Barcelona Test 2 Day 3: Lesser teams strap on softest tires
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| Lando Norris |
While Mercedes continues to sandbag on hard C2 tires, McLaren's Lando Norris and Red Bull's Pierre Gasly strapped on soft C5 tires and made glory runs Thursday morning in F1 testing in Barcelona.
Norris put up a lap of 1m17.084s to just nip Gasly's 1m17.091s lap.
Albon was third quick on C4 tires for Toro Rosso while Hulkenberg and Stoll could only manage 4th and 5th best times on the C5 tire.
Mercedes and Ferrari have yet to show their full hand.
Times at 11am Local Time
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM | TIRES | TIME |
| 1 | Norris | McLaren | C5 | 1m17.084s |
| 2 | Gasly | Red Bull | C5 | 1m17.091s |
| 3 | Albon | Toro Rosso | C4 | 1m17.279s |
| 4 | Hulkenberg | Renault | C5 | 1m17.496s |
| 5 | Stroll | Racing Point | C5 | 1m17.556s |
| 6 | Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | C4 | 1m17.969s |
| 7 | Hamilton | Mercedes | C2 | 1m18.097s |
| 8 | Magnussen | Haas | Dev | 1m18.199s |
| 9 | Leclerc | Ferrari | C3 | 1m18.344s |
| 10 | Russell | Williams | C4 | 1m19.232s |
C1=Hardest Tires
C5=Softest Tire