After two days of pre-season testing most teams are closing on their benchmark times from last year but none have broken them yet.
Alfa Romeo remains the closest team to its 2018 testing pace after Antonio Giovinazzi lowered its best time of the test so far to a 1’19.312 using a set of the C4 tyres, which are comparable to a 2018 ultra-soft.
While they are making all the headlines, Mercedes’ pace is comparable to what they did last year in much the same way as Ferrari’s is.
2019 pre-season lap times compared to last year.
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