10 things we learned from the final F1 test
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10 things we learned from the final F1 test

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Edd Straw

F1 teams had to play catch-up this week after a pretty meaningless first test, and four busy days of running painted a much clearer picture of how F1 2018 stacks up two weeks before the Australian Grand Prix

Eight days, well seven really once you factor in the Wednesday washout (snowout?) at the first test, have gone by in a flash. The preparation is over and now teams are loading up to head to Australia and the first race of the year.

Of the 7978 laps officially logged, the ones during the second test are the key ones and have set the key storylines for the early races of the season.

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