’First doesn’t mean anything at this stage’, says Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after coming out top in testing

Barcelona - Charles Leclerc went fastest for Ferrari on the second day of Formula One testing in Barcelona on Thursday, with the Italian team and rivals McLaren emerging as the most promising contenders in the early in sport’s new era.

The Monegasque, set a time of one minute 19.689 seconds, having taken over after lunch from team mate Carlos Sainz who was in the Maranello-based team's car in the morning.

That put him ahead of Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who was second for AlphaTauri with Daniel Ricciardo third for McLaren.

The Australian, getting his first testing run in the car, was fastest going into the lunch break, after team mate Lando Norris had set the pace on Wednesday.

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But he was usurped in the afternoon by Leclerc, who together with fifth-placed Sainz put Ferrari on top of the mileage charts for the second day in a row.

"Our aim is to drive as many kilometres as we can, to complete as many different tests as possible and that’s exactly what we did," said Leclerc.

Bumpy road to the top for Charles Leclerc!