News Details

Bottas storms clear on final morning of first test

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas moved clear of the pack on the final morning of the opening Formula 1 test of 2020. After Bottas’ session on Thursday was truncated by a sensor issue the Finn returned to action on Friday morning in the W11. Bottas used Pirelli’s C5s – the softest available compound – to set a time of 1:15.732s, just three-tenths down on his pole-sitting effort at last year’s Spanish Grand Prix. While Mercedes flexed its muscles up front Ferrari had a setback to its testing programme. Sebastian Vettel came to a halt through Turn 12 just 90 minutes into the session due to an engine issue, and Ferrari was forced to undertake a power unit change. He did not return to the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas leads the way on opening morning of testing

Valtteri Bottas has gone fastest for Mercedes in the opening session of...
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Valtteri Bottas says initial feel of the Mercedes W11...

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas says his initial impression of the new W11 is...
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Testing round up - Bottas top as Racing Point impress

F1 has finally returned and although we aren't quite racing yet, testing...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Bottas leaves rivals in the dust mid-day in Barcelona!

Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas turned up the heat on the final day of...
5y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Santino Ferrucci: Alternate aero package needed for...

For this weekend’s IndyCar finale at Nashville Superspeedway, the...

IndyCar partners with iRacing for standalone video...

The NTT IndyCar Series will feature in a new branded video game title,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rovanperä leads, Fourmaux stars in Paraguay

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took the lead of the inaugural Rally...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Medical this weekend: Ornstein shares latest on...

Arsenal have now agreed on a deal to sign Piero Hincapie from German club...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

No excuses for Arteta and Arsenal with new signings...

ee seasons of work from the head coach on the same host body have led in a...
8h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal agree Hincapie deal

Arsenal have agreed a deal with Bayer Leverkusen to sign Piero Hincapie on...
6h ago from SkySports.com

Mikel Arteta backs Eberechi Eze to make impact on...

t;li>‘He’s a player that loves those scenarios and moments’Saka...
6h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.