F1 Pre-season Testing: Result After Day 2 of Testing in Bahrain

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 24/02/2023
F1 Pre-season Testing: Result After First Session of Bahrain Day 2

F1 drivers have returned to the track for day 2 of pre-season testing in Bahrain. On day 1, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped the time sheets, while Fernando Alonso surprisingly finished second.

The Dutchman clocked 1:32.837 on the timesheets, with Fernando Alonso staying on second by clocking 1:32.866 on day 1. With the conclusion of session 1 of Day 2, there is already a bit of a change in the timesheet. So far, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has been at the top of the chart, clocking 1:32.486 after completing 54 laps.

Following in the second position is Williams’ Logan Sargeant with 1:32.063. He was one-thousandth of a second quicker than Alonso and four-tenths slower than Carlos Sainz.

The second session of Day 2 testing will take place in Bahrain at 12:15 GMT as part of the three-day test.

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F1 pre-season test result: Day 2 Session 1

Driver Team Time  Laps
Carlos Sainz  Ferrari 1:32.486 70
Logan Sargeant Williams 1:32.063 84
Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:32.483 64
Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo +0.684 43
Kevin Magnussen Haas +0.956 67
Esteban Ocon Alpine +1.004 49
Sergio Perez Red Bull +1.265 76
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +1.468 72
Lando Norris McLaren +3.036 65
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +3.222 85

What is the driver line-up for session 2?

One driver of each team has already run the set-up on their cars in session 1. Now it’s time for session 2 to begin. These three days of testing are key for the teams to a broad understanding of their new cars. It helps them recognise the problems and fix it before the lights out at the first race of the 2023 season.

Team Session One Session Two
Red Bull Perez Verstappen
Ferrari Sainz Leclerc
Mercedes Hamilton Russell
Alpine Ocon Gasly
McLaren Norris Piastri
Alfa Romeo Zhou Zhou
Aston Martin Alonso Alonso
Haas Magnussen Hulkenberg
AlphaTauri Tsunoda De Vries
Williams Sargeant Sargeant

F1 pre-season test result: Day 2 Session 2

The following session brought back the reigning world champion Max Verstappen, who had the whole day in his name. Like on Day 1, the Dutchman didn’t dominate the evening session.

Instead, Alfa Roemo’s Guanyu Zhou saw himself at the top of the grid. But the person following him wasn’t a surprise, as Verstappen sealed a P2. Aston Martin, whose rivals have hyped up, saw Fernando Alonso finishing third in the order.

Amidst all of this, some of the chaos was apparent. Mercedes’ George Russell had to retire off a hydraulic issue, which prompted marshals to airlift his car, and it was only allowed once Mercedes mechanics covered the floor so that nobody could see it.

Meanwhile, Williams also saw a strange situation when it was standing still in the pitlane. Though, David Croft revealed that Williams was probably doing a dress rehearsal.

While Zhou comfortably sealed his P1, he appeared to have technical struggles during the virtual safety car. Then, it was observed that Alfa Romeo mechanics were dragging his car protected by a yellow-flag-waving marshal.

With this, the second day of the testing is over, and the F1 teams will finally appear on Saturday for the last two sessions. After this, the teams are set to compete next weekend in the first race of the season

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Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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About the author

Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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