Bahrain 2021 pre-season testing
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Thank you for following us and see you this Sunday at 8:00 a.m. for the final day of pre-season before the first Grand Prix, still on AUTOhebdo! Good night see you tomorrow !
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End clap in Bahrain for this second day of pre-season testing. Valtteri Bottas dominated the session ahead of Pierre Gasly and Lance Stroll. Lando Norris and Antonio Giovinazzi completed the Top 5 of the day. For his first official day of driving with Alpine, Fernando Alonso finished 10th, completing no less than 128 laps.
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The drivers will return to the track to simulate starts only. The session is over
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As expected, red flag five minutes from time. There will be no further improvements
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Only 10 minutes left!
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Alonso leaves his stand. He will try to move up the rankings, he is currently 9th, just over 2 seconds behind Bottas
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Mercedes back in first place thanks to Bottas. The No. 77 beat Gasly with a lap of 1'30″289, or 0″124 faster
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1'30″903 for Charles Leclerc who improves his personal best mark but remains in 6th position
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Gasly, Norris, Leclerc, Stroll, Pérez, Latifi and Schumacher are on track. Only Alonso, Bottas and Giovinazzi are in their stand
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Valtteri Bottas sets the second time and is only 47 thousandths behind Pierre Gasly. The Mercedes driver completed his lap in 1'30″460 including the record in the 3rd sector
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Charles Leclerc back at the forefront. The Monegasque is in 4th position with a time of 1'31″135, still 7 tenths behind Pierre Gasly
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Slight improvement for Bottas who crossed the line in 1'31″172
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Improving, Lance Stroll came across traffic and was forced to relax his effort
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With a fresh, warm engine cover, Sergio Pérez returns to the track
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1'30″413 for Pierre Gasly who regains control of the session!
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Antonio Giovinazzi sits behind Lando Norris. With the softest tires, the Transalpin stopped the clock at 1'30″760
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Lance Stroll finished his stint with the mediums and returned to the pits after eight laps
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Here is the provisional Top 10 with a little less than an hour of driving left: Norris, Gasly, Giovinazzi, Bottas, Pérez, Leclerc, Ricciardo, Alonso, Stroll and Latifi
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Lando Norris back at the top of the timesheet. The Englishman, with soft tires, dethroned Pierre Gasly with a time of 1'30″586
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Only an hour left before the end of the second day
