As of 8 in the morning (Spanish time) this Thursday, the traffic lights of the circuit of sakhir for the Bahrain pre-season tests to officially begin. Three days of tests in which the teams of Formula 1 They will draw their last conclusions before the championship begins.
Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso They will be on this day, although in different shifts. The Ferrari driver will drive in the morning and the Aston Martin driver in the afternoon session, starting at 1:00 p.m. the brazilian Philip Drugovich will be in charge of ‘launching’ the AMR23 in the morning.
In Red Bull it will only appear max verstappen, who will be on track in both sessions. Regarding Mercedes, George Russell will be in the morning shift and Lewis Hamilton, in the afternoon
Alpine will give way to Pierre Gasley starting at 8 a.m., with Esteban Ocon coinciding with Alonso on track in the afternoon. At McLaren, Oscar Piastri He will be the first to jump onto the track before his new teammate, Lando Norris.
guanyu zhou (Alfa Romeo) Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) and alexander albon (Williams) will complete the day tomorrow.
Alonso is ahead of everyone
Alonso has signed this Wednesday a ‘demonstration event’ of 15 kilometers on the Sakhir circuit. A total of four laps around the outer ring of the circuit, where the 2020 Grand Prix was held. The two-time champion has overtaken everyone.
What will happen on Friday and Saturday?
Aston Martin is the only team that has not yet confirmed which line-up it will use for the next two days. The accident of Lance Stroll of bicycle has altered all the plans of the green team. And the Canadian is even a doubt to be in the first race, also in Bahrain.
