– Carlos Sainz Jr. says he "doesn't understand" how Mercedes and Ferrari were able to rack up so much mileage on the first day of pre-season testing in Spain.Mercedes, which split its running between Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton, completed 152 laps of the Barcelona circuit, while Sebastian Vettel hit 126 in his Ferrari.Meanwhile, six of the other seven drivers in action hit fewer than 60 laps, with Sainz Jr. restricted to 51 in his Toro Rosso, amid early technical gremlins."We were obviously planning to do some more laps than what we did," said Sainz Jr."We found a few issues around the car, which were improvising and solving through the day, which...
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