It proved to be a very strong opening day of pre-season testing for Ferrari as Sebastian Vettel topped both lap and mileage charts. Vettel set the first headline time of the new 2019 campaign with a 1:18.161 in the morning session, a time that was almost two seconds quicker than last year's Day 1 time set by Daniel Ricciardo in his old Red Bull. Even more notable at this stage is the fact that Vettel completed the best part of two-and-a-half grand prix distances by the time the checkered flag waved at 1800 local time. If we cannot confidently say the Ferrari SF90 is fast, we can certainly say it is reliable straight out of the box. McLaren's Carlos Sainz and Haas' Romain Grosjean...
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