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2021 Formula 1 Bahrain GP
Mar 25, 2021 to Mar 28, 2021
| Bahrain International Circuit, BH
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Formula 1 Bahrain GP
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Checkered flag
07:30:51 am
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And that's your lot for FP1!
07:27:29 am
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Verstappen's quickest in sectors one and two, but Perez is still quickest in S3.
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07:26:46 am
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And it's a 1m31.394s for Verstappen to go P1.
07:25:49 am
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Fastest first sector for Verstappen - what can he do?
07:23:55 am
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Perez also got up to P5, as we're well into the final 10 minute flurry of times.
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07:22:57 am
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Bottas, however, does - going P1 with a 1m31.692s.
07:22:34 am
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Hamilton goes P2, he was on a quicker lap but couldn't quite surpass Norris!
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07:21:35 am
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"Come on, I've got ****ing traffic!" Tsunoda says over the radio. He's got his F1 driver bemoaning traffic messages down, an important part of this championship...
07:20:24 am
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07:17:57 am
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The AlphaTauris have the most laps of the morning so far, Gasly with 17 and Tsunoda with 16.
07:16:50 am
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Gasly now gets into P3, 0.3s off Norris' current best.
07:15:00 am
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The Ferraris now swarm into the top five, with Leclerc going P2 and Sainz into P4.
07:12:24 am
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Ricciardo gets up to P3, half a second off Norris' headline time. Both McLarens took fresh softs for those runs.
07:10:49 am
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Raikkonen surges up to P7 now, with the Alfa looking much more potent this season if the early signs are anything to go by.
07:07:58 am
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There's a P7 for Vettel, leapfrogging the AlphaTauris, Sainz and Alonso.
07:07:11 am
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Alonso gets up to P10, peeling himself off the bottom of the timesheets thus far. Vettel, meanwhile, is on a better lap...
07:06:23 am
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Perez is still quickest in sector three, as Norris swept to the first two.
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07:04:22 am
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Lando ahoy! Norris goes quickest with a 1m31.897s on softs, beating Hamilton's best first and second sectors.
07:03:16 am
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07:02:03 am
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Tsunoda overlaps Sainz to continue his steady ascent, now getting up to P8. Meanwhile, Russell's got a collection of purple micro-sectors, and looks strong in that first sector.
07:00:13 am
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We're halfway through the session already, definitely doesn't have the feeling of a 90-minute trudge. Let's see how we feel when it comes to FP2, though...
06:59:01 am
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It's still taking a bit of getting used to seeing Vettel in the green Aston Martin. He currently sits 10th.
06:57:27 am
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The Alpines, having gone out first, are currently P18 and P20 - currently split by the #9 Haas.
06:55:22 am
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AlphaTauri rookie Tsunoda gets up to P9, looking good so far.
06:53:14 am
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Schumacher gets his first time on the board, going P16 on the mediums to split the Williams duo.
06:52:29 am
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It's advantage Hamilton and Mercedes after the first 20 minutes.
06:51:19 am
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Leclerc now pops his Ferrari into P5 on his first proper run, as his new Ferrari team-mate Sainz went up to P7 before dropping down a place.
06:49:44 am
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Our current top ten is: Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Perez, Gasly, Norris, Sainz, Vettel, Stroll and Raikkonen.
06:48:35 am
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Stroll joins his Aston Martin team-mate in the top 8, displacing Raikkonen from eighth.
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06:46:55 am
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Hamilton does a 1m32.214s on his second run on the softs. That's a P1 once again as we've passed the first 15 minutes.
06:46:11 am
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Vettel gets his Aston Martin up to P7, perhaps looking a bit tentative on that lap.
06:45:27 am
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06:44:12 am
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Perez goes up to P3 too, going a shade faster than Hamilton. The top 4 is within 0.3s - don't tease us like this, F1.
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06:42:57 am
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Bottas goes top, but then Verstappen comes along and sets a 1m32.591s. Game on?
06:42:12 am
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Russell hustles his Williams up to P6, logging a 1m35.694s. His team-mate Latifi reports that it "feels like someone's pushing me into each braking zone", so the team will need to have a look at that...
06:39:44 am
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Latifi did surpass the two Alpines to go sixth, as Gasly splits the McLarens to take his AlphaTauri to P4.
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06:38:44 am
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...before the recently knighted Sir Lewis Hamilton has gone to the top of the timesheets with a 1m32.844s. gg wp
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06:37:41 am
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Perez then decided he hated that previous alliterative genius and clocks in a 1m33.180s in his Red Bull RB16B. Thanks, Sergio.
06:36:54 am
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It takes two to tango, as two tangos top the timings.
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06:36:01 am
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Latifi wedges his Williams between the two Alpines on the timing sheets, but Ricciardo displaces all of them with a 1m34.212s. But then his new team-mate Norris comes along and posts a 1m33.361s...
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By: Jake Boxall-Legge, Stephen Lickorish
Published: Mar 26, 2021, 12:30 PM
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