Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen says that their lap count on the opening day was ‘important' as the team's new relationship with Honda finally hit the track. There was plenty of attention focused on Red Bull on the first day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Much has been made of the burgeoning relationship with Honda in the early days of their partnership but Monday was the first day that a Red Bull-Honda took to the track with serious intent. In the end, it went surprisingly smoothly for Verstappen, who clocked up 128 laps in total on his first day of duty for 2019. His best time of 1:19.426 was encouraging too, 1.3 seconds off the leading time of...
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