F1: Bahrain Grand Prix, Practice 3 and Qualifying: LIVE –
Friday’s training in Bahrain was full of drama, from big falls to stray dogs on the track.
Many drivers tested new Pirelli tires for the 2021 season and fought for speed and grip. In the second session, Red Bull’s Max Stappen spun around in the final corner, but it was his teammate Alex Albon who suffered a monster shunt.
The third practice session on Saturday and qualifying will be just as interesting!
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Albon suffers a serious crash
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FRIDAY REPORT:
It was a day of inconsistent levels of action, punctuated by red flags, when Alex Albon crashed his Red Bull and then a stray dog on the circuit.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton led the hours list in both sessions, while Max Verstappen came second in the last session.
In FP2, his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas was third in front of Sergio Perez from Racing Point, Daniel Ricciardo from Renault and Pierre Gasly from Alpha Tauri.
Lando Norris was seventh for McLaren ahead of Lance Stroll in the second Racing Point, Daniil Kvyat in the second Alpha Tauri and the hapless Albon, who was fighting for his Red Bull seat but crashed badly and destroyed his car.
His crash occurred in the middle of the second floodlit session at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. The right side of his Red Bull car was badly damaged and both wheels only got caught on the lines. The team announced on Saturday that they would be using a new chassis for the remainder of the weekend.
Albon admitted he pushed too hard as he ran away on the final corner and agreed with the universal riders’ view of the new tires they tested.
“The prototype tires we used in the beginning – they’re not a lot of fun so we’ll see how it goes next year … they’re slow and not very grippy.
It got even stranger when the drivers returned to the track – only to be accompanied by a curious stray dog. This led to Ferrari’s Vettel singing Baha men Song “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
The pressured Red Bull star’s happy escape after leaving the car in crumpled chaos
Lewis Hamilton makes an effort to “say nothing” before letting go
Vettel is amused by Streaker
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Bahrain GP Free Practice Two Results:
1) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1: 28.971
2) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.347
3) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) +0.365
4) Sergio Perez (race point) +0.432
5) Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) +0.491
6) Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) +0.580
7) Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.870
8) Lance Stroll (Racing Point) +0,900
9) Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) +0.929
10) Alexander Albon (Red Bull) +1,043
11) Esteban Ocon (Renault) +1,114
12) Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) +1,139
13) Carlos Sainz (McLaren) +1,300
14) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +1,436
15) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) +1.656
16) Kevin Magnussen (Haas) +1,878
17) Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) +1,957
18) Nicholas Latifi (Williams) +2,002
19) Romain Grosjean (Haas) +2,148
20) George Russell (Williams) +2,665
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