The Formula 1 World Championship has started rolling in the Sakhir circuit, with the first of the three days of the Bahrain GP. And the premiere could not have been more promising for Fernando Alonso in his new adventure with Aston Martin. The Asturian driver was second, between the two Red Bulls, in the morning practice session but in the afternoon his performance was even better and Alonso ended the day as the fastest. He has not had the same luck Carlos Sainzwho started 14th.
Bahrain GP. Free 2:
1st Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1’30″907 (22)
2nd Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1’31″076 +00″169 (21)
3rd Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 1’31″078 +00″171 (23)
4th Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1’31″367 +00″460 (23)
5th Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) 1’31″376 +00″469 (22)
6th Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 1’31″450 +00″543 (24)
7th Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1’31″475 +00″568 (21)
8th Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’31″543 +00″636 (24)
9th Lando Norris (McLaren) 1’31″570 +00″663 (24)
10th Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1’31″586 +00″679 (24)
11th Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 1’31″608 +00″701 (22)
12th Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1’31″793 +00″886 (25)
13th George Russell (Mercedes) 1’31″882 +00″975 (22)
14th Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1’31″956 +01″049 (25)
15th Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1’32″024 +01″117 (24)
16th Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1’32″110 +01″203 (16)
17th Alex Albon (Williams) 1’32″440 +01″533 (25)
18th Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1’32″525 +01″618 (25)
19th Nyck De Vries (AlphaTauri) 1’32″605 +01″698 (25)
20th Logan Sargeant (Williams) 1’32″749 +01″842 (26)