The Red Bull powered Honda hit the track for the first time in anger on the first day of preseason testing at Circuit de Catalunya, completing the second most laps on a hassle-free day, while clocking the fourth best time. The Dutchman racked up 128 laps in the RB15 and set the fourth-best lap time of 1:19.426, albeit 1.2 seconds slower than the benchmark time set by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. It's early days and times do not matter much on the ‘wedding' day of Red Bull and Honda, what matters most is that there were no major issues. At the end of the day, Verstappen told reprters, “I was looking forward to driving the RB15, especially because it is a new start with Honda as the...
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