The Red Bull powered Honda hit the track for the first time in anger on the first day of preseason testing at Circuit de Catalunya, completing the second most laps on a hassle-free day, while clocking the fourth best time.
The Dutchman racked up 128 laps in the RB15 and set the fourth-best lap time of 1:19.426, albeit 1.2 seconds slower than the benchmark time set by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
It's early days and times do not matter much on the 'wedding' day of Red Bull and Honda, what matters most is that there were no major issues.
At the end of the day, Verstappen told reprters, “I was looking forward to driving the RB15, especially because it is a new start with Honda as the engine supplier."
"Everything worked fine and I have been able to drive many laps, so I am happy with that. That does not always happen on a first day."
"At the same time these are only the first kilometres, so I will not be able to say much more. So far things go well and the car feels okay. We keep working to improve, as everyone else."
"We want to understand the car and the engine better. We did not have any issues and were able to run our programme. It was a good first day," added Verstappen.
https://www.grandprix247.com/2019/02/18/barcelona-day-1-solid-performance-by-vettel-and-ferrari/
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