Lando Norris was faster for McLaren in a chaotic first day of testing before the season interrupted by a long delay after a power cut in the Bahrain international circuit.
Norris, the beloved title before the season, put the pace with the best round 1: 30.430s after running had returned to the head of Mercedes, Max Verstappen of Red Bull and Charles Leclerc’s Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of the year.
Lewis Hamilton led the new Ferrari to the morning meeting on his full debut for the team and completed 70 rounds.
The afternoon meeting, when all the fastest rounds of the day were set as the sun began to be placed, was only two hours when an external failure of the substation fell into large sections of the space – including team garages and the view system – Darkness and coercion control control to throw the red flag for cars to return to the garage.
The meeting is suspended for one hour until the power is restored, with the F1, the FIA ​​and the teams shortly agreeing to expand with another 60 minutes to offset the lost time.
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Ted Kravitz examines combustion questions as cars make their way to the Bahrain International Circuit three days ago
As soon as he returned along the way, Norris soon fell on the front from Pacesetter Leclerc from almost half a second with a quick round on the C3 tires – a round only 0.8s slower than the best of McLaren in absolute low fuel qualifying last year.
Verstappen finished 0.2s back to the new Red Bull with Leclerc Fourtth and Carlos Sainz of Williams Thursday.
The six fastest times of the day were determined by the drivers who competed during the afternoon meeting, with Mercedes Sookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli setting the morning reference, but ending almost a second in seventh place, as did times later improved.
Hamilton makes a steady start to New Ferrari
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Get on board with Lewis Hamilton as he got his fastest round during the morning meeting of F1 tests in Bahrain
Much of the accumulation in the new season-which starts from Australian GP on March 14-16, live Sky Sports F1 – It is dominated by the focus on Hamilton’s movement in Ferrari, the partnership that unite the most successful driver and team of the sport.
Wednesday morning was Hamilton’s second time in the new SF-25 after the team’s Shakedown at Fiorano’s Test Track, but the 40-year-old’s first real opportunity to start putting it in representative tires.
He finished 70 rounds, initially creating five to six rounds in short times in double figures as he wore in the morning. His inaugural session seemed to run without much regression, though he had several small moments in the Turn Four where he ran slightly wide and kicked sand.
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Liam Lawson has a nervous moment in the tests, with New Zealand driver managing to keep his car from gravel
Red Bull New Boy Liam Lawson appeared at the most important breakfast time in the morning when it turned the RB21 coming out of the third row. His replacement in the racing racing, Isck Hadjar, was the other thread of the day with a 360 -degree pirouette in the afternoon running in the Four series.
Bahrain Tests: Day Once Sheet
1) Lando Norris, McLaren, 1: 30,430, 52 children
2) George Russell, Mercedes, 1: 30,587, 70 rounds
3) Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 1: 30.674, 74 rounds
4) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1: 30,878, 71 rounds
5) Carlos Sainz, Williams, 1: 30.955, 68 rounds
6) Pierre Gasly, Alpine, 1: 31.353, 72 rounds
7) Andrea Kim Antonelli, Mercedes, 1: 31,428, 78 child
8) Liam Lawson, Red Bull, 1: 31,560, 58 rounds
9) ALEX ALBON, Williams 1: 31,573, 63 rounds
10) Yuki Tsunoda, Racing Bulls, 1: 31.610, 78 rounds
11) Isck Hadjar, Racing Bulls, 1: 31.631, 76 rounds
12) Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber, 1: 31,690, 59 rounds
13) Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, 1: 31,834, 70 rounds
14) Jack Doohan, Alpine 1: 31.841, 68 rounds
15) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, 1: 31,874, 46 rounds
16) Lance Walk, Aston Martin, 1: 31.949, 42 rounds
17) Oscar Piasstri, McLaren, 1: 32.084, 66 children
18) Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1: 32.169, 55 children
19) Esteban Ocon, Haas, 1: 33,600, 88 rounds
20) Oliver Bearman, Haas, 1: 35,522, 72 rounds
Sky Sports Testing Program F1
Wednesday 26 February – Day
- 8pm: Test wrapper
- 8.30pm: Ted Testing Publication
Thursday 27 February – Second Day
- 6.50 AM-11.05 AM: morning session
- 11.55am-4.05pm: afternoon session
- 8pm: Test wrapper
- 8.30pm: Ted Testing Publication
Friday 28 February – Third Day
- 6.50 AM-11.05 AM: morning session
- 11.55am-4.05pm: afternoon session
- 8pm: Test wrapper
- 8.30pm: Ted Testing Publication
- 9pm: TED Development Corner
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