Formula 1-test: the Netherlands and Belgium to the head.

Posted on 18-05-2016 at 14:52 by MauritsH – 20 Comments”

The morning session fell prey to two drivers that are in the same country of birth.

In the first place: Max Verstappen. The Red Bull driver drove on the circuit in Montmélo the fastest time of the morning session with a 1:23.267. Even more important is the fact that the GP-winner with 65 laps almost a complete race distance easily traveled. The raceheld tweeted that he is satisfied with the progress the team has made. That’s great! And now about a week and a half that sour aftertaste of Monaco 2015, washing away with, as the bit can, a swig of champagne.

Belgian success was there, too. Stoffel Vandoorne drove with the McLaren for a nice P2. The Belgian put 45 rounds, but eventually would be 0.7 seconds to admit it to Max. Not that that really matters, because teams all work a different program and there is also nothing on the game. The rest of the row is as follows. Of course, you can read it here as more is known about the new Tag Heuer-engine, and about the question of whether the new power source to Monaco is included.

1. EN Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:23.267 65
2. BE Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:24.006 +0.739 45
3. RU Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:24.737 +1.470 68
4. DK Kevin Magnussen Renault 1:25.133 +1.866 54
5. Pascal Wehrlein Mercedes 1:25.166 +1.899 65
6. MX Esteban Gutierrez Haas F1 1:26.402 +3.135 43
7. IT Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 1:26.403 +3.136 56
8. MX Alfonso Celis jr Force India 1:26.855 +3.588 37
9. BR Felipe Massa Williams 1:27.167 +3.900 59
10. GB Jordan King Manor F1 1:27.615 +4.348 48