Watch the comparison of the fastest lap at this year's Barcelona Tests and last year's pole position, which is still a track record - both laps were driven by Bottas and last year's lap is 0.326 s faster.

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are delighted with the reliability and speed of the new Mercedes F1 car for 2020, setting the two fastest laps in Barcelona's first preseason test, as well as completing the most laps as a team.

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap on the last day of Barcelona's first test, 1.5 seconds faster than the fastest time so far this year and only three tenths slower than the track record while Ferrari had a problem with the engine which needed to be replaced.

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas set two fastest times on the first day of Barcelona's first Test and drove 151 laps together, but Max Verstappen gave Red Bull 161 laps to complete most laps out of all the teams.

Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton have completed the first laps in the new Mercedes F1 car for 2020 at Silverstone, five days before the start of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

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Valtteri Bottas admits that the virtual safety car that came after Vettel's retirement was 'like a miracle' for Mercedes after they were under a threat of fourth consecutive defeat to Ferrari in Russia.

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' main competitors Ferrari and Red Bull were 'a little too quick' on the first day in Russia and improved significantly between the two training sessions as he and Lewis Hamilton are hoping for a wet qualifying session in Sochi.

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were surprised with Mercedes advantage over their competition in the first qualifying session of the new 2019 F1 season in Australia and believe that it's a consequence of a better understanding of the car and its settings since the pre-season testing in Barcelona.

F1 drivers have a difficult task of driving a car at their edge and often struggle to connect their best sectors in one best lap - let's take a look at who has done this in qualifying for 2018 Bahrain GP.