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Photo: Renault, Haas and Williams undertake shakedown at Barcelona

F1, Shakedown

F1, Shakedown

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.

T​he 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

Meanwhile, Williams – unlike 2019 – had a proper shakedown with both George Russell and Nicholas Latifi running. T​he 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

W​ith 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:

Red Bull Racing

Alfa Romeo Racing

Mercedes

AlphaTauri – Misano run

McLaren

2020 F1 car/livery launches:

Haas – livery

Mercedes – livery

Ferrari

Red Bull Racing

Renault – renders only

McLaren – special launch

Mercedes – car

Alfa Romeo – shakedown

AlphaTauri – special launch

The story was co-written by Duncan Leahy