Bojan Vrbnjak
Freshly baked seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton continues in Bahrain where v Turkey finished namely in the first place. Racer Mercedesa he drove the lap in Bahrain the fastest, in time 1: 29.033 minutes and was considerably faster than the others.
After the last new venues, it did formula 1 this time back to familiar terrain. In the face of light rain, the Formula 1 racers did quite well unusual first workout, although the track did not get wet at any time. Because the first training session, in contrast to the qualifications and the race, takes place in daylight, the results are not so authoritative because the situation is not representative.
Results
Hamilton he got training almost with half a second jumps in front of a teammate Valtteri Bottas. Sergio Perez from Racing Point was almost a second behind. For the Mexican, however, it was very close. Carlos Sainz he was only a few thousandths behind third place. Pierre Gasly he was fifth and is the first racer to be more than a second behind. Sixth and seventh place were won by both racers Red Bull Racing, where Alex Albon for his colleague Max Verstappn also lagged by a few thousandths of a second. He won eighth place Esteban Ocon, ninth Lance stroll, and concludes ten Daniel Ricciardo.
After a strong performance at GP of Turkey, is Ferrari v Bahrain found again in the middle of the field. Charles Leclerc lagged behind Hamilton for good 1,5 seconds, his teammate Sebastian Vettel however, it lagged behind by just under tenths more. From the eleventh place onwards, the racers were ranked as follows: Charles Leclerc, Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Romain Grosjean, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Giovinazzi, Daniil Kvyat, Lando Norris, Nicholas latifi in Roy nissany.
Incidents
As usual, we are in Bahrain saw a lot of braking errors. He was most effective in this regard Bottas before turn ten. Finn he repeated this exercise several times. Grosjean he completely destroyed his tires by turning in the sixth turn, so he had to drive back to his mechanics by slow driving.
Also Max Verstappen took care of the action on the track. Dutchman spun at the exit of the finish line. Po 360 degree pirouettes he set himself in the direction of driving again. However, he destroyed his tires in the process. Unfortunately, he only drove three laps on these 2021 tires.
Technology
Since the conditions would not be representative under normal circumstances, the teams tested a lot in the first training session. Especially at the beginning of the training we could see a lot aerodynamic measuring instruments. Also Pirelli had something to try as the Italians in Bahrain brought the tires of the season 2021. Each racer was given two sets of medium mix. The racers pointed after the end of training a little enthusiasm over new products. “Just one lap on this track with these new tires was enough to know how bad these tires are,”He complained Leclerc.
Special guest
The first training was attended by two racers who are not members of the current field. George Russell he had to hand over his car To Roy Nissan, who was 2th in Formula 0,3 training a little earlier. The Israeli was only XNUMX seconds slower than Latifia. But he did better Robert Kubica, which took over the Alfa Romeo race car from Chemistry Raikkonen. The Pole finished training in a very good thirteenth place and was faster than the regular racer Giovinazzi.
