MCLAREN driver Lando Norris was fastest on the opening day of preseason testing as Formula One’s new generation of cars hit the track for the first time on Wednesday following one of the biggest regulation changes in the sport.
Charles Leclerc led the morning session in his Ferrari but Norris was faster in the afternoon with a time of 1 minute, 19.568 seconds at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit.
Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz finished the day in third place, ahead of new Mercedes driver George Russell and his teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Defending champion Max Verstappen ran the most laps with Red Bull but finished only ninth fastest, behind the Alpine of Fernando Alonso.
Verstappen’s Red Bull and the other top teams showed good reliability all day long, with Alfa Romeo and Haas the two teams that struggled the most. Verstappen went off the track during one of his laps but there
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