Bahrain 2021 pre-season testing
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The cars have now returned to their garage, and we will do the same. We thank you for following us during these three days of testing. We'll meet again in two weeks, same place, same time, to follow qualifying for the first Grand Prix of the season. Finally ! Good evening to all.
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After the checkered flag, Carlos Sainz and Kimi Raikkonen fought like in a final lap of a Grand Prix, touched each other and made a mistake.
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Here is the final standings:
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And it's over in Bahrain! Max Verstappen ultimately dominated these tests ahead of rookie Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz.
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No improvement for Hamilton.
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Hamilton goes very wide! He does not improve his first sector.
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New attempt for Hamilton. There are 9 minutes left.
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Hamilton's little figure:
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No improvement for Verstappen.
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As a result, 241 thousandths behind in the first sector.
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He is hampered by Mazepin when leaving the pits.
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Here we go again for Verstappen!
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9th, Fernando Alonso has not yet carried out real qualifying simulations.
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The times have moved a lot in the last few minutes. Verstappen 1st (C4 tires), Tsunoda 2nd (C5), Sainz 3rd (C4), Raikkonen 4th (C5), Hamilton 5th (C5), Russell 6th (C5), Ricciardo 7th (C4)
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And it’s the third time for Sainz! It fails at 651 thousandths.
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5 tenths behind for Sainz in the second sector.
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A tenth behind in the 1st sector.
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Too bad, we are going to follow Carlos Sainz, who is off to a good start.
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And it’s head to tail! While driving at slow speed before starting his flying lap, Hamilton spun when hitting the gas.
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