MONTMELO, Spain -- McLaren finished fastest for the second day in a row in the final week of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya as Ferrari faced its second setback in as many days.
Carlos Sainz improved by over half a second on Lando Norris' best time from Tuesday to set a new pre-season lap record of the Circuit de Catalunya. The time - a 1:17.144 - was still a second off the ultimate lap record set during qualifying for last year's Spanish Grand Prix, but acted as further proof of a resurgent McLaren after a solid pre-season so far.