Charles Leclerc led his Ferrari on the final day of the 2024 F1 Bahrain test, with George Russell and Guanyu Chou occupying second and third places.
The third day of the 2024 F1 Bahrain test was similar to the second day, when the drain cover came off at the same location early in the morning, resulting in a red flag suspension. Repairs took hours, as the decision was made to cancel the lunch break.
Then I set the clock to run straight until 7pm local time. After that it ran smoothly without any interruptions. Ferrari remained in the lead for the second day in a row thanks to Leclerc, who recorded his 1m30.322m lap, this time on his C5 compound.
He completed his lap fairly early in the session and finished second, with Mercedes driver Russell closing in on him by 0.046 seconds. The Briton recorded a lap time of 1:30.368 minutes on the C4 compound at the end of the day, as did Guan Yu of the Stakes F1 team (1:30.647 minutes).
His lap in C4 came just as F1 was testing virtual safety cars, safety cars and red flag systems. Fast laps from Russell and Guan Yu dropped Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to fourth place. Max Verstappen showed good pace after setting a time on the C3 compound.
Visa Cash App RB’s Yuki Tsunoda and Williams’ Alexander Albon finished 5th and 6th thanks to late improvements on their C4 compound. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri finished seventh, unlike Lando Norris, after the Australian controlled most of the race.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso finished eighth ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, while Red Bull’s Sergio Perez finished in the top 10. Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg finished 11th, ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who had set the best time on the C4 compound earlier in the day. I drove.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll was 13th, ahead of McLaren’s Norris, who had limited time due to issues that needed to be fixed. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly had his day end a little early after his front right wheel cover broke during one lap, finishing 15th.
The Australian’s teammate Esteban Ocon was 17th behind Haas’s Kevin Magnussen, the stakes F1 team’s Valtteri Bottas was 18th and Visa Cash Up RB’s Daniel Ricciardo was 19th. set a personal best time on C1 terrain.
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This is what the drivers said after the second day of the 2024 F1 Bahrain test
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