Barcelona Pre-Season Test: Day 3 Recap

Having set a combined total of 108 laps on Thursday in Spain, the final day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya concluded on Friday with Haas F1 Team limited to just 9 laps set by Nikita Mazepin in the morning session. An oil system issue prevented Mazepin from adding to his tally and stopped Mick Schumacher from running at all – the VF-22 parked in the garage for the remainder of the day. 

Pre-season testing moves to the Bahrain International Circuit from March 10-12. The 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship launches with the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix March 20.

 

Guenther Steiner – Team Principal of Haas F1 Team

“Today we could unfortunately only do nine laps – we had an issue with the oil system in the engine. There was a leak that we couldn’t sort over the day, so we didn’t do a lot of running. About the rest of the test – the first day was a little bit clumsy, I would say, but we learned enough that on the second day we were well prepared. The second day was actually pretty good, we learned a lot, if you think we had three days of testing but really we only managed one. I think we made good progress. Now we have to get prepared for Bahrain. We have information – we know what to do and we will get it done. Hopefully in Bahrain we don’t have any gremlins.”

 

Today's Data

Location: Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya, Spain 
Layout: 4.655-kilometer (2.892-mile), 16-turn circuit
Drivers: Nikita Mazepin (AM) / Mick Schumacher (PM)
Laps / Distance MAZ: 9 laps / 41.895 kilometers (26.028 miles) 
Laps / Distance MSC: N/A
Best Lap Time: MAZ – 1:26.229 (15th overall)
Fastest Lap: 1:19.138 by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes
Most Laps: 94 laps by Hamilton (Mercedes) / Albon (Williams)