Lewis Hamilton topped the 2nd practice session of today with his team mate George Russell 0.206 behind. Alonso took 3rd with Sainz and Piastri 4th & 5th. Max Verstappen finished 6th with his team mate 9th. Norris ended the session last after making a mistake on his qualifying run. After doing their qualifying simulations the Redbull was almost half a second down on the Mercedes but the Redbull showed its strength in the long run pace and unexpectedly Oscar Piastri looked strong over his long runs on the Soft tyre matching the Redbull 1'36 pace.
After this practice session qualifying tomorrow night is looking wide open
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Daniel Ricciardo topped the times of todays 1st Practice in Bahrain on the Soft tyres. Only Ricciardo, his RB team mate Tsunoda and the 2 Mclaren cars ran the Soft tyres with the fastest Medium tyre runner being Fernando Alonso in 5th with this Aston Martin. Max Verstappen ended the session in 6th and complained multiple times about the gear shifts of his Redbull. His team mate Sergio Perez finished in 12th behind the Ferrari of Sainz while his team mate Leclerc finished in 8th behind the Mercedes of George Russell and Bottas got his Stake Sauber into the top 10 behind Hamilton in 9th.
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Writer @f1journal.co.uk After a surprising result in Practice 2 and the Mercedes finding some real speed we hadn't see so far in 2024, it was a hotly anticipated Practice 3 before the cars show their true pace in Qualifying later today. Practice 3
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When the 2 Mercedes crossed the line and improved, it knocked Tsunoda and Stroll down both cars we thought had the speed to get through. Q3
All in all Qualifying only made the excitement for tomorrows race even greater. Lets hope we see lots of on track battles that include Verstappen this season!!! ON TO THE RACE......... Joanna Blackmore
Writer @f1journal.co.uk It's here!! Finally!!! The first race of the 2024 Formula 1 season! We have all waited patiently and we can now really see how all the team have shaken out. The only real change this year for the race is to when the DRS is activated. Previously it wasn't active till lap 3. In 2024 DRS is available at the end of the 1st lap making it harder for the man in 1st to run away as quickly. Lets get down to business and recap the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix All car started on the Soft Tyre
Sainz was relentless in his pursuit of Leclerc who put up a great fight but as soon as he lost the benefit of the DRS from Perez ahead he was a sitting duck for Sainz who was driving like he had a point to prove! Lap 10 Hamilton finally got past Alonso and again we didn't see Alonso put up any kind of fight, its not a Fernando this writer has ever seen and I've watched his whole career. We momentarily saw a yellow flag for Sargeant going into the run off area of turn 1 but he got going again and the track was back to green. Lap 11 job done for Sainz as he went along side his team mate at turn one and force Leclerc to bail off the racing line and Sainz was gone and off to catch Perez in 3rd.
Lap 41 found Leclerc much happier with the front end of his car and chasing down 4th place man Russell. They had a great lap by lap battle until on lap 46 Russell went deep into turn 11 allowing Leclerc to slip past and off down the road, pushing George back to 5th and in front of an advancing Lando Norris.
Joanna Blackmore
Writer @f1journal.co.uk Welcome 1 and all to the 2024 Formula 1 season!! After what felt like an endless off season, that one could argue was as action packed as a lot of the on track escapades of 2023 and the 3 days of sandbagging that was 2024 testing, its great to be on track and enjoying the sights and sounds of the Formula 1 circus in all its glory. So lets get into all the action from Practice 1 & 2 at Bahrain on a Thursday for the 1st time. Practice 1- Very Windy All started on Medium Tyre
40 minutes to go and running was consistent and again we can only admire the reliability of the 2024 grid, although Verstappen was not happy with his gear changes complaining over the radio that his up and down shifts were making the whole car jump. As the track went quiet after some long running the Mclarens who had spent a fair amount of time in the garage making changes came back out and started their Soft tyre running with Piastri going top by almost half a second before Norris went faster yet also on the Soft tyre beating his team mates time by 0.212. The RB's also decided it was time for the Soft tyre runs and on his first run Ricciardo set the fastest time beating the Mclaren of Norris by jusy 0.032. Bottas had also done his first soft tyre run but could only manage 8th fastest.
