F1 2023 testing: Carlos Sainz lowers pace on second morning as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes loses bodywork
The Ferrari driver clocked a 1m32.486s - a new benchmark time of testing - on the second morning of running at Sakhir to edge Williams’ F1 rookie Logan Sargeant to the quick🧸est time.
Sargeant bolted on a set of Pirelli’s softest tyre to post a succession of fast laps during the final hour of Friday’s opening session, but the American fell 0.063s short of Sainz’s effort fr𒆙om earlier in the morning.
After catching the eye on the first day, Fernando Alonso continued to impress as he put his Aston Martin third on the morning timesheets, ahead of⭕ Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu.
Kevin Magnussen was fifth-fastest for Haas, ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez, who got his first proper chance to sample the RB19 ♛after reigning world champion Max Verstappen single-handedly completed Red Bull’s programme on Thursday.
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1)The seven-time world champion was not cꦡompletely happy with the balance of his W14 but was mainly focused on long ru🎀nning as he ended up eighth and 1.4s off the pace.
Lando Norris an𓂃d ꧒Yuki Tsunoda completed the rest of the order for McLaren and AlphaTauri respectively.
Friday’s action will resume in the afternoon, with all teams bar Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo and Williams swapping drivers duඣring the lunch break.
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