F1 GP Bahrain: Alonso gets off to an exciting start in Free Practice 1

It’s too early, no conclusions can be drawn, but for now, the Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin continues to leave good feelings. In the first free practice of the 2023 season of Formula 1the first session of F1 Bahrain GP 2023, red bull dominoes with ‘Czech’ Perez in first place and just behind Fernando Alonso in his new one AMR23in second position, 0″438 behind the Mexican, with Verstappen is in third position at 0″617 from his partner.

The Asturian pilot wanted to lower expectations in Thursday’s press conference when asked about the possibility of achieving victory number 33 in F1 this season or a podium start in Bahrain with a car that surprised the tests. Specialists from all over the world put Aston Martin in the top 4 teams, even in second or third place, and there are serious options to aim for the podium in sakhir for the good management of the tires that the Spanish car showed for a long time in the tests, with good racing speed. alonso He said it was unthinkable to talk about such a jump from a team that finished 7th in the Constructors a few months ago. But the truth is that his results in Free Practice 1 of Bahrain It didn’t help lower expectations.

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However, it should be considered that what happened in Free Practice 1 in Bahrain should not be representative. We will have to wait until this afternoon for the second practice session, which is at night, with the coldest track and in conditions similar to qualifying and the race, to have a more realistic image of the cars’ position. But so far, the Spaniard has completed a good first session, rolling in two runs on medium tires and a final run on soft tires. In both instances, the hours went out easily.

alonso He was placed on medium tires in second place from the start and finally, on a soft tire, he climbed back to second position on his first lap, without seeming to suffer too much to put a good time on the time table.

Spinning Top by Carlos Sainz

He finished in fourth position norris with a McLaren which should not be that high when the actual firing starts. What should be there at the front at least one lap is Ferrari. For now, the Italians focused the first practice session on making the first aerodynamic comparison of the rear wing with different settings and the red team chose to keep the soft tires. Of the Top 10 Free Training 1, leclerc (5th) and hamilton (10th) was the only one not to test soft rubber, hoping to do so in more representative conditions, in Free 2 this afternoon (4:00 pm).

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For now, Leclerc was 5th and that should reassure Ferrari. But Carlos Sainz had a more significant first session. The Spaniard suffered a spin at high speed in the middle of turn 9, at a point where his Ferrari was seen bouncing too much, alarmingly, in the middle of the curve. The bounce of the ground on the asphalt caused the car to lose traction and spin Carlos. Later, Sainz returned to the pits and had to put the medium used tire with which he started the session to make a long run, without looking at the time table, finishing Free Practice 1 in last position.

Mercedes is hiding; Alfa Romeo and Haas are off to a good start

Lance Strollingpartner of alonsowas 6th on his first day in the car after his bike accident, while magnussen (Haas) was 7th, followed by two Alfa Romeothe one of Zhou in the 8th position and of boots in 9th Haas and Alfa Romeo should be in that fight to lead the midfield afterwards Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin and they started well. not like that Alpinewhich after the tests started as a favorite against Alfa Romeo and Haas. however, Ocon was 15th and Gasly, 17thand something must have gone wrong from the beginning, because it was seen Alan Permanentesports director of the French team, making denial gestures with his head against the wall.

For his part, Mercedes he worked on a half-loaded wing with Hamilton in 10th place and Russell in 11th, still holding a lot of cards by not yet being fitted with soft rubber.