Ferrari completed more mileage than any other team across the three days of running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, while Sainz topped the driver chart with 236 laps.
Sainz’s teammate Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap on day two of the test, and finished just half a second off the overall best time set by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
The encouraging start by Ferrari has been noted by its rivals. George Russell felt that Mercedes was “behind at the moment”, while McLaren’s Lando Norris thought Ferrari looked “very strong”.
But Sainz stressed that it was “very early days” for Ferrari with its new F1-75 car, making it difficult to take any firm reading of how it would shape up against its rivals.
“I can imagine why you guys are starting to take conclusions and maybe try to put a bit of a pecking order,” Sainz said.
“But for us, really we have no clue, and I think no-one has no clue of which fuel loads [and] which engines modes is everyone running.
“So…
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