McLaren drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris are up and running at Silverstone today, with the pair warming-up for the start of the 2020 season at the wheel of a pair of F3 cars supplied by Carlin.
Contrary to Mercedes and Renault which both prepared for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix by undertaking two days of testing with 2018 machines, McLaren shied away from such a possibility or from a filming day with its current-spec car.
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Instead, the Woking-based outfit offered an outing to its drivers at a wet Silverstone on Thursday, with team boss Andreas Seidl on hand to supervise the run.
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Norris had already stretched his legs earlier this month with Carlin, but Sainz had yet to get behind the wheel of a real-world machine.
Over in Italy, Ferrari is also revving up for the new season, with Charles Leclerc running a limited program at Fiorano with the Scuderia’s new SF1000.
Racing Point conduced a filming day at Silverstone with Lance Stroll and its new car on Wednesday while AlphaTauri is also scheduled to enjoy promotional-day mileage at Imola.