Nick de Vries (Scuderia AlphaTauri) marked the 13th fastest time on the first day of the 2023 F1 pre-season test. Nick de Vries, who was in charge of the followingnoon run, ran 85 laps (460.020 km). He finished the first session in 13th position with a time of 1:34.559, 1.722 seconds behind the leader.
“Today was the first day of running with the AT04 in pre-season testing,” he added. “It’s the same for everyone.” “In the end we got through the program and, although it’s early days, we’ll continue to work on learning regarding the car and collecting as much data as possible.” AlphaTauri F1 technical Director Jody Egginton explained the first day’s program, saying, “Nick performed various tests using C2 and C3 compound tires and collected useful tire data in the followingnoon session.” “It’s still early days, so as usual there will be variations in fuel loads and driving programs from team to team, but overall I’m happy with what we did today.” We will build on this achievement over the next two days.”