Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was able to seize the lead on the second day of the official Aramco Formula One tests for the 2024 season of the Formula One World Championship, achieving the fastest time in the tests that conclude its activities tomorrow, Friday, at the Bahrain International Circuit, “the home of motorsport in the Middle East.”
The Bahrain International Circuit invited motorsport fans and enthusiasts to attend the closing days of the Aramco Formula One testing days, and to follow up on the Formula One teams’ preparations for the opening of the championship season.
The second day of winter testing at the Bahrain International Circuit ended with Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz achieving the fastest time, ahead of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. The second day of testing began at exactly ten in the morning, as Ferrari appeared fast from the beginning with Charles Leclerc in the lead. , in light of Red Bull driver Sergio Perez facing some problems with his car’s brakes, as he was in his team’s garage for some time, completing the fewest laps with only 20 laps.
This day was formed; The first time Perez drives a Red Bull car after his teammate Max Verstappen drove it all day yesterday. The Dutchman was scheduled to drive in the evening, but after Perez’s problems, the team preferred to keep the Mexican in the cockpit.
Perez put on a new set of tires during the last hour of testing to succeed in recording the second fastest time behind Carlos Sainz, who used the other set of tires.
Sainz was able to record the fastest time of 1 minute and 29.921 seconds, 0.758 seconds ahead of Perez, while Lewis Hamilton finished third today after recording a fast lap during the final minutes.
This caused Lando Norris to lose his second position and drop to fourth, 1.3 seconds away.
In fifth place, Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo came with the RB team on the faster C4 tires, ahead of morning leader Leclerc, in addition to Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll, and Alpine driver Esteban Ocon.
Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri completed the top ten despite only competing in the morning session.
Like Perez and Hamilton, Logan Sargent was behind the wheel of the Williams car throughout the day, as the American driver finished in 11th place overall, noting that he is participating in his second season in the Formula One championship.
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), Joe Guanio (Sauber) and Piper Gasly (Alpine) completed less than 40 laps during the morning. The Haas duo of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg also completed the next positions, and Yuki Tsunoda was the slowest driver out of the 17 drivers who participated today.
The trials are being held in preparation for the launch of the new season of the world championship in 2024, through the opening round of the world championship through the Gulf Air Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix, which will start next week, specifically from February 29 to March 2.
With the start of testing yesterday, the countdown continues to the start of the race, which represents the twentieth anniversary of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s hosting of Formula One races under the name “20 Years of Making History,” and the launch of the Bahrain Grand Prix as the first and opening round of the Formula One World Championship for the 2024 season, next weekend.
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