.280
|
1:22.164
|
+2.475s |
| 15 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
21 | 1:22.288
|
— | +2.599s |
| 16 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
40 | 1:22.562
|
— | +2.873s |
| Source:[10][11][12] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver's best time of the day.
- Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.
- — indicates driver did not participate in that session.
Day Three[]
Report[]
In the evening before the final day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Haas announced that in response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has since escalated into a war, they would be removing title sponsor Uralkali's branding on the car for the final day of the test.
With about an hour remaining in the morning session, Gasly crashed and damaged the front end of his AT03 that resulted in the second red flag of the session. Nearly right after the session was restarted following Gasly's crash, newcomer Guanyu Zhou posted his best second sector time before stopping in sector three, due to dipping into the gravel and crashing; this resulted in the third red flag of the morning session. Before this, Alonso stopped on track due to a "low pressure issue", which Alpine later confirmed was a hydraulics leak that caused a fire in the rear. As a result, Alpine had to stopped running after only 12 laps completed. With 15 minutes left, Zhou's car caused his second red flag (fourth of the session) due to a mechanical issue. This was immediately followed by yet another red flag for a record-breaking five red-flag interruptions, but this time was caused by Vettel's car catching on fire. The session was not resumed after the series of red flags. The morning session concluded with George Russell going fastest with a 1:19.233 on the C5 tires; the fastest time of the entire weekend. Russell was ahead of Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel, who were second and third fastest of the morning session, respectively.
After an interruption-ridden morning session, the afternoon session featured a wet track session; they were hoping for rain, but it did not arrive, so they had to artificially wet the track.[13] Williams decided to split both the morning and afternoon sessions between their drivers, so each drove for two hours then swapped seats. At the end of the day, Hamilton set the overall fastest time in the dying moments, just ahead of his new team-mate Russell, as well as driving the most laps of the day of any driver, with Perez in third. With their mechanical issues from the morning session, Alpine, Haas and Aston Martin withdrew from the afternoon session.
Results[]
The full results from the third day of the 2022 Barcelona Test are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | ||||||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
94 | — | 1:19.138 
|
Fastest |
| 2 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
66 | 1:19.233
|
— | +0.095s |
| 3 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
74 | — | 1:19.556
|
+0.418s |
| 4 | 1 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull
|
59 | 1:19.756
|
— | +0.618s |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
48 | 1:19.824
|
— | +0.686s |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
44 | 1:19.831
|
— | +0.693s |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
92 | — | 1:20.072
|
+0.934s |
| 8 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
94 | 1:22.652
|
1:20.318
|
+1.180s |
| 9 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
13 | 1:20.699*
|
+1.561s | |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
86 | — | 1:20.790
|
+1.652s |
| 11 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
52 | 1:20.827
|
— | +1.689s |
| 12 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
12 | 1:21.242
|
— | +2.104s |
| 13 | 24 | Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
41 | 1:21.939
|
— | +2.801s |
| 14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
40 | 1:22.469
|
— | +3.331s |
| 15 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
9 | 1:26.229
|
— | +7.091s |
| 16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
10 | — | 1:30.433 
|
+11.295s |
| Source:[14][15][16] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver's best time of the day.
- Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.
- * Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.
- — indicates driver did not participate in that session.
Overall Times[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Day | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
3 | 184 | 1:19.138
|
Fastest |
| 2 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
3 | 209 | 1:19.233
|
+0.095s |
| 3 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
3 | 152 | 1:19.556
|
+0.418s |
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1 | 155 | 1:19:568
|
+0.430s |
| 5 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
2 | 203 | 1:19.689
|
+0.551s |
| 6 | 1 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull
|
3 | 206 | 1:19.756
|
+0.618s |
| 7 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
3 | 174 | 1:19.824
|
+0.686s |
| 8 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
2 | 187 | 1:19.918
|
+0.780s |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
3 | 236 | 1:20.072
|
+0.934s |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
2 | 212 | 1:20.288
|
+1.150s |
| 11 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
3 | 207 | 1:20.318
|
+1.180s |
| 12 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
3 | 140 | 1:20.699
|
+1.561s |
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
3 | 139 | 1:21.242
|
+2.104s |
| 14 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
2 | 71 | 1:21.512
|
+2.364s |
| 15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1 | 121 | 1:21.638
|
+2.520s |
| 16 | 24 | Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
2 | 112 | 1:21.885
|
+2.767s |
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
2 | 122 | 1:21.920
|
+2.802s |
| 18 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
2 | 89 | 1:21.949
|
+2.831s |
| 19 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
2 | 125 | 1:22.164
|
+3.046s |
| 20 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
2 | 54 | 1:22.288
|
+3.170s |
| 21 | 88 | Robert Kubica
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1 | 9 | 1:25.909
|
+6.771s |
References[]
- ↑ Racing News 365: F1 Starting 2022 with six days of pre season testing, https://racingnews365.com/f1-starting-2022-with-six-days-of-pre-season-testing, retrived on 8 December 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2022 pre-season testing dates in Barcelona and Bahrain confirmed | Formula 1® | https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-2022-pre-season-testing-dates-in-barcelona-and-bahrain-confirmed.3ZwPqa2c9GFqg7mFTDubau.html | Accessed on 26 Jan 2022
- ↑ Motorsport.com: F1 set to approve Barcelona and Bahrain 2022 test plan, https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/barcelona-bahrain-2022-f1-test-plan-set-for-approval/6638584/, retrieved on 7 December 2021
- ↑ Key broadcast details emerge on F1 2022 Testing schedule (planetf1.com)
- ↑ Entry List: 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile
- ↑ The first losers in F1 2022's pre-season battle, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022
- ↑ F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 1, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 23 Feb 2022
- ↑ Norris tops timesheets after first day of Barcelona pre-season running, Formula 1, accessed on 23 Feb 2022
- ↑ Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 1, Autosport.com, accessed on 23 Feb 2022
- ↑ F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 2, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 24 Feb 2022
- ↑ Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on Day 2, as red flags pause proceedings in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 24 Feb 2022
- ↑ Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2, Autosport.com, accessed on 24 Feb 2022
- ↑ Pirelli to run wet F1 tyre test in final afternoon, accessed on 25 Feb 2022 (motorsport.com)
- ↑ F1 testing 2022 Barcelona day 3, The Race (the-race.com), accessed on 25 Feb 2022
- ↑ Hamilton fastest on disrupted final day of pre-season running in Barcelona, Formula 1, accessed on 25 Feb 2022
- ↑ Live: F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 3, Autosport.com, accessed on 25 Feb 2022
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