5 Things we learned from F1 Testing Week 2

#5 Reliability has been Very Impressive

Haas have been one of the few teams to encounter multiple mechanical faults.

The main purpose of testing in motorsport is to see whether the teams' entries are fast, but more than anything, reliable. To finish first, first you must finish, and finding the faults with your vehicle is essential to making the chequered flag. As time goes on with the V6-turbo engines, retirements during Grands Prix should decrease, and it seems as though that's exactly the case. Before 2005, only one race had ever seen no unclassified drivers, seven have occurred since. 2018 saw just one race with no non-finishes (the Chinese GP), but there's been a distinct lack of red flags during this year's testing action, so we could see several in 2019.

There's still a lot that's unknown, including whether Alfa Romeo's unique front wing will propel them up the F1 ladder, and we'll find all of that out soon.

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If you want to check out what we learned in the first week of testing, check out our other article here.

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