Practice 2 Very Wind all starting on Soft tyres
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Writer @F1journal.co.uk FINALLY THE 1ST RACE OF 2024 IS HERE!! After a solid 3 days of what was clearly sandbagging from all the teams in testing, there are still a lot of question marks over every ones pace. How far ahead are Redbull? Who is closest to Redbull? How does the top 4 shake out? All questions that won't be answered before late Practice 3 or even Q3 on Friday. But for everything else you need to know for the season opener the Official F1 Journal Track Guide is your one stop shop for all the stats and facts you need. Race Stats
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Enjoy the weekend guy and remember the race is on Saturday!!
Joanna Blackmore Writer @f1journal.co.uk Winter testing has come and gone like a flash and for all the teams we saw a level of reliability that is not only rare in F1 but also a testament to the quality of teams and factories currently taking part in formula 1 2024. Here is your quick team by team round up after the 3 days of testing. REDBULL |
Verstappen- Day 1 Laps Completed-143 Fastest Time- 1'31.344 C3 Over all place for the day- 1st Day 2 Laps completed- N/A Fastest Time- N/A Over all place for the day- N/A Day 3 Laps Completed-66 Fastest Time- 1'30.755 Over all place for the day- 4th Perez- Day 1 Laps completed- N/A Fastest Time- N/A Overall place for day- N/A Day 2 Laps Completed-129 Fastest Lap- 1'30.679 C3 Overall place for the day- 2nd Day 3 Laps Completed-53 Fastest Lap-1'31.4831 Overall place for the day- 10th |
Ferrari
Total Laps Completed- 416
Sainz- Day 1 Laps Completed-69 Fastest Lap- 1'32.584 C3 Overall place for the day- 3rd Day 2 Laps Completed- 84 Fastest Lap- 1'29.921 C4 Overall place for the day- 1st Day 3 Laps Completed-71 Fastest Lap- 1'31.247 Overall Place for the day- 9th Leclerc- Day 1 Laps Completed-64 Fastest Lap-1'33.247 C3 Overall place for the day- 7th Day 2 Laps Completed- 54 Fastest Lap- 1'31.750 C3 Overall place for the day- 6th Day 3 Laps Completed- 74 Fastest Lap- 1'30.322 Overall Place for the day- 1st |
Mclaren
Total laps Completed- 328
Norris- Day 1 Laps Completed-73 Fastest Lap- 1'32.484 C3 Overall place for the day- 2nd Day 2 Laps Completed- 52 Fastest Lap- 1'31.256 C3 Overall place for the day- 4th Day 3 Laps Completed- 20 Fastest Lap- 1'32.108 Overall Place for the day- 14th Piastri- Day 1 Laps Completed-57 Fastest Lap- 1'33.658 C3 Overall place for the day- 9th Day 2 Laps Completed- 35 Fastest Lap- 1'32.328 C3 Overall place for the day- 10th Day 3 Laps Completed- 91 Fastest Lap- 1'31.030 Overall Place for the day- 7th |
Mercedes
Total Lap Count-361
Russell- Day 1 Laps Completed-122 Fastest Lap-1'34.109 C2 Overall place for the day- 12th Day 2 Laps Completed- N/A Fastest Lap- N/A Overall place for the day-N/A Day 3 Laps Completed- 67 Fastest Lap- 1'30.368 C4 Overall Place for the day- 2nd Hamilton- Day 1 Laps Completed-N/A Fastest Lap-N/A Overall place for the day-N/A Day 2 Laps Completed- 123 Fastest Lap- 1'31.066 C3 Overall place for the day- 3rd Day 3 Laps Completed-49 Fastest Lap- 1'31.999 C5 Overall Place for the day-12th |
Aston Martin
Total Lap Count- 379
