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Verstappen fastest on opening day of F1 testing

Max Verstappen Red Bull's Max Verstappen has topped the opening day at Barcelona as teams take part in the first Formula 1 in-season test of the season. Verstappen bettered Carlos Sainz in the Renault by just 0.034s, with both drivers setting their best efforts on a set of hypersoft Pirelli tyres. The first of two in-season tests, the next coming in Hungary in July, the day ran without interruption and saw more than 1,400 laps turned in by 13 different drivers. Verstappen's best lap came in the final hour, the Dutchman banking nearly 150 laps across the course of the day. 'Today was about gaining even more understanding of the car and tyres and we completed more than the program we set...
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