Marko Hanželic
V the first minutes the teams focused primarily tire test for next season, which is part of the mandatory free training program for GP Bahrain. They must complete at least six laps on new tires. By the way, these are tires mixtures C3, which would fit a medium mix for this weekend. The tires could be identified by the missing mark on the sidewall.
Most racers chose the right one to start with test tires, Norris in Giovinazzi they started the second free practice on hard tires and will wear test shoes towards the end of the workout. At times, it seemed to be turnover in training as a guest, which may prove to be even more concrete in the coming week, when the race will take place on a shorter version of the track in To Sakhir.
He set the first serious quick time Max Verstappen, who took the lap in 1: 29,318 minutes, which was a second faster than in the first free practice. Mercedesa they met in this part of the training "Entertained" with test tires and were therefore still more at the tail of the table.
After the first third of training, he was still on top Verstappen, before Perez, Ricciard, Gasly in Norris, which means five different teams in the top five. Then it swung just below the top Valtteri Bottas, which was only 18 thousandths behind the Dutchman, and it is worth mentioning that Verstappen he has already tried both compounds, but has not been able to improve his time with soft tires.
Shortly afterwards, the new ambassador of the movement took care of waving the red flags Wings for Life, Alex Albon, who crashed ugly into a security fence and concretely destroyed his own Red Bull Racing. Fortunately, the British racer of Thai roots apparently took her away without injuries.
A few minutes later, a new break, similar to that in Istanbul, was taken care of by man's best friend. We already know dog on the trail means red flag.
The new green flag also brought a change in the lead of the second free practice for GP Bahrain. Lewis Hamilton at the end he also drove a few laps on soft tires and in the end he overtook by a good three tenths of a second with a time of 1: 28,971 Max Verstappen in Valtteria Bottas.
In the last minutes of training, we listened to each other moans of racers over tire wear, which most likely predicts two-stop tactics on Sunday races. Asphalt c Bahrain is obviously really more abrasive as in most other venues.
