Overview after two weeks of winter testing: Red Bull comes out strong

Verstappen on top and standout driver

At the end of the test week in Bahrain, the top five in terms of fastest times looked striking. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen managed to clock the fastest time after three days of testing on the softest tyre, the C5. The standout number two was Mick Schumacher. The German was half a second slower than Verstappen, but drove on the harder C4 tyre. Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso followed behind, both also driving on the C4. George Russell closed out the top five with a time on the C5 tire.

Bad week for McLaren

So the most laps were driven by Norris. The Briton drove all 200 laps for McLaren, because his teammate Ricciardo is in quarantine with the coronavirus. In total, Norris came in at 1,082 kilometers in Bahrain and while that is the most for a driver, it is the very least for the teams. After Norris, it was Russell who managed to do a lot of laps in Bahrain. He ended up with a total of 198, while he only had half the time Norris had for this number.

McLaren's low mileage is notable, as during the first week of testing in Barcelona the team drove many more and finished third in terms of laps driven. Due to the difficult second week of testing, McLaren arrives at a total of 2,797 kilometers driven over six days. This gives them eighth place in terms of productivity.

Productive days for Mercedes and Ferrari

When it comes to the number of laps driven over two weeks, Ferrari and Mercedes were clearly the strongest teams. The two teams finished close together, but it was Ferrari that managed just a bit more mileage. Carlos Sainz delivered the most laps in total over two test days with 416. Russell follows closely with 407 laps. Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are in fifth and sixth place when it comes to most laps.

After Ferrari and Mercedes, AlphaTauri and Red Bull Racing follow at a close distance. Both teams have covered some 500 kilometers less, which amounts to more than one and a half race lengths. Aston Martin, Alpine and Williams can look back on reasonably successful tests. The teams did have some problems, but were generally able to put in a lot of miles.

Haas drove few laps, but fast times

At the bottom of the table we find Alfa Romeo and Haas F1. Both teams had a poor first week of testing in Barcelona, but managed to make up a lot of lost ground in Bahrain. Especially Alfa Romeo, as the team drove over 1,000 kilometers more in Bahrain than they did in Spain. Although Haas drove the fewest laps, the team can still look back on the past weeks positively after the fast times of Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen.

Top three times C5 tire

Top three times C4 tire

Number of laps driven per driver

Number of laps driven by team in Bahrain

Number of laps driven per team over six test days

Number of kilometers driven during tests