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returns to Sakhir this weekend for the Grand Prix and spherical 4 of the 2025 F1 season.
noticed his championship lead after ’s sensible final day trip, with the McLaren driver compelled to accept second forward of his teammate Oscar Piastri.
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It was one other troublesome weekend for Ferrari in Suzuka, in need of tempo in comparison with the frontrunners, with Charles Leclerc ending in fourth and down in seventh, although the Brit hinted that to the SF-25 automobile.
Now, the grid returns to Bahrain – the place in February – for the second race within the Asian triple-header. Verstappen received final 12 months’s, main dwelling a Purple Bull one-two.
However what’s the climate forecast in Bahrain this week?
Temperatures are set to hit 40C this week in Bahrain, with media day on Thursday seeing the very best temperature of 40C at 3pm on the Sakhir circuit.
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Fortuitously for the drivers, temperatures drop for the three days of operating.
Free follow 1 at 3:30pm, native time, on Friday will see the drivers encounter 31C sunshine, with the second session round 25C.
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Saturday’s follow session will happen at 31C, with qualifying round 25C.
Sunday’s race, at 6pm native time, sees temperatures round 27C.
When temperatures are persistently larger than 30C, cockpit temperatures can shortly go to round 50C.
The have accepted a brand new cooling system for the 2024 season, which entails cooled water being pumped round driver overalls. This follows the instances of maximum warmth and dehydration on the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix.