F1, live | Bahrain GP 2023

F1 GP Bahrain | thrown backVerstappen and Alonso did not improve on Hamilton’s first sector, perhaps to reserve tires to be faster in the rest of the turn.

F1 GP Bahrain | Verstappen and Alonso start the qualy simulation lapMax Verstappen has now started his flying lap. And Alonso too. Everyone is expecting so much.

F1 GP Bahrain | Alonso and Verstappen, on the track with softFernando Alonso took to the track with new soft tires. You will attempt a qualifying simulation during this last 11 minutes of the session. She is also dating the tender Verstappen. We can see a direct comparison of the times before ‘qualy’, and now yes, with less fuel. You can go out with 20 kg of fuel, or about 8 for a lap… there may be a margin of what everyone wants to keep in that weight of fuel. Of course, they will all go with a disabled engine map, without all the power, and there are also many tenths that can all be saved…

F1 GP Bahrain | Alonso’s set up change is finalThe mechanics made a change to the set-up on Alonso’s car. Albert Fàbrega said that something must have been done to the front suspension of Alonso’s car to get off the track today… it must have been an important change as the Aston Martin mechanics put themselves in the way of a foul in football to cover up. what they do… We will see what this change means.

F1 GP Bahrain | 14 minutes leftThere are 14 minutes left in FP3. In the last few minutes, with fewer track marks and faster asphalt, we expect most of them to try a qualifying simulation without gas.

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3Marc Gené, on DAZN F1, with Sainz now making long runs full of fuel: “It’s 40 degrees on the track and tomorrow in the race it’s at least 10 degrees. But they’re useful data. We’ll do a mini long run and eventually we’ll pass with a new tire and some fuel. The weather will improve as the sun is setting a bit. But okay. For Carlos it’s important. What happened yesterday was a mess to him and it is important to see now that he was in Charles’ time”.

Sainz’s spin yesterday and what went wrong: “He had a stronger than normal porpoising or bottoming. And when you lift these cars up you very unexpectedly lose all the downforce from the rear. It happened right under braking.”

F1 GP Bahrain | Alonso, set-up changesHeight changes on Fernando Alonso’s car, changing set ups to refine Aston Martin’s set-up.

F1 GP Bahrain | Red Bull, with hard rubberIt was great to see Pérez and Verstappen on hard tires. It seems that the best teams will reserve this tire for the race… be careful as it is key to have new hard tires for Sunday’s race, with a strategy goal…

F1 GP BahrainGood news from Sainz– Carlos Sainz seems to be finding his groove again in the trials. He felt comfortable after being surprised yesterday by a very different car from one he knew from testing. The Spaniard was in Charles’ time and ready to fight now. We’re not dismissing Ferrari just one lap away… one lap away, in qualifying, they can fight to be at the top, ahead of Aston Martin and Mercedes and behind Red Bull. Let’s see what Aston Martin can do against those in red.

Of course, the pace of the race is better than that of Alonso, but the player of Oviedo needs to be in a good position on the grid, ahead of the Ferraris, in order not to lose the starting time in Sunday’s race so that the Red Bulls do not escape.

F1 GP Bahrain | Marc Gene, on DAZN F1Marc Gené, on Verstappen’s time today and Carlos Sainz’s improvement compared to yesterday: “A bit surprised by the choice of Red Bull to put the hard tires. They can do it. Max’s time on hard is only 5 tenths compared to Fernando…the hard tire is 5 tenths slower. I didn’t expect it. Their strategy is different, they just have a different strategy. At Ferrari, the same time as Carlos and Charles and this is good news. He has commented that the car works well. The problems seem to be gone and we see the Carlos we saw in the preseason tests”.

“I think at the beginning of the campaign we will see Carlos from the end of last season. He had a really good season. He made a lot of set-up changes from yesterday to today and they seem to be on the right line. Yesterday was a parenthesis and we can see Carlos in the same shape as we saw in the tests and at the end of last season”.

Pole or victory for Ferrari: “Fight for pole position? Yes. I still think that not everyone showed all their cards. We have a lot of room for improvement compared to what we saw yesterday but we don’t know how much our rivals, Aston Martin and Mercedes, have “.

