Bahrain 2022 pre-season testing
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Thank you for following the pre-season testing in Bahrain via AUTOhebdo live text. See you in a week already for the first Grand Prix of the year, still in Bahrain. Very good evening to all !
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This is the end of these pre-season tests in Bahrain where Verstappen set the best time of the week ahead of Leclerc and Alonso. Note that Haas will have an additional hour of running like Friday evening or even this Saturday morning
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The awakening ofAlpine ? Let's not go too fast but in any case Alonso moves up to 3rd place with a lap of 1'32″698 on soft tires0
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First and last sectors in purple for Verstappen and new best mark for him in 1'31″720
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Only 10 minutes left in these pre-season tests!
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Verstappen first driver to go under the 1'32 mark. He sets the best mark of the week in 1'31"973 and on soft tires (C5), more than 4 tenths faster than Leclerc
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After an interruption of around ten minutes, the green flag is waved again in Bahrain
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While waiting to clear Bottas' car, the stewards wave the red flag
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Problems for Alfa Romeo and Bottas. After setting the 4th fastest time, the Finn was forced to stop his car at turn 8. The “anti-stall” message was displayed on his steering wheel while he was stuck in 4th gear. These tests are not going well for the structure based in Switzerland
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New wing coming for Russell on his W13
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End of the 3rd hour of driving in the afternoon in Bahrain. The leading trio remains unchanged with Leclerc ahead of Verstappen and Russell. Schumacher makes his appearance in the Top 5 with the 5th fastest time
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Improvement for Russell who still remains in 3rd place. The Englishman has just done a 1'32″759 and has already covered 55 laps in just under 3 hours
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5th time for Schumacher in 1'31″151. The German seemed comfortable with his medium tires
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Russell joined the Top 3 by setting the 3rd fastest time of the day. The Mercedes driver clocked a time of 1'32″888, just under half a second behind Leclerc. Verstappen remains sandwiched between the two men
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We have a new leader! Leclerc took the lead of the session with a lap of 1'32″415, 0″230 faster than Verstappen and with the best time in the last two sectors. The Monegasque made his attempt on soft tires (C4) against mediums for the Dutchman (C3)
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A little scare for Schumacher who lost control of his car coming out of the last corner. No damage for the German who returned to his garage. The race management took the opportunity to wave a procedural red flag. The session has already resumed
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This is a nice helping hand fromAlpine. While Daniel Ricciardo tested positive for coronavirus, McLaren could count on Oscar Piastri if its driver withdraws from the Bahrain Grand Prix in a week. The French team has indeed announced that the Woking structure could rely on its reserve driver if necessary.
« In order to offer maximum opportunities to our young talent, we have noted that McLaren could call the reserve driver ofAlpine F1 during the Grands Prix during which one of their drivers could not drive. Oscar will remain fully contractually bound by Alpine, and we will have priority over its services »
In the spirit of offering maximum racing opportunities to our stable of young talent, we have agreed that @McLarenF1 may call upon BWT Alpine F1 Team Reserve Driver @OscarPiastri in the event one of their drivers is unable to race. pic.twitter.com/etmryT1UrJ
—BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) March 12, 2022
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The mid-session mark has been reached. Red Bull dominates the timesheet with Verstappen and Pérez in the first two places. Following behind Vettel, Zhou and Leclerc more than 1 second from the lead.
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Mercedes will work extensively on Russell's W13, who was asked to get out of his car. We shouldn't see him for a long time
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Meanwhile, Vettel gains a position and moves up to 3rd. 1'33″821 for the quadruple world champion, 1″1 behind Verstappen
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