After the winter tests and free practice sessions, now it is time to find out the truth and see which team and driver are the fastest. The time for conjectures or attempts to improve is over, the traffic light will turn green and there will be no respite until the grid is in order. We will know very soon who has done their homework correctly and who has rested on their laurels during the winter. We have seen details in this time of testing, but surely they were nothing more than mirages, and not because we are in Bahrain, in F1 everyone tends to save their cards until the right moment. But that moment has come, let’s see the real order and who is the brave one who manages to take over the first pole of the year, the first of a new era in the category.
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Checo Pérez missed his last chance to improve his starting position, but he will be in contention for the podium at Sakhir.
The Mexican Czech Perez will start from fourth position Bahrain Grand Prix by qualifying with a time of 1:30.921 while Max Verstappen will start in the second. The surprise at the start of the season was Ferrariwho will start on pole with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in third place.
Czech Perez He didn’t go full throttle during the session and without major complications he advanced to eleventh position 1:32.311, a place where he was far from shining, but he didn’t put his place at risk either.
The first in the first round were Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, followed in third position by Max Verstappen,
Those who surprised were George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who were far from the leaders and had to settle for ninth and tenth place, respectively, almost a second behind the Monegasque.
In Q2 the Red Bull They decided to start from the first moments and in a first attempt Checo was placed in second place. Max Verstappen He was first once more and with new tires he set a 1:30.757, lowering the 1:31 mark. The Dutchman made an important difference with his rivals.
The surprise at first was the Danish Kevin Magnussen, who was in fourth place for most of the heat and had a time of 1:31.461. At the end light advance in seventh place to an unexpected Q3.
Czech Perez He advanced without much problem with the red compound behind Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclercwhile Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and Russell in sixth place.
The third round turned into a battle between Red Bull and Ferrarileaving aside Mercedes, the nominators of the hybrid era. those of the prancing Horse struck a first blow at the first opportunity with the first place of Carlos Sainz followed by Charles Leclerc.
Max Verstappen marked a 1:30.743 and only .056 hundredths of Sainz, while Czech Perez He had a first stopwatch of 1:31.013 and placed fourth.
At the second and last chance Max Verstappen managed to improve his time, but was surprised by Charles Leclerc. The Dutchman finished with a 1:30.681, while Leclerc was quicker by just .123 thousandths.
For its part, Lewis Hamilton He finished in fifth place and with no chance of fighting for being in the second row. The disappointment at his first opportunity was George Russell, who will start in ninth position and only ahead of Pierre Gasly.
Red Bull debuts new pontoons on the third day of testing
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The Austrian team has made an improvement to the pontoons and the floor
Pérez has set the best time as soon as he went out on the track
Red Bull has introduced a notable upgrade to the RB18. The Austrian team has debuted a new pontoon design on the third and final day of testing in Bahrain, as well as a new floor. ‘Checo’ Pérez has been in charge of testing it and apparently the results are positive.
It took the Mexican driver 50 minutes to get out on track this morning as the Red Bull engineers worked hard to introduce this update to the RB18. The Austrian team has released a nNew design of your car relating to the pontoons and the ground.
this update follows the Red Bull design philosophywhich was already seen in Barcelona and which they have also used in the first two days of testing in Bahrain, so it is not a great revolution, as if it were the Mercedes.
New pontoons and floor at the Red Bull
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Thus, the new pontoons are an evolution of the previous ones, which have a marked line in the center to achieve an aerodynamic improvement. Likewise, the upper part has also been modified, to redirect the flow of air.
As soon as you go out on the track with this new design Pérez has set the best time, so the sensations inside the Red Bull garage are very positive. For his part, Max Verstappen will be in charge of testing the new update this followingnoon.
The suspicions were real and have been confirmed: Mercedes has presented a revolutionary concept in the tests of Bahrain. And no, the replicas, the reproaches and the criticisms of the competition have not taken long to come out. Above all, by Red Bull. Although the team has tried to deny the statements of their team leader.
The Mercedes W13, the great revolution
The star team has done it once more. Many voices from the paddock assured that Mercedes was going to present itself in Sakhir with a groundbreaking design and the speculations have turned out to be true: the W13 of Lewis Hamilton and of George Russell it has no pontoons.
You have read correctly, the Bahrain car B has nothing to do with the version A shown in Barcelona. The Mercedes has completely slimmed down its image, recalling the absence of pontoons in the cars of past decades.
On a visual level, the change is impressive and has not left anyone indifferent. Now the sidepod cooling inlet has been narrowed and inverted. It’s just non-existent. To offset this radical philosophy, version 1.1 of the W13 has greatly increased the number of gills on the sidepods. Similarly, the radiators have been relocated for greater efficiency.
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The first complaints arrive
Mercedes’ metamorphosis in less than two weeks has been enormous and has raised the suspicions of rival teams. Specifically, Red Bull has been the most angry opponent. His team leader, Horner, has doubted the legality of the new German car, although the team itself has wanted to deny these statements. But they have arrived late and badly. Several journalists present in Sakhir have confirmed the words of the British manager.
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Beyond the controversies of the preseason and the possible use of legal loopholes in the regulation, this has not been the only novelty of Mercedes in the desert. The brand led by Toto Wolff has also introduced updates to both the flat bottom and the front wing.
However, not everything has been good news for the Germans in the first morning session. Hamilton has suffered a porpoising extreme and the mechanics had to correct it in the garage. In response, braces have been implemented towards the midway point of the session to prevent higher ground flexing and the British driver has started to bounce slightly inside his cockpit, although the roll has continued to be evident.
This is the Formula 1 of the present: only two hours of pre-season testing have had to pass before the Great Circus is already in a turmoil. And what we have left…
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