By:
Jake Boxall-Legge
Vesti’s clearly a fan of security, as he’s locked up multiple times in his opening runs. Hamilton, meanwhile, feels the balance is off – but reckons it’s just the tyres. That would tally, given the track is scorching hot.
Antonelli makes it back to the pits after trundling around the circuit slowly. Meanwhile, Norris improves and posts a 1m35.249s – going 0.5s faster than Albon as the Thai driver improved slightly.
Norris posts a 1m35.674s to go fastest, as Ocon reports his car is pulling to one side on the straights. Might need a quick tinker with the steering – although Antonelli reports he’s got no power, and that might take a little longer to sort if he can’t do it with his steering wheel settings.
Hirakawa kicks us off with a 1m38.355s on mediums, although Ocon beats that to get into the 1m36s. Expect the times to keep dropping – as Vesti goes too deep into Turn 1 and goes marginally wide.
Bahrain FP1 begins
Iwasa and Browning are indeed first to hit the road, followed by Ryo Hirakawa, Esteban Ocon, and Gabriel Bortoleto.
There’s a bit of a breeze to the south east too, so it’ll be a little bit of tailwind heading into Turn 4. We’ve got some eager rookies also waiting to take to the circuit – Iwasa and Browning at the front of the pack.
10 minutes to go until FP1 gets under way. 35C in Bahrain, so it’s well hot. Might be too hot.
In big news, F1 has announced a deal with Barilla to become its Official Pasta Partner. It sounds a bit fusilli, but we imagine they’re paying a pretty penne.
Six rookies in Bahrain FP1
There’s a handful of different faces taking part in this session; it’s a bit less of a track time loss for the regular drivers, as FP1 is in unrepresentative conditions for qualifying and race.
Mercedes – Frederik Vesti (Russell’s car)
Red Bull – Ayumu Iwasa (Verstappen’s car)
Ferrari – Dino Beganovic (Leclerc’s car)
Williams – Luke Browning (Sainz’s car)
Aston Martin – Felipe Drugovich (Alonso’s car)
Haas – Ryo Hirakawa (Bearman’s car)
Hello everybody, and welcome to our live coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend! We’re about to get rolling with our updates for FP1.
Vesti’s clearly a fan of security, as he’s locked up multiple times in his opening runs. Hamilton, meanwhile, feels the balance is off – but reckons it’s just the tyres. That would tally, given the track is scorching hot.
Antonelli makes it back to the pits after trundling around the circuit slowly. Meanwhile, Norris improves and posts a 1m35.249s – going 0.5s faster than Albon as the Thai driver improved slightly.
Norris posts a 1m35.674s to go fastest, as Ocon reports his car is pulling to one side on the straights. Might need a quick tinker with the steering – although Antonelli reports he’s got no power, and that might take a little longer to sort if he can’t do it with his steering wheel settings.
Hirakawa kicks us off with a 1m38.355s on mediums, although Ocon beats that to get into the 1m36s. Expect the times to keep dropping – as Vesti goes too deep into Turn 1 and goes marginally wide.
Bahrain FP1 begins
Iwasa and Browning are indeed first to hit the road, followed by Ryo Hirakawa, Esteban Ocon, and Gabriel Bortoleto.
There’s a bit of a breeze to the south east too, so it’ll be a little bit of tailwind heading into Turn 4. We’ve got some eager rookies also waiting to take to the circuit – Iwasa and Browning at the front of the pack.
10 minutes to go until FP1 gets under way. 35C in Bahrain, so it’s well hot. Might be too hot.
In big news, F1 has announced a deal with Barilla to become its Official Pasta Partner. It sounds a bit fusilli, but we imagine they’re paying a pretty penne.
Six rookies in Bahrain FP1
There’s a handful of different faces taking part in this session; it’s a bit less of a track time loss for the regular drivers, as FP1 is in unrepresentative conditions for qualifying and race.
Mercedes – Frederik Vesti (Russell’s car)
Red Bull – Ayumu Iwasa (Verstappen’s car)
Ferrari – Dino Beganovic (Leclerc’s car)
Williams – Luke Browning (Sainz’s car)
Aston Martin – Felipe Drugovich (Alonso’s car)
Haas – Ryo Hirakawa (Bearman’s car)
Hello everybody, and welcome to our live coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend! We’re about to get rolling with our updates for FP1.
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