Her new season Formula 1 started for the 2024 with the first day of winter testing at his track Bahrain.
Each day is divided into two parts, with the morning leg from 9:00 to 13:00, followed by the afternoon from 14:00 to 18:00.
During the first four hours of the test, o Max Verstappen he was fastest, on the C3 tyre, as he recorded a time 7 tenths faster Charles Leclerc. The RB20 was presented in its entirety, with sidepods and ultra-slim air intakes attracting the attention of photographers and rival teams.
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THE Fernando Alonso he drove the morning leg for Aston Martin, completing over 70 laps in the AMR24, while posting the third best performance.
THE Oscar Piastri he was slow to start his program for McLaren, but when he did he reached 50 laps and wrote the 4th year.
Behind him was Yuki Tsunoda with VCARB 01, writing close to 60 rounds.
Had a problem with the hybrid PU George Russellwith the Mercedes engineers spending a few minutes fixing it, resulting in him losing some time and staying under 50 laps.
THE Valtteri Bottas he did not go unnoticed in the green fluorescent Sauber, in 7th place.
The only one who stopped on the track in the whole 4 hours was o Alex Albon. The Thai had completed 40 laps when he suddenly came to a halt with around 20 minutes remaining in the leg, the yellow flag alerting the drivers to Williams' off-track presence.
EstebanOcon and Kevin Magnussen they rounded out the top ten, both with several laps.
The ranking in detail:
- Verstappen, Red Bull, 1:32.548 – 66 laps
- Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:33.247 – 61 laps
- Alonso, Aston Martin, 1:33.385 – 77 laps
- Piastri, McLaren, 1:33.658 – 50 laps
- Tsunoda, VCARB, 1:34.136 – 58 laps
- Russell, Mercedes, 1:34.230 – 44 laps
- Bottas, Sauber, 1:34.431 – 64 laps
- Albon, Williams, 1:34.587 – 40 laps
- Ocon, Alpine, 1:34.677 – 58 laps
- Magnussen, Haas, 1:35.692 – 62 laps
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