Alonso- Day 1 Laps Completed- 77 Fastest Lap- 1'33.385 C3 Overall place for the day- 8th Day 2 Laps Completed-31 Fastest Lap- 1'33.053 C3 Overall place for the day-12th Day 3 Laps Completed- 75 Fastest Lap- 1'31.159 C3 Overall Place for the day- 8th Stroll- Day 1 Laps Completed-54 Fastest Lap- 1'33.007 C3 Overall place for the day- 6th Day 2 Laps Completed- 96 Fastest Lap- 1'32.029 C3 Overall place for the day- 7th Day 3 Laps Completed- 46 Fastest Lap- 1'32.038 C3 Overall Place for the day- 13th |
RB(VISA Cashapp blah blah)
Total Lap Count- 358
Ricciardo- Day 1 Laps Completed-52 Fastest Lap- 1'32.599 C3 Overall place for the day- 4th Day 2 Laps Completed- 88 Fastest Lap- 1'31.361 C4 Overall place for the day- 5th Day 3 Laps Completed- 70 Fastest Lap- 1'37.015 C1 Overall Place for the day- 19th Tsunoda- Day 1 Laps Completed- 64 Fastest Lap- 1'34.136 C3 Overall place for the day- 13th Day 2 Laps Completed-31 Fastest Lap- 1'38.074 C3 Overall place for the day-17th Day 3 Laps Completed- 53 Fastest Lap- 1'30.775 C4 Overall Place for the day- 5th |
Alpine
Total Lap Count-334
Ocon- Day 1 Laps Completed- 60 Fastest Lap- 1'34.677 C2 Overall place for the day- 16th Day 2 Laps Completed-78 Fastest Lap- 1'32.062 C3 Overall place for the day-8th Day 3 Laps Completed- 55 Fastest Lap- 1'33.079 C3 Overall Place for the day- 17th Gasly- Day 1 Laps Completed- 61 Fastest Lap 1'32.805 C3 Overall place for the day- 5th Day 2 Laps Completed- 33 Fastest Lap- 1'33.804 C3 Overall place for the day- 14th Day 3 Laps Completed-47 Fastest Lap- 1'32.149 C3 Overall Place for the day- 15th |
Kick(Sauber)
Total Lap Count-379
Bottas- Day 1 Laps Completed- 68 Fastest Lap- 1'34.431 C3 Overall place for the day- 14th Day 2 Laps Completed- 97 Fastest Lap- 1'132.227 C3 Overall place for the day- 9th Day 3 Laps Completed-28 Fastest Lap- 1'33.528 C3 Overall Place for the day- 18th Zhou- Day 1 Laps Completed- 63 Fastest Lap- 1'33.871 C3 Overall place for the day- 10th Day 2 Laps Completed- 38 Fastest Lap- 1'33.715 C3 Overall place for the day- 13th Day 3 Laps Completed-85 Fastest Lap- 1'30.647 C4 Overall Place for the day- 3rd |
Williams
Total Lap Count- 299
Albon- Day 1 Laps Completed- 40 Fastest Lap- 1'34.587 C3 Overall place for the day- 15th Day 2 Laps Completed- N/A Fastest Lap- N/A Overall place for the day-N/A Day 3 Laps Completed- 121 Fastest Lap- 1'30.984 C4 Overall Place for the day- 6th Sargeant- Day 1 Laps Completed- 21 Fastest Lap- 1'33.882 C3 Overall place for the day- 11th Day 2 Laps Completed- 117 Fastest Lap- 1'32.576 C3 Overall place for the day- 11th Day 3 Laps Completed- N/A Fastest Lap- N/A Overall Place for the day- N/A |
HAAS
Total Lap Count-441
313131Magnussen- Day 1 Laps Completed-66 Fastest Lap- 1'35.692 C3 Overall place for the day- 17th Day 2 Laps Completed- 93 Fastest Lap- 1'36.611 C3 Overall place for the day- 15th Day 3 Laps Completed-80 Fastest Lap- 1'33.053 C3 Overall Place for the day- 16th Hulkenberg- Day 1 Laps Completed- 82 Fastest Lap- 1'35.906 C3 Overall place for the day- 18th Day 2 Laps Completed-31 Fastest Lap- 1'37.509 C3 Overall place for the day- 16th Day 3 Laps Completed- 89 Fastest Lap- 1'31.666 C3 Overall Place for the day- 11th |
So all we really know is that we watched 3 days of sandbagging and that the Redbull is still best car. Other than that, on the eve of the 1st Race week of 2024 we know very little about how the rest of the top 4 will shake out or who will top the midfield. How ever the cards will fall we only have 6 days till those red light go out and we see in earnest who is capable of what.
Joanna Blackmore
Writer @F1Journal.co.uk
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