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George Russell completed the most laps of any driver in 2026 F1 pre-season testing, racking up 688 laps across Barcelona and Bahrain.

The Mercedes driver, the favourite with the bookmakers to be world champion would have passed through the 700 lap barrier, but two power unit changes from Mercedes cost him track time, but not enough to be denied top spot.

Second went to Racing Bulls' Arvid Lindblad, with the rookie racking up 654 laps to leapfrog Charles Leclerc who was second heading into this week.

Lindblad completed a testing high 165 laps on the final day alone to leap up the table.

Lando Norris was just behind Max Verstappen with seven laps between them, as Lewis Hamilton was equal 10th with Kimi Antonelli.

At the back, Lance Stroll completed just 139 laps - a difference of 549 laps to Russell.

Check out the full table below of laps completed by every driver in the full 2026 F1 pre-season testing.

2026 F1 pre-season testing: Overall laps by each driver
Rank	Driver	Team	Laps completed
1st	George Russell	Mercedes	688
2nd	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	654
3rd	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	651
4th	Esteban Ocon	Haas	627
5th	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	557
6th	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	552
7th	Oliver Bearman	Haas	547
8th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	546
9th	Lando Norris	McLaren	539
=10th	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	516
=10th	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	516
12th	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	501
13th	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	488
14th	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	463
15th	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	440
16th	Carlos Sainz	Williams	410
17th	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	374
18th	Alex Albon	Williams	373
19th	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	371
20th	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	327
21st	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	255
22nd	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	139

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