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2020 F1 Bahrain GP Friday practice results
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time on the opening day of Bahrain Grand Prix practice at Sakhir for Mercedes on Friday, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen best of the rest.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Nov 27, 2020, 4:40 PM
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In the first practice session, Hamilton set the pace as drivers also got their first chance to sample Pirelli’s 2021 tyres. Mercedes' recently re-crowned world champion was almost half a second faster than teammate Bottas, both setting their best times on Pirelli’s 2020 medium tyres.
Fresh from his podium finish in Turkey, Sergio Perez was third quickest for Racing Point but was almost a second slower than Hamilton managed – and ran the faster soft tyres. Another star of Turkey, Carlos Sainz, was next up for McLaren, just 0.018s slower than Perez.
Italian GP winner Pierre Gasly enjoyed a strong session in fifth place, ahead of the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Alex Albon.
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In FP2, there was a major incident when Albon crashed heavily at the final corner, tearing two wheels from his Red Bull after over-correcting a big slide at the final corner on his soft-tyre run, which red-flagged the session. A second red flag was required for a stray dog, which ran on to the track but quickly exited the venue through a gap in the fence.
Verstappen set his fastest time of 1m29.318s on the medium tyre, but this was beaten by Hamilton’s 1m28.971s – 0.347s quicker – on the softs. Bottas was 0.018s slower than Verstappen on softs.
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Perez was 0.432 off the pace in fourth, with Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo fifth, almost half a second away from the fastest time, with Gasly in sixth.
Last year’s pole-winner, Charles Leclerc, again showed how far from the pace Ferrari has fallen and could only manage the 14th fastest time, 1.4s off the pace.
F1 Turkish Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 40 1'29.033 218.831 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 41 1'29.482 0.449 0.449 217.733 3 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 31 1'30.000 0.967 0.518 216.480 4 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 31 1'30.018 0.985 0.018 216.436 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 34 1'30.049 1.016 0.031 216.362 6 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 18 1'30.294 1.261 0.245 215.775 7 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 34 1'30.302 1.269 0.008 215.756 8 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 28 1'30.384 1.351 0.082 215.560 9 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 30 1'30.426 1.393 0.042 215.460 10 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 30 1'30.508 1.475 0.082 215.264 11 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 29 1'30.589 1.556 0.081 215.072 12 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 24 1'30.628 1.595 0.039 214.979 13 Robert Kubica
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 24 1'30.732 1.699 0.104 214.733 14 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 28 1'30.832 1.799 0.100 214.497 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 29 1'30.854 1.821 0.022 214.445 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 27 1'30.896 1.863 0.042 214.346 17 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 37 1'31.020 1.987 0.124 214.054 18 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 27 1'31.392 2.359 0.372 213.182 19 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 29 1'32.472 3.439 1.080 210.692 20 Roy Nissany
Williams Mercedes 27 1'32.801 3.768 0.329 209.946 View full results
F1 Turkish Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 28 1'28.971 218.983 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 34 1'29.318 0.347 0.347 218.132 3 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 30 1'29.336 0.365 0.018 218.089 4 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 32 1'29.403 0.432 0.067 217.925 5 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 27 1'29.462 0.491 0.059 217.781 6 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 36 1'29.551 0.580 0.089 217.565 7 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 30 1'29.841 0.870 0.290 216.863 8 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 32 1'29.871 0.900 0.030 216.790 9 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 34 1'29.900 0.929 0.029 216.720 10 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 17 1'30.014 1.043 0.114 216.446 11 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 30 1'30.085 1.114 0.071 216.275 12 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 35 1'30.110 1.139 0.025 216.215 13 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 33 1'30.271 1.300 0.161 215.830 14 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 30 1'30.407 1.436 0.136 215.505 15 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 33 1'30.627 1.656 0.220 214.982 16 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 27 1'30.849 1.878 0.222 214.456 17 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 34 1'30.928 1.957 0.079 214.270 18 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 32 1'30.973 2.002 0.045 214.164 19 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 28 1'31.119 2.148 0.146 213.821 20 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 29 1'31.636 2.665 0.517 212.615 View full results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 40 1'29.033 218.831 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 41 1'29.482 0.449 0.449 217.733 3 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 31 1'30.000 0.967 0.518 216.480 4 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 31 1'30.018 0.985 0.018 216.436 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 34 1'30.049 1.016 0.031 216.362 6 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 18 1'30.294 1.261 0.245 215.775 7 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 34 1'30.302 1.269 0.008 215.756 8 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 28 1'30.384 1.351 0.082 215.560 9 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 30 1'30.426 1.393 0.042 215.460 10 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 30 1'30.508 1.475 0.082 215.264 11 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 29 1'30.589 1.556 0.081 215.072 12 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 24 1'30.628 1.595 0.039 214.979 13 Robert Kubica
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 24 1'30.732 1.699 0.104 214.733 14 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 28 1'30.832 1.799 0.100 214.497 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 29 1'30.854 1.821 0.022 214.445 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 27 1'30.896 1.863 0.042 214.346 17 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 37 1'31.020 1.987 0.124 214.054 18 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 27 1'31.392 2.359 0.372 213.182 19 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 29 1'32.472 3.439 1.080 210.692 20 Roy Nissany
Williams Mercedes 27 1'32.801 3.768 0.329 209.946 View full results
F1 Turkish Grand Prix Friday Practice as it happened
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 40 1'29.033 218.831 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 41 1'29.482 0.449 0.449 217.733 3 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 31 1'30.000 0.967 0.518 216.480 4 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 31 1'30.018 0.985 0.018 216.436 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 34 1'30.049 1.016 0.031 216.362 6 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 18 1'30.294 1.261 0.245 215.775 7 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 34 1'30.302 1.269 0.008 215.756 8 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 28 1'30.384 1.351 0.082 215.560 9 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 30 1'30.426 1.393 0.042 215.460 10 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 30 1'30.508 1.475 0.082 215.264 11 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 29 1'30.589 1.556 0.081 215.072 12 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 24 1'30.628 1.595 0.039 214.979 13 Robert Kubica
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 24 1'30.732 1.699 0.104 214.733 14 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 28 1'30.832 1.799 0.100 214.497 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 29 1'30.854 1.821 0.022 214.445 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 27 1'30.896 1.863 0.042 214.346 17 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 37 1'31.020 1.987 0.124 214.054 18 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 27 1'31.392 2.359 0.372 213.182 19 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 29 1'32.472 3.439 1.080 210.692 20 Roy Nissany
Williams Mercedes 27 1'32.801 3.768 0.329 209.946 View full results
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