F1 2023 testing: Max Verstappen heads Fernando Alonso on opening day
The reigning world champion found further improvement in his brand-new RB19 to set a 1m32.837 and💛 retain ♐top spot in the second session on the first day of running at Sakhir.
Verstappen, who is looking to become just the fifth driver i൲n F1 history to win three consecutive world championships, complete🎃d a mammoth 157 laps as he outpaced new Aston Martin recruit Alonso by just 0.029s.
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Lap times mean very little this early on in testing, but Alonso certainly grabbed attention with a flurry of quick laps in the final hour of t꧒he day, having in💝itially been stuck in the garage with floor damage.
It marked a decent turnaround for Aston Martin, who started the day on the back foot when electricaꦜl gremlins brought Felipe Drugovich to a halt and caused the only red flag interruption of the day.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz’s best lap from the morning was good enough to keep him inside the top three, narrowly ahead of Ferrari teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc, who ꧋took over behind the wheel of the SF-23 after the lunch break.
It was not the cleanest of starts to testing for McLaren, with the team forced into lengthy wheel brow repairs which initially restricted168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris’ run programme.
Norris ended the day fifth fastest, som🗹e six-tenths down on Verstappen’s benchmark time.
Seven-time world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton got his 🍸first proper taste of dꦅriving Mercedes’ W14 in the afternoon and finished 0.671s behind his 2021 title rival.
Mercedes were pleased to report they exp𒁃erienced “no bouncing”, 12 months on from their troubled test in Bahrain in which their W13 was🍰 plagued by severe porpoising.
Completing the rest of the top 10 were 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and F1 rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez was the 🌌only driver not in action on Thursday as Verstappen completed a full day b𒐪ehind the wheel of the RB19.
The second day of pre-season testing gets undeꦺrway at 7am U🙈K time on Friday.
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