Nick de Vries “Gathering data and continuing to learn AT04” / Alpha Tauri F1 pre-season test day 1[F1-Gate.com]

Nick de Vries (Scuderia AlphaTauri) set the 13th fastest time on the first day of the F1 2023 pre-season test. Nick de Vries, who was responsible for the afternoon run, completed 85 laps (460.020 km). He clocked 1’34.559, 1.722 seconds behind the top, and finished the first day’s session in 13th place.

“Today was the first day of running with the AT04 in pre-season testing,” he added. “It’s the same for everyone.” “In the end we got through the program and, although it’s early days, we will continue to work on learning about the car and collecting as much data as possible.” AlphaTauri F1 technical director Jody explained. Egginton, the first day’s programme, saying, “Nick ran various tests using the C2 and C3 compound tires and collected some useful tire data in the afternoon session. ” “It’s still early days, so as usual there will be variations in fuel loads and driving programs from team to team, but overall I’m happy with what we did today.” We will build on this achievement over the next two days.”