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Yuki Tsunoda improves to third on the times sheets with a 1’34.417. Red Bull confirmed yesterday that, having passed him over for a promotion from their second team this year, he will be their official reserve driver in case they need a substitute for Verstappen or Lawson.
Jack Doohan, one of six rookies in the field this year, is now quickest with a 1’33.196 with a set of hard tyres on his Alpine.
Lawson set that early headline time on the hard tyres, which in a change from last year are now one of six different compounds available for drivers this year. F1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli has introduced a new, softer ‘C6’ tyre to its range this year. It’s far too soft for this track, however, only Ferrari and Williams have selected a set for this test, and they’ve only taken one set each.
After the first 10 minutes of this opening, four-hour session, Red Bull newcomer Liam Lawson heads the times on a 1’35.806 but that’s a long way from a representative time – last year’s pole position at this track was a 1’29.179, set by his team mate Max Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton joins the track in his Ferrari – writing that is going to take some getting used to…
Antontelli is followed out by Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin AMR25.
The pit lane exit lights have gone from red to green and Andrea Kimi Antonelli leads the drivers out with a substantial testing rig on the front of his Mercedes W16, which ran for the first time yesterday.
Every driver on the grid is due to participate in today’s test.
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