[F1] – Good evening dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back with the appointment dedicated to the direct written session of the second free practice session on Gran Premio at Sakhir. After the great scare experienced last Sunday with Romain Grosjean, Formula 1 returns to the track in Bahrain on a completely new layout, short and very fast, which represents a real challenge for teams and drivers. Many news on the track, from George Russell driving the Mercedes instead of Lewis Hamilton (stopped by Covid) to the debut of Pietro Fittipaldi with Haas and Jack Aitken with Williams.
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19.29 – Both Red Bull drivers complain of a lot of understeer on their respective RB16s
19.27 – Vettel is back on track with a new set of tires Soft. The German is in P16
19.24 – Verstappen is improving, but he has to settle for second place just over a tenth from Russell
19.22 – Verstappen is third after his attempt with rubber Soft, 156 thousandths from Russell and three from Perez
19.19 – Bottas still wide in turn 8, but this time the Finn lifts his foot directly
19.18 – Meanwhile, we can confirm that Hamilton will certainly not be able to participate in the last Grand Prix of the year in Abu Dhabi, even if it turns out to be negative at the next buffer. According to the rule established in this season finale, anyone who tests positive in Bahrain will not be able to be present in Abu Dhabi
19.17 – Canceled the time of Bottas, who went too wide in turn 8. Russell takes advantage and leads in 54.713 without having made any partial records
19.16 – Bottas heads in 0:54.506 setting the record in the second and third sector. Russell launches himself, but he will have some traffic ahead of him
19.15 – Bad passage on a curb for Vettel, who complains over the radio about the driveability of his SF1000. At the moment the German is in P16 behind Latifi
19.12 – We begin to get to the heart of the qualification simulations. Ocon sets the record in the first sector, Perez takes the lead in 54.866
19.12 – Good lap of Fittipaldi, who with Soft rubber goes to P17 at 10 thousandths from Magnussen
19.10 – Kvyat, Stroll and Ricciardo improve, climbing respectively in P3, P4 and P15. Giovinazzi is twelfth with Alfa Romeo
19.09 – !! YELLOW FLAG !! Another spin for Vettel, which also risks hitting Magnussen’s Haas
Near miss! ????
Vettel spins and almost collides with Magnussen – the Haas driver does very well to stay out of his way!#SakhirGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/3V72Eir3Qw
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19.05 – From Ferrari they let it be known that Leclerc’s SF1000 had a problem with a drive shaft
19.04 – Aitken improves and climbs in P17 with a tenth advantage over his teammate Latifi. The progression of Williams’ young Anglo-Korean continues
19.02 – Steiner (Haas): “We set the deadline for Tuesday evening to decide whether Grosjean will make it to Abu Dhabi or not. If he is not ready, it is useless for him to come with us to Yas Marina, he can already go home “
19.01 – The provisional ranking after the first 30 minutes
19.00 – Fittipaldi’s Haas is on the stands, but the driver remains in the cockpit. In the meantime, Albon improves, climbing in P3
18.59 – Russell is in P8 with rubber Hard. Work different from the others for Mercedes in this first phase of PL2
18.58 – Albon closes his first lap and gets fourth behind Verstappen, Ocon and Bottas
18.57 – Leclerc is out of the car and observes the mechanics at work on his Ferrari
18.56 – Verstappen begins to dictate the pace in 55.043. The Dutchman mounts tires Medium
18.55 – Bottas is second at 136 thousandths from Ocon. The Finn mounts tires Hard
18.54 – Gasly and Kvyat climb into P3 and P4 behind Perez and ahead of Ricciardo’s second Renault. Vettel improves and climbs to P9
18.53 – Bottas comes along at the last corner before his first attempt and decides to lift his foot and re-prepare the lap
18.51 – Norris reports a possible damage to the bottom of his McLaren. Ocon improves and lowers the limit in 55.185
18.49 – George Russell goes to the track after a starting test
18.46 – Leclerc manages to bring his SF1000 back to the pits, with the mechanics who recovered it at the entrance to the pit lane
Charles Leclerc is stuck in 6th gear ????
He limps back to the garage…
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18.45 – Problems for Leclerc after setting the record in the first sector. The Monegasque has lost the accelerator after passing a curb and tries to reach the garage as best he can
18.44 – !! YELLOW FLAG !! Vettel spun in turn 2. The German, who was on his first lap on Medium tires, starts again without consequences
18.43 – Perez improves and moves to P2 about two tenths from Ocon
18.42 – The first Ferrari goes to the track: it is that of Sebastian Vettel
18.41 – Ocon begins to dictate the pace in 55.210 with Medium tires. Ricciardo follows at over four tenths, then the two Racing Points. Long strange for Raikkonen in turn 1, after an apparent blocking of the rear
18.40 – Small misunderstanding between Aitken and Magnussen, who risk contact
18.39 – The two Racing Points of Perez and Stroll, Ricciardo, Kvyat and Aitken, also go to the track
18.38 – Sainz takes the lead in 55.699, followed by Norris, Raikkonen and Giovinazzi by more than three tenths
18.37 – Juri Vips, confirmed third Red Bull and AlphaTauri driver for this weekend, closely follows Alex Albon’s preparation work
18.36 – Raikkonen, Giovinazzi, Sainz, Norris and Magnussen are launched. All with Medium except Kimi, who mounts the Hard
18.34 – Fittipaldi sets the reference in 56.949
18.32 – Fittipaldi sets off for his first fastest lap of this session
18.31 – Fittipaldi is the first to hit the track with tires Medium after having performed a starting test
18.30 – GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT! The second free practice session of the Sakhir Grand Prix begins
18.25 – The concentration and concerns of Valtteri Bottas when there are five minutes left for the start of FP2
18.20 – Some problems with the mirrors for Gasly during PL1
Brand new layout
George Russell in a Mercedes
Two new drivers out on track
And… mirror trouble for Pierre ????
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18.15 – Many surprises in F2 qualifying: Ilott will start ninth, Schumacher only 18th and protagonist of a contact with Nissany
F2 | Sakhir, qualifying: Tsunoda on pole, Schumacher disaster
18.10 – New version of his helmet for Sebastian Vettel
18.05 – The three dry compounds made available by Pirelli for this weekend
18.00 – Toto Wolff talked about Lewis Hamilton’s physical condition after discovering positivity at Covid-19
Wolff: “Hamilton is not very well”
17.55 – Michael Masi explained that the particular nature of the circuit will not change the assessments regarding possible obstacle maneuvers in qualifying and in the race
Risk impeeding, Masi (FIA) promises attention
17.50 – Pierre Gasly, sixth after FP1, spoke about the critical points of Sakhir’s outer track
Gasly and Sakhir: “Aggressive curbs”
17.45 – Russell’s fastest lap in FP1
PL1 Sakhir: Russell’s best lap – VIDEO
17.40 – Ferrari has confirmed that Simone Resta will switch to Haas from 1 January 2021
Ferrari: from 2021 Simone Resta joins Haas
17.35 – The clues from PL1: Russell immediately at ease, Ferrari (as expected) with some difficulty
PL1 Sakhir: Russell very effective, Ferrari for now with clipping
17.30 – We start our live with the results of PL1, which saw George Russell immediately stand out at his first official outing with Mercedes
GP Sakhir 2020 – PL1 Results
