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Bahrain GP: Lewis Hamilton Tops Practice in a “Crazy Thursday”

1Mar

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Bahrain GP: Lewis Hamilton Tops Practice in a “Crazy Thursday”

By Score More Staff In a surprising turn of events, Lewis Hamilton claimed the top spot in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix on what he described as a "crazy Thursday." The seven-time world champion led a Mercedes one-two, finishing two tenths ahead of teammate George Russell, while Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin secured the third spot under the illuminated Sakhir Circuit. Mercedes, which showed no signs of challenging at the front during last week's testing in Bahrain, dominated Thursday's second session, leaving Hamilton astonished. The British driver, who hasn't won a race in over two years, expressed his shock at the team's unexpected performance. "This has been a crazy Thursday," said the 39-year-old Hamilton. "I don’t understand it, and it is a shock to see us where we are,...

Team by team analysis of F1 season-opening grand prix

5Mar

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Team by team analysis of F1 season-opening grand prix

Team-by-team analysis of Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, listed in championship order: RED BULL (Max Verstappen 1, Sergio Perez 2) Verstappen won a season-opener for the first time and added Bahrain to his list of victories in a dream start to his bid for a third successive title. He started on pole for the 21st time in his career, with Perez alongside, and cruised to a dominant 36th career win. Perez lost out to Leclerc at the start but recovered the position later. ASTON MARTIN (Fernando Alonso 3, Lance Stroll 6) Alonso was voted Driver of the Day. He started fifth for his first race with Aston Martin following his move from Alpine, passed Hamilton and went wheel-to-wheel with Sainz for the final podium spot. Stroll started eighth, two weeks after he broke b...

F1 Bahrain GP Results: Beat Goes on for Max Verstappen, Red Bull

5Mar

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F1 Bahrain GP Results: Beat Goes on for Max Verstappen, Red Bull

Max Verstappen began his pursuit for a third straight Formula 1 title in imperious fashion as Red Bull Racing crushed the opposition during a sedate season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen Makes It Look Too Easy It is only Race 1 of 23 but Max Verstappen laid down a marker that evoked memories of his dominant second half of 2022. Verstappen converted pole position into an early lead and breezed away from the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc at a rate of seven-tenths per lap in the initial stages. Verstappen got his lead up to around 10 seconds and merely maintained that comfortable buffer, while slow-starting Sergio Perez eventually overhauled Leclerc to make it a 1-2 for the reigning champions. Verstappen finished 38 seconds clear of the nearest non-Red Bull driver—and such a b...

The real test will come tomorrow’ says Hulkenberg after making Q3 in return to F1 with Haas

4Mar

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The real test will come tomorrow’ says Hulkenberg after making Q3 in return to F1 with Haas

Nico Hulkenberg was all smiles on his return to F1 qualifying as he put his Haas 10th on the grid for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. The German driver did not, however, play down the challenge ahead of him… Hulkenberg qualified in the top 10 while team mate Kevin Magnussen – who took a stunning P5 here on his return to F1 last year – starts 17th for the opening race. Although he was happy with a Q3 appearance, Hulkenberg conceded that there was some time left on the table having had a lap chalked off for track limits. “That’s not bad,” he said, before asking F1 correspondent Lawrence Barretto, “What do you think? What do you say? I think it’s alright. It was not perfect in Q3 unfortunately, but I think I’m not going to let that ruin my day and my mood. I think that was pretty decent, [I’...

Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake – 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix – Saturday

4Mar

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Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake – 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix – Saturday

Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake qualified on the verge of Q3 under the Sakhir lights. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu set the 12th and 13th fastest times as they claimed their spot on the grid for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix. In a congested midfield, the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake drivers delivered solid laps, extracting the potential of their C43s in this first Saturday shootout of the season. With our car having shown good race pace, the aim for the team will be to make up places in tomorrow’s showdown, targeting positions in the coveted Top Ten with both cars. Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Team Representative: “Today’s result is a good first step and a platform on which we can build on to score points tomorrow. We can be happy about the way our team executed qualifying today: both drivers did w...

Bahrain Grand Prix : Max Verstappen pips Perez to secure first pole in 2023

4Mar

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Bahrain Grand Prix : Max Verstappen pips Perez to secure first pole in 2023

Reigning double world champion Max Verstappen beat teammate Sergio Perez to a Red Bull one-two in qualifying at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Q1 – Ferrari lead the way in red-flagged session After the final practice session had taken place in sunny conditions, the sun dipped below the horizon and the floodlights began to come on when the qualifying session kicked off. The first session started with the AlphaTauri and Ferrari drivers kicking off the on-track action. However, the session was soon red-flagged after a piece of bodywork had flown off Leclerc’s car for good measure. With the Race Director Niels Wittich not happy with pieces of bodywork lying on the track, the session was halted to recover the carbon bits of the Ferrari SF23. Before the lights went green again, a...

FP3: Alonso tops final practice as Mercedes picks up pace

4Mar

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FP3: Alonso tops final practice as Mercedes picks up pace

Following his strong showing on Friday, Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso continues to live up to the hype around him as he finishes top of the timesheet with the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez finishing P2 and P3 respectively. With the third and final practice taking place in daylight, the majority of teams took it easy at the start of the 60-minute session, staying in the garage for the opening minutes. Most of the drivers concentrated on the soft tyres in the session, trying to save the medium and the hard compound for the race as the C3 compound has proved a good compound for a one-lap qualifying run, but not for a race run. Fernando Alonso led the way following the first runs and the Spaniard was able to improve his best time with his second fresh set of C3s, s...

Fernado Alonso quicker than Verstappen and Perez in Bahrain FP2

4Mar

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Fernado Alonso quicker than Verstappen and Perez in Bahrain FP2

As the Aston Martin threat seems to become more and more reality, Fernando Alonso ended up faster in second practice at Bahrain. World Champion Max Verstappen was a close second fastest with his Red Bull teammate Perez third. Second practice at Bahrain is always an important session as it provides cooler conditions compared to first practice and is importantly scheduled at similar times as qualifying and the race. Alonso made perfect use of it and further warned his rivals even though his 1:30.907 is still 6 tenths away from the best time that Perez recorded in pre-season testing one week earlier. Alonso did two qualifying runs on the soft tyre and headed the session while Verstappen complained about the bumps at Sakhir International Circuit, additionally saying that his RB19 was jumpi...

2023 Bahrain GP Free Practice 1 – Results

3Mar

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2023 Bahrain GP Free Practice 1 – Results

Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, round 1 of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship. Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:32.758s 21 2 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:33.196s + 0.438s 22 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:33.375s + 0.617s 21 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:34.165s + 1.407s 21 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:34.257s + 1.499s 17 6 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:34.298s + 1.540s 17 7 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:34.402s + 1.644s 20 8 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1:34.575s + 1.817s 18 9 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:34.689s + 1.931s 20 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.917s + 2.159s 13 11 George Russell Mercedes 1:34.966s + 2.208s 20...