Leclerc’s long run in FP2 was good: “The long run wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t as good as Fernando Alonso’s or Max Verstappen’s.”

F1 GP Bahrain | Alonso, firstFernando Alonso was placed in first position on his first lap. It is not representative, but it is clear that the times are fast again and the Spaniard feels comfortable in this car, a very good car. 1’33″121 for the man from Oviedo, beating Hamilton’s time by 0″387.

F1 GP Bahrain | Alonso, flyingAlonso had a strong start. In his first lap he sets records in the first and second sectors.

F1 GP Bahrain | Alonso, on trackFernando Alonso is already on the track. Very calm in the Aston Martin, knowing that in these first minutes, with the heat on the track, it is not the key to ride and it is important to do it at the end of the session.

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3 BahrainTentative times in the first minutes of the third practice session of the Bahrain GP of F1 2023. Sainz, first of all, was there with Leclerc and that was good news. We’ll see if he’s confirmed to improve his sensation in his Ferrari after a difficult first day, which saw his car bounce around a lot…

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3It will be important, yes, to see the times of the teams in the last minutes of the track, when it is a little more representative than today. At the moment, Hamilton is leading in these first minutes ahead of Sainz, who has now overtaken Leclerc.

F1 GP Bahrain | Formula 3, success of Pepe MartíWe remember that this weekend in Bahrain there was already a victory in Spain… that of Pepe Martí, a pilot who is part of Fernando Alonso’s representation agency… Pepe Martí got his first victory in the Formula 3 World Championship

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3, the keysIn these track conditions, with more heat and still sun… with a view to qualifying, few concrete conclusions can be drawn as the track is very different. However… the important thing here is that Ferrari, Mercedes, Aston Martin and the other teams can compare the performance of the car yesterday morning with today after applying the set-up changes they want to make after analyzing the data . This is key for Ferrari, especially for Carlos Sainz, who said yesterday that he is confident that in Maranello they will find the solution to give him more confidence in this car, a confidence he has in the tests and yesterday completely changed a car that seemed small a week ago in terms of sensations.

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3Little movement so far on the track. Norris and Hülkenberg have left and now Russell and Hamilton are doing it and so is Sainz. Ferrari and Mercedes have a lot to prove.

F1 GP Bahrain | Ferrari and Mercedes, need improvementThe big doubt yesterday was on Ferrari and Mercedes. Can they compete with Aston Martin? Leclerc was 4th and Sainz was unable to complete his lap in good time as he was caught in traffic on his turn. Sainz said he was not comfortable in the car, as if something had changed in the balance and sensation about the tests. Of course, Leclerc, who was more than satisfied with the car, said that with this performance they could not fight for pole position. Meanwhile, Hamilton assured that with this concept car they are “far away” from the fight for pole position, he did not leave and assured that “Aston Martin is the second car”. Sainz: “It was a difficult Friday but I trust in a step forward” Hamilton, to Alonso: “Aston Martin is the second team”

F1 GP Bahrain | Fernando Alonso’s remarksThis is what Fernando Alonso said yesterday after the dispute on the first day. He made no secret of the fact that his car was running well, and he warned that his car still had a lot of room for improvement: Alonso did not hide his enthusiasm and made sure that the car had room for improvement.

F1 GP Bahrain 2023 | First day reviewBefore the drivers hit the track, we take a look at what happened on day one, where Fernando Alonso finished with the best time and made it clear to everyone that he is ready to fight for the podium this weekend with an Aston Martin that Hamilton believes which was the second best car from the start of the season. Chronicle of the first day: Alonso breaks the clock and scares in Bahrain: the best of day 1

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3The third free practice of the F1 2023 Bahrain GP is about to begin!

F1 GP Bahrain | Exercise 3Welcome to the second day of the Bahrain GP of F1 2023, the day of the third free practice, and above all, the first classification of the season, the classification of the Bahrain GP of F1 2023. Everything is ready in the garages of Bahrain for the start of a highly anticipated third free practice.