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2023 Formula 1 Bahrain February Testing
Feb 23, 2023 to Feb 25, 2023
| Bahrain International Circuit, BH
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Formula 1 Bahrain February Testing
F1 Bahrain pre-season test - Day 2
Minute by minute updates on the second day of the 2023 F1 Bahrain pre-season test
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- Zhou leads day two of F1 testing from Verstappen after bolting on the soft tyres
- Session back underway after Russell caused a red flag with hydraulic problem
- Sainz led the morning session from Sargeant, who used soft tyres to put in his eye-catching lap
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Leaderboard
- Zhou, Alfa Romeo, 1m31.610s, C5 - 133 laps
- Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m31.650s, C3 - 47 laps
- Alonso, Aston Martin, 1m32.205s, C3 - 130 laps
- De Vries, AlphaTauri, 1m32.222s, C5 - 74 laps
- Hulkenberg, Haas, 1m32.466s, C4 - 68 laps
- Sainz, Ferrari, 1m32.486s, C3 - 70 laps
- Sargeant, Williams, 1m32.549s, C5 - 154 laps
- Leclerc, Ferrari, 1m32.725s, C3 - 68 laps
- Piastri, McLaren, 1m33.175s, C3 - 74 laps
- Gasly, Alpine, 1m33.186s, C3 - 59 laps
- Magnussen, Haas, 1m33.442s, C3 - 67 laps
- Ocon, Alpine, 1m33.490s, C3 - 49 laps
- Russell, Mercedes, 1m33.654s, C3 - 26 laps
- Perez, Red Bull, 1m33.751s, Proto - 76 laps
- Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m33.954s, C3 - 72 laps
- Norris, McLaren, 1m35.522s, C2 - 65 laps
- Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, 1m35.708s, C2 - 85 laps
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12:38:56 pm
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That's all for today. The final day of testing will get underway tomorrow from 7am GMT. We'll be live with you from 6:45am GMT. See you then!
12:36:55 pm
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Alfa Romeo headed day two of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain as Mercedes suffered a stoppage with Russell:
Checkered flag
12:30:45 pm
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And that is day two of testing officially done! Zhou heads Verstappen, Alonso, De Vries, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Sargeant, Leclerc, Piastri, Gasly, Magnussen, Ocon, Russell, Perez, Hamilton, Norris and Tsunoda.
12:28:25 pm
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No troubles for the six cars who took part in that practice start. Red flag procedure is being practiced again now.
12:25:26 pm
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The cars will go around for an extra formation lap now and do a start.
12:25:11 pm
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The first part of the practice start procedure is testing out what happens if there is an aborted start, signified by a set of flashing yellow lights lining the pitwall.
12:22:09 pm
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The red flag has been cleared, so those who can will head out for some practice starts.
12:21:41 pm
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Zhou appeared to have a clutch issue when he went to do a practice start at the end of pitlane. At Williams, Sargeant's car has been chained off even though the car is being shown as not live. Possibly a practice of the protocol for when there is an electrical systems issue.
Red flag
12:19:22 pm
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Session has now been red-flagged, but - again - this is all part of the systems test.
12:18:57 pm
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But the car has now been wheeled away, so everything appears to be ok at Williams now.
12:18:40 pm
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At Williams, the mechanics are huddled around Sargeant's car wearing yellow gloves suggesting there is some sort of electrical problem.
12:17:59 pm
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Not all plain sailing for Alfa, though, as Zhou has stopped at the end of pitlane and is being wheeled back to his garage.
12:16:35 pm
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With that, Zhou and Alfa Romeo will end day two of the Bahrain test fastest of all.
Yellow flag
12:15:54 pm
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And there is the yellow flag, which will quickly become a VSC and then a red flag.
12:09:18 pm
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There is just 21 minutes of running left, but realistically only six before the race direction system checks get underway in the final 15 minutes before the chequered flag.
12:03:13 pm
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Standing next to Bottas in pitlane is new Alfa boss Andreas Seidl who - from certain angles - looks a lot like our head of podcasts Martyn Lee!
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12:01:08 pm
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Zhou goes fastest overall in the Alfa Romeo with a 1m31.610s on the soft tyre. Bottas still doesn't give anything away as to how he feels about that.
11:57:32 am
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Leclerc is out on the C1 hard tyre as he begins a run.
11:56:48 am
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We're currently watching world champion Verstappen, though he's on a high fuel run right now as his latest effort was 6.3s off his best lap.
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11:49:24 am
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Zhou leaps up to third in the Alfa Romeo with a 1m32.214s. Bottas and his questionable new hairstyle watches on, giving nothing away as to how he might have felt about that.
11:47:32 am
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Zhou is out there on the soft tyre and is on a push lap.
11:43:32 am
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Mercedes' evening is also done after a hydraulics issue forced Russell to stop on track earlier.
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11:43:10 am
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Alonso moves up to second in the Aston Martin with a 1m32.205s running the C3 tyre.
11:39:37 am
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Believe it or not, 2023 marks 10 years since F1's final year of the V8 naturally aspirated engines. In fact, everything in the attached picture is no longer present on the F1 grid: V8s, narrow cars, Kimi Raikkonen and the Lotus name!
Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus E21 Renault
Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images
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11:36:58 am
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De Vries has gone a bit quicker with a 1m32.222s in second to close the gap to Verstappen to 0.572s.
11:34:11 am
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In theory, we should see some more soft tyre laps in the final hour now conditions are much more representative.
11:33:34 am
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With under an hour to go, Verstappen continues to lead the session from De Vries, Alonso, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Sargeant, Leclerc, Zhou, Piastri and Gasly.
11:31:25 am
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With that change in the leaderboard, it's time for a change on the live comms rota too, as Lewis Duncan will now guide you through the final hour of track action today.
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11:28:57 am
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De Vries is on the very softest of Pirelli's range, the C5, and becomes the fourth driver to set a 1m32.4s and displaces Alonso in second. But we know the other cars in that ballpark used harder rubber.
11:27:42 am
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In fact, we've now got so many cars on track, de Vries and Zhou are fighting for the same bit of track! The Alfa has a brief look at passing the AlphaTauri but, in the end, decides to drop back.
11:25:25 am
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As we head into this optimal running time, all the cars - aside from the stricken Mercedes - are now out on track.
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11:23:52 am
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Alonso is also on a charge now and joins the group of drivers on 1m32.4s times as he moves to second on the leaderboard. So we've now got the same top two as we had yesterday.
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11:19:50 am
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Williams leads the lap count chart again today and its new team boss James Vowles told the media earlier that his priority is to implement a new technical staff structure: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/vowles-new-f1-technical-structure-priority-for-williams/10435978/
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11:18:35 am
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Sure enough, de Vries shoots up from 12th to seventh in the AlphaTauri with a 1m33.145s, 1.5s down on his countryman Verstappen's best.
11:17:47 am
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We've got some green mini-sectors on the timing screen, so might be getting some changes to the leaderboard now.
11:16:25 am
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Among those heading out is Verstappen - the Red Bull pacesetter having only set 18 laps so far this afternoon.
Green flag
11:14:51 am
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At the other end of the pitlane, we're green again and - unsurprisingly - a whole queue of cars head out immediately.
11:14:20 am
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Down at Mercedes, Ron Meadows briefs the troops ready for the W14 to make its return to the garage.
Breaking news
11:13:28 am
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We have an update from race control. The session will resume at 1814 local time, so about a minute from now.
11:10:25 am
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It's now on the back of a flatbed truck, so shouldn't be too long before this session gets back under way.
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Published: Feb 24, 2023, 4:38 PM
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