Pierre Gasly was fastest in the slower FP1 session for AlphaTauri, before Verstappen set the quickest time of the day – under the floodlights in FP2 – at 1m31.936s.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc led the chase, just 0.087s slower, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr and Mercedes’ George Russell. His teammate Lewis Hamilton could only manage ninth, complaining of porpoising and brake issues.
Bahrain Grand Prix FP1 results: Gasly fastest from Leclerc
What happened in Bahrain GP Free Practice 1?
First practice took place in daytime, meaning it was not fully representative of either qualifying or the race, both of which will occur in cooler conditions in the evening.
The McLarens of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo set the early pace on, as the new-look 2022 cars were put through their paces in anger in an official F1 session for the first time.
A red flag was soon required to clean up the debris from Esteban Ocon’s Alpine that shed its right sidepod soon after he opened the…
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