Barcelona Test 2026, day 5: Ferrari in front, Hamilton beats Norris and Leclerc

F1 Barcelona test, the story of day 5 The shakedown at Montmeló ended in the name of Ferrari, at least in terms of the times that are credited to the two SF-26s. After having obtained the best reference in the morning with Charles Leclerc, the Scuderia from Maranello would confirm itself in the afternoon with Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champion would have set the best time of the session and of the entire shakedown, 1:16.348. The conditional, it must be repeated, is a must, as the references are not official but rather provided by SoyMotor’s Spanish colleagues. Regardless of the times, the most important data for Frederic Vasseur’s team were the mileage achieved (even if McLaren, Alpine, Haas and Audi would have done better) and the absence of technical problems. All elements that will allow engineers to better evaluate the SF-26 and apply the necessary corrections in view of the Bahrain tests. As regards the number of laps, the Red team would have accumulated 141: Leclerc’s 78 in the morning would be added to Hamilton’s 63 in the afternoon. F1 Barcelona test day-5, the results DriverTeamTimeGiriLewis HamiltonFerrari1’16″34863Lando NorrisMcLaren1’16″59483Charles LeclercFerrari1’16″65378Oscar PiastriMcLaren1’17″44680Max VerstappenRed Bull1’17″586118Pierre GaslyAlpine1’17″707160Esteban OconHaas1’18″39385Oliver BearmanHaas1’18″423106Nico HülkenbergAudi1’19″87078Gabriel BortoletoAudi1’20″17966Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1’20″79549Valtteri BottasCadillac1’20″92054 Formula 1 leaves the Montmeló circuit and packs its bags for Bahrain, where the two official test sessions will be held: the first runs from 11 to 13 February, the second from 18 to 20 February. From these six days we will understand much more about the 2026 projects, of which the shakedown only showed the surface. Finally the times will be official and we will be able to analyze the cars and work programs of the 11 teams on track much better.