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F1 Bahrain Take a look at, Day 1: Norris leads Russell, Verstappen after energy reduce
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F1 Bahrain Take a look at, Day 1: Norris leads Russell, Verstappen after energy reduce

Motorsports February 26, 2025
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Lando Norris headlined the opening day of System 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, following an hour-long delay for a circuit-wide energy reduce.

The session’s runtime was prolonged by an hour following the hiatus created by the dearth of energy two hours into the afternoon session, which knocked out the floodlights and all electrics in the principle constructing – together with garages and media centre.

Norris hit the circuit after the resumption of the session to log a 1m30.430s, which remained untouched regardless of efforts from Max Verstappen and George Russell throughout the closing stage of the day.

Williams’ Alex Albon had led the way in which after the primary hour, having logged a 1m32.862s among the many early exploratory laps – wherein set up runs and aero rake testing have been prevalent.

Instantly after the primary hour had elapsed, Lewis Hamilton then moved to the highest of the pile in his first public outing for Ferrari earlier than Pink Bull’s Liam Lawson, then Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, loved turns on the prime.

Lawson produced the morning’s most wayward second with a spin at Flip 2 as his Pink Bull struggled to navigate the kerbs, however the Kiwi bought his automobile again on the highway.

Liam Lawson, Pink Bull Racing

Photograph by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Photos

Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli led the way in which into the lunch break with a 1m31.428s time, as all 10 drivers who took half within the morning traded locations with their team-mates for the afternoon.

This allowed Russell to maneuver previous Antonelli’s morning benchmark an hour after the session reopened for enterprise, discovering greater than 0.3s over his youthful team-mate to reveal a transparent step within the afternoon’s occasions.

Russell’s time was surpassed by Charles Leclerc’s 1m30.878s, previous to the hour-long purple flag.

On the resumption of the session, Norris put collectively a lap 4 tenths sooner on the C3 tyre to comb to the highest of the order. The Briton clocked in 52 laps, 0.157s away from Russell and his rely of 70 laps general.

Verstappen, Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz accomplished the highest 5, all inside 0.6s – the Spaniard was one other 0.4s away from sixth-placed Pierre Gasly. Antonelli, Lawson, Albon and Yuki Tsunoda accomplished the highest 10.

Esteban Ocon logged probably the most laps of anybody after taking up the afternoon session for Haas, posting 88 laps en path to nineteenth within the general occasions; the American squad appeared to prioritise longer runs because it sat on the backside of the timesheets with Oliver Bearman twentieth.

F1 Bahrain pre-season take a look at – Day 1 outcomes

#
Driver
Group
Hole
Time

1
Lando Norris
McLaren
 
1:30.430

2
George Russell
Mercedes
+0.157
1:30.587

3
Max Verstappen
Pink Bull
+0.244
1:30.674

4
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
+0.448
1:30.878

5
Carlos Sainz
Williams
+0.525
1:30.955

6
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
+0.923
1:31.353

7
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
+0.998
1:31.428

8
Liam Lawson
Pink Bull
+1.130
1:31.560

9
Alexander Albon
Williams
+1.143
1:31.573

10
Yuki Tsunoda
RACING BULLS
+1.180
1:31.610

11
Isack Hadjar
RACING BULLS
+1.201
1:31.631

12
Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
+1.260
1:31.690

13
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
+1.404
1:31.834

14
Jack Doohan
Alpine
+1.411
1:31.841

15
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
+1.444
1:31.874

16
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
+1.519
1:31.949

17
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
+1.654
1:32.084

18
Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber
+1.739
1:32.169

19
Esteban Ocon
Haas F1 Group
+3.170
1:33.600

20
Oliver Bearman
Haas F1 Group
+5.092
1:35.522

Pictures from the Bahrain Pre-Season Testing

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Jake Boxall-Legge

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