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All you need to know after the first day of F1 testing

RacingNews365.com looks back over the opening day of pre-season testing in Barcelona, with Dieter Rencken and Thomas Maher analysing the track action in a special series of podcasts.

Formula 1's 2022 pre-season got underway in Barcelona on Wednesday, with RacingNews365.com reporting live from the circuit throughout. McLaren's Lando Norris was the driver who topped the timesheets, as Ferrari slotted into second and third with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz respectively, while Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished ninth in the 'real' RB18. Looking back over the first day of F1 testing are RacingNews365.com Editorial Director Dieter Rencken and F1 journalist Thomas Maher, in this special series of podcasts reviewing every day of the action in Barcelona. Also discussed are the contentious comments from Lewis Hamilton regarding "biased stewards", as the seven-time World Champion faced the press on Wednesday. All these topics and more on the RacingNews365.com Formula 1 Podcast!

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