Piastri gained the second race of the season in China [Getty Images]
Bahrain Grand Prix
Venue: Sakhir Dates: 11-13 April Race begin: 16:00 BST on Sunday
Protection: Dwell radio commentary of observe and qualifying on-line and BBC 5 Sports activities Further; race reside on BBC Radio 5 Dwell. Dwell textual content updates on the BBC Sport web site and app
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Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two in Friday observe on the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Piastri was 0.154 seconds faster than Norris whereas Mercedes’ George Russell was 0.527secs behind the Australian in third place, forward of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli was fifth quickest, from Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar, Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton.
Briton Oliver Bearman was ninth quickest within the Haas forward of Williams’ Carlos Sainz.
McLaren additionally appeared to have a bonus on long-run tempo, forward of Mercedes, Pink Bull and Ferrari.
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The classes have been comparatively incident-free on a observe with which the groups have been acquainted after three days of pre-season testing a month and a half in the past.
And the impression from testing, that McLaren had a bonus across the Sakhir Worldwide Circuit, continued on the primary day of the grand prix assembly.
McLaren additionally headed the primary observe session, with Norris forward of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly as six groups ran younger drivers of their automobiles.
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