F1 Test: Charles Leclerc Fastest in the Morning, Fernando Alonso Arrival Steals the Show

F1 Test: Charles Leclerc fastest in the morning, Fernando Alonso arrival steals the show

Charles Leclerc reportedly put his Ferrari top of the timesheets in the morning of the fifth and final day of the Barcelona Formula 1 pre-season test, but Fernando Alonso’s first appearance of the week stole the show. The Monegasque’s 1:16.653 was enough to see him go fastest, around eight tenths ahead of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Leclerc was reported to have clocked 79 laps in the new SF-26, as did Piastri in the MCL40, the car that will de…

Leclerc fastest for Ferrari on busiest morning of first 2026 test

Charles Leclerc produced Ferrari's best laptime of the week on the final morning of Formula 1's first pre-season test, with an effort that puts him close to the overall benchmark set by Mercedes.During a busy morning of track action, as eight cars ran at the same time, Leclerc completed decent mileage, with his best effort being a 1m16.653s.This is just two tenths of a second slower than Mercedes driver George Russell managed on Thursday to set …

Leclerc tops times, but Newey’s Aston steals the show

Barcelona served up a pitlane espresso: cars swarming out, egos stretching, and a timing screen pretending it knows anything. Ferrari went from whispers to bite as Leclerc gave the SF-26 a proper wake-up, McLaren looked like the kid who finishes homework early, and Red Bull rocked up late but still tried to sit front row. The real eyebrow-raiser? Alonso finally rolled the AMR26 out for a careful systems stroll, then started trimming laps like so…