• Carlos completed 73 laps in the first day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where he drove the Ferrari F1-75 in the four hours of the afternoon session.
• The Spaniard had already tested the F1-75 in two shakedowns in Fiorano and Barcelona, but this Wednesday was the first day of proper work for the new World Championship.
• Carlos set the third fastest time of the day, 1:20.416 on the C3 compound, and enjoyed reliability throughout his running plan.

QUOTES:
“Today was the first time I was in the car with a proper run plan, unlike the previous times when we basically did shake downs. We could finally push a bit and start learning from these cars. The time sheet is anecdotic at this early stage, but it was very positive to put in a good amount of laps and get a real feel at the wheel. We still have a lot of work to do but today we could already start feeling some differences from last year, although in terms of getting used to it I don’t feel it’s going to take too long. For sure the last tenths will be tricky to find, but that is the interesting part! Anyway, that’s not the aim here in Barcelona since we still have more testing ahead of the first race. Good first day and looking forward to tomorrow".