Oscar Pastari put an amazing pace for the leadership of his teammate Lando Norris at the top of the schedule, where McLaren was fatefully detonated their competitors in the final practice in the Grand Prix in Bahrain, which categorically confirms their position as great preferences to qualify.
Although the final practice, such as the opening session on Friday, is always less represented in SAKHIR, given that it occurs in warm circumstances in daylight compared to the evening sessions lit with floods and race, it seems that McLaren's superiority this week is clear, whatever the circumstances.
The MCL39 feature has proven to be especially clear in the third practice.
Piastri's 1: 31.646 was in rehabilitation simulator at the end of the session 0.8s faster than the first non-McLaren-Charles Ferrari Ferrari, who ranked third-and more than one second of the rest of the field.
Norris ranked second, but he was late for his Australian teammate by 0.668 seconds after making a mistake in what should have been the fastest roll in soft tires.
World champion Max Versaben, who was astonished last Saturday in Suzuka to demand a pole but he appears strongly against him to repeat here, only eighth with Lewis Hamilton in tenth place in Ferrari II.
Yuki Tsunoda appears firmly on the back foot before the second qualifying session of the main Red Bull after you left a problematic session without the time in last place.
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Nico Hulkenberg is forced to stop on the right track after being exposed to a technical problem with Sauber and comes out of the virtual safety car.
The husband of Mercedes George Russell, who was going on in the 10th round, and Kimi Antonelli in fourth and fifth in a row. But it seems that all potential McLaren competitors have a slight answer to the papaya cars that run Bahrain before the battle for the center at 5 pm.
“McLaren's philosophy is not a boat show, it is to perform when it matters,” he said. Sky SPORTS F1's Caron Chandoc.
“When we get to the rehabilitation of the gap, it will not be large, but their car works well, so that it is at the hottest temperatures able to generate a grip and strength below and let drivers go to the lap without high tire temperature like others. It is less evil.”
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GP table in Sky SPORTS F1
Saturday, April 12
- 3.10 pm: f2 sprint
- 4.10 pm: Rehabilitation accumulation in Bahrain GP
- 5 pm: Bahrain's rehabilitation GP
- 7 pm: qualification TED book
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Martin Brundle from Sky SPORTS F1 breaks the best chances of winning the Bahrain Grand Prix
Sunday, April 13
- 10.50 am: F3 Features
- 12.20 pm: F2 Features
- 2.30 pm: Bahrain GP Build-up: Grand Prix Sunday
- 4 pm: Bahrain Grand race
- 6 pm: Bahrain's reaction GP: the volatile flag
- 7 pm: Ted Book
Formula 1 continues its triple president at SAKHIR in the Big Bahrain race this week, on the air on Sky SPORTS F1. Stream Sky SPORTS at now – no contract, cancellation at any time