F1 Bahrain GP results: Lewis Hamilton tops Thursday practice

RB’s Daniel Ricciardo was quickest in Free Practice 1, while Hamilton paced FP2 with a fastest time of the day of 1m30.374s.

Bahrain GP FP1 results: Ricciardo fastest from Norris

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Cla	Driver	#		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	D. Ricciardo RB	3		RB	Red Bull	23	1'32.869		209.792
2	L. Norris McLaren	4		McLaren	Mercedes	25	+0.032 1'32.901	0.032	209.720
3	O. Piastri McLaren	81		McLaren	Mercedes	25	+0.244 1'33.113	0.212	209.242
4	Y. Tsunoda RB	22		RB	Red Bull	24	+0.314 1'33.183	0.070	209.085
5	F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14		Aston Martin	Mercedes	20	+0.324 1'33.193	0.010	209.062
6	M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1		Red Bull	Red Bull	21	+0.369 1'33.238	0.045	208.962
7	G. Russell Mercedes	63		Mercedes	Mercedes	25	+0.382 1'33.251	0.013	208.932
8	C. Leclerc Ferrari	16		Ferrari	Ferrari	24	+0.399 1'33.268	0.017	208.894
9	L. Hamilton Mercedes	44		Mercedes	Mercedes	22	+0.433 1'33.302	0.034	208.818
10	V. Bottas Sauber	77		Sauber	Ferrari	21	+0.485 1'33.354	0.052	208.702
11	C. Sainz Ferrari	55		Ferrari	Ferrari	26	+0.516 1'33.385	0.031	208.633
12	S. Perez Red Bull Racing	11		Red Bull	Red Bull	24	+0.544 1'33.413	0.028	208.570
13	A. Albon Williams	23		Williams	Mercedes	17	+0.714 1'33.583	0.170	208.191
14	L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18		Aston Martin	Mercedes	20	+0.999 1'33.868	0.285	207.559
15	Z. Guanyu Sauber	24		Sauber	Ferrari	16	+1.054 1'33.923	0.055	207.438
16	L. Sargeant Williams	2		Williams	Mercedes	19	+1.344 1'34.213	0.290	206.799
17	E. Ocon Alpine	31		Alpine	Renault	21	+1.938 1'34.807	0.594	205.503
18	P. Gasly Alpine	10		Alpine	Renault	24	+2.275 1'35.144	0.337	204.775
19	K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20		Haas	Ferrari	25	+4.608 1'37.477	2.333	199.874
20	N. Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27		Haas	Ferrari	27	+5.069 1'37.938	0.461	198.934
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What happened in Bahrain GP Free Practice 1?

This full-daylight session was topped by Ricciardo, who lapped in 1m32.869s – 0.032s ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren).

The top four, which included their team-mates Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Yuki Tsunoda (RB), all used soft tyres to lead the way.

Best of the medium-shod runners was Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), who was three tenths off the pace, and 0.045s ahead of reigning world champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull). The medium runners were closely matched, with George Russell (Mercedes) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) all within a tenth of Alonso’s best time.

Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas (Sauber) rounded out the top 10.

Haas suffered an awful session, with Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg over 2s off their nearest rivals and 4.6s away from the overall pace. 

Bahrain GP FP2 results: Hamilton fastest from Russell

What happened in Bahrain GP Free Practice 2?

Under the floodlights as darkness descended on the Persian Gulf island state, Hamilton set the pace straight from the start on softs at 1m30.751s, initially two tenths clear of Alonso and Leclerc.

Verstappen was only fourth after his first soft run – although he improved to third after taking a second push lap but was still four tenths off the pace. Hamilton’s team-mate Russell, meanwhile, had a small fire break out underneath the front floor of his car after some excessive sparking from its skidplate.

Hamilton bolted on a second set of softs just before the halfway point to record a faster time of 1m30.374s, four tenths clear of Ferrari’s testing pacesetter Carlos Sainz and Piastri. Russell and Alonso then jumped up to second and third respectively on their second runs on fresh rubber.

Verstappen could only manage sixth, 0.477s down on Hamilton, from Hulkenberg – as Haas enjoyed a much more comPetitive session – Lance Stroll (Aston), Leclerc and Sergio Perez (Red Bull).

Norris aborted his qualifying sim lap, and languished in last place, over 2s off the pace.