Renault, Haas and Williams became the latest F1 teams to have their shakedown ahead of the 2020 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona.
The Barcelona circuit played host to McLaren’s shakedown on Sunday but on Monday, it was Renault, Haas, and Williams to hit the track as they completed their shakedown of their respective 2020 challengers throughout the day.
It was also the first time for Renault, Haas and Williams to showcase their 2020 F1 car as the French outfit had the full machine assembled after only showing renders. It was same for Haas, while Williams hit the track on the same day they showed their new livery.
Interestingly, Renault did not actually revealed much of their car and livery scheme as the photos were mostly colourless and wide angle shots. F1 returnee Esteban Ocon was tasked with few laps in their R.S.20. It is unclear if they will run a test or a new livery.
https://twitter.com/RenaultF1Team/status/1229338773059710976?s=20
https://twitter.com/OconEsteban/status/1229444189735268365?s=20
Similar to Renault, Haas had their VF-20 on track as well for the first time after they also released just images in a surprise launch. It was Romain Grosjean driving the new F1 car for shakedown with Kevin Magnussen watching from sidelines.
https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/1229330950233972736?s=20
https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/1229407641186820097?s=20
https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/1229444833917448193?s=20
First laps in the bank ✅@RGrosjean gives his first thoughts on the #VF20 after driving today's shakedown.#HaasF1 pic.twitter.com/TnIMwRco1p
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) February 17, 2020
Meanwhile, Williams – unlike 2019 – had a proper shakedown with both George Russell and Nicholas Latifi running. The new red, white, and blue-colored F1 livery looked solid on track and is already a win as they are ready with the machine for testing.
https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1229334399893823489?s=20
https://twitter.com/NicholasLatifi/status/1229474408089161729?s=20
With eight F1 teams out of the ten having now completed their shakedown, only Ferrari and Racing Point remain. The former is running at Barcelona today (Tuesday), however, the details for the latter remains unknown.
Here’s the official entry list for F1 2020 along with other details
Here’s the F1 shakedown list:
AlphaTauri – Misano run
2020 F1 car/livery launches:
Haas – livery
Mercedes – livery
Renault – renders only
McLaren – special launch
Mercedes – car
Alfa Romeo – shakedown
AlphaTauri – special launch
The story was co-written by Duncan Leahy