2023 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, March 03 - 05

[DGP123]

FP1 of the first race of the season and we already have pundits talking directly over team radios.

This is going to be another painful year.

Pinkham & Schiff opening the season was always going to be painful

[johnny comelately]

Early days but 2 seconds!

[chrisc90]

Still plenty time to come out of those times to be fair though.

[Schippke]

Yep... plenty of time left in these cars... and most teams might still be using this session as a comparison from last weeks pre-season test.

I'd be surprised if they aren't into the high 20's by Qualifying...

[F1NAC]

Certified Carlos Sainz moment.

[organic]

Very nice lap from Norris.. maybe McLaren is better than I feared

[chrisc90]

Strange how the back of the Ferrari just didn’t want to be part of the track anymore. It let loose so quickly

[F1NAC]

Strange how the back of the Ferrari just didn’t want to be part of the track anymore. It let loose so quickly

Well that's what happens when you bottom out.

[AR3-GP]

Is the FAston Martin pace real?

[F1NAC]

Is the FAston Martin pace real?

according to Sam Collins (I don't know how he gets those kind of info) they are runing around 9 kgs more fuel than RB

[organic]

Is the FAston Martin pace real?

according to Sam Collins (I don't know how he gets those kind of info) they are runing around 9 kgs more fuel than RB

He said 9kg less fuel than rb

[matt_b]

Quite a few drivers not using the soft tyres in that session so good luck analysing this session in conditions that will be completely different to qualifying and the race. Onto FP2 i Guess...

[F1NAC]

Is the FAston Martin pace real?

according to Sam Collins (I don't know how he gets those kind of info) they are runing around 9 kgs more fuel than RB

He said 9kg less fuel than rb

Yes that's correct. wrongly expressed.

[AR3-GP]

Is the FAston Martin pace real?

according to Sam Collins (I don't know how he gets those kind of info) they are runing around 9 kgs more fuel than RB

He said 9kg less fuel than rb

How would he know how much fuel was in either the RB or the FAston Martin.

[kHz33]

Alan Permane didn't look too happy with the Alpine in FP1. Seems to me that they weren't hiding their pace, they are genuinely slower than anyone expected, including themselves. Tough season coming for Alpine?