F1 Testing: Lando Norris fastest for McLaren on the first day in Bahrein, because Lewis Hamilton debates completely Ferrari | F1 news
Lando Norris was the fastest for McLaren on the dramatic first day of pre -season testing that interrupted a prolonged delay after interrupting the current in the Bahrain International Circle.
Norris, the favorite of the pre-season title, set the pace with the best circle of 1: 30.430 in an hour after running with the head of Mercedes George Russell, Max Verstappen Red Bull and Ferrari Charles Leclerca at the top of the first time leaf of the year.
Lewis Hamilton was driving a new Ferrari in Jutarnji Sesia on his complete testing for the team and finished 70 laps.
The afternoon session, when all the fastest circles during the starting day of the starting day were only two hours, when the outer failure of the substation pushed large parts of the place – including the garages of the team and the light light system – into the dark and forced control of the race to make the Red Flag cars to return to the garage.
The session was suspended for an hour until the strength returned, with F1, FIA and teams soon agreed to extend running in another 60 minutes to make up for lost time.
Once he returned, Norris soon hit the front with Paceseetter Leclerc for almost half a second with a quick circle on C3 medium tires -a circle only 0.8s slower than McLaren’s best in absolute qualitative qualification with Low Fuel last year at Bahrain GP.
Verstappen ended 0.2S in the new Red Bull -us Leclerc fourth and Williams Carlos Sainz heel.
The six fastest days were set by drivers who competed on the afternoon session, when the conditions in the already unusually cold Bahrein were a little colder in the midst of the daylight.
Rookie Mercedes Andrea Kimi Antonelli set a morning meter 1: 31.428 after an impressive 78 rounds, but as the pace rose in the afternoon, he finished almost one second in the last row seventh place.
With 88 rounds ended on an elongated afternoon session, Haas New Boy Esteban Ocon ended the most important day for the driver in front of Antonelli and Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bull (78 per piece).
Hamilton starts firmly in the new Ferrari
A large part of the upgrade of the new season-Koja begins at the Australian GP from March 14 to 16, live on Sky Sports F1 – He dominated the focus on Hamilton’s move to Ferrari, a partnership that unites the most successful driver and team in sports.
On Wednesday morning, Hamilton was the second time in the new SF-25, after the team at their Test Test Stage Firano last week, but the first real opportunity of 40-year-olds to start running through his pace on representative tires.
He finished 70 rounds, initially built from short points from five to six rounds to double figures while wearing the morning. It seemed that the initial session lasted without the main downtime, even though he had several small moments at the turn of four, where he ran slightly and hit the sand.
The Red Bull New Boy Liam Lawson introduced himself in the most significant morning moment outside the course when he finished RB21, which came out of three turns. His replacement at Racing Bulls, Isack Hadjar, was the second day of dirt with a 360 degree Pirouet in the afternoon, which he ran to the four.
Lawson, although he made a second fastest effort after 58 rounds, which became the eighth of the fastest total of the day, ahead of Alex Albona in Williams.
Bahrain testing: day one time
1) Lando Norris, McLaren, 1: 30.430, 52 rounds
2) George Russell, Mercedes, 1: 30.587, 70 rounds
3) Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 1: 30,674, 74 rounds
4) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1: 30.878, 71 circles
5) Carlos Sainz, Williams, 1: 30.955, 68 rounds
6) Pierre Gasly, Alpine, 1: 31.353, 72 rounds
7) Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, 1: 31.428, 78 rounds
8) Liam Lawson, Red Bull, 1: 31.560, 58 rounds
9) Alex Albon, Williams 1: 31.573, 63 rounds
10) Yuki Tsunoda, racing bulls, 1: 31.610, 78 rounds
11) Isack Hadjar, racing bulls, 1: 31.631, 76 rounds
12) Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber, 1: 31.690, 59 rounds
13) Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, 1: 31.834, 70 rounds
14) Jack Doohan, Alpine 1: 31.841, 68 rounds
15) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, 1: 31.874, 46 rounds
16) Lance Shortll, Aston Martin, 1: 31.949, 42 rounds
17) Oscar Piastra, McLaren, 1: 32.084, 66 rounds
18) Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1: 32.169, 55 rounds
19) Esteban Ocon, Haas, 1: 33.600, 88 rounds
20) Oliver Bearman, Haas, 1: 35.522, 72 rounds
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- 8.30pm: Tedon’s testing notebook
- 21:00: Ted’s Development Corner
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