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Max Verstappen confidently won the Bahrain grand prix as Red Bull revealed their true pace for the new F1 season. The Dutch driver finished ahead of teammate Sergio Perez, with the Red Bull pair able to best the field with two opening stints on soft tyres before a final run
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Max Verstappen took pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc in a return to the dominant form that took him to back-to-back world championships. The Red Bull driver set a lap of 1:29.708 in the final qualifying session to put to
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Fernando Alonso was fastest on day one of the Bahrain Grand Prix as Aston Martin threatened to upset the Formula 1 pecking order. Alonso was fastest after the two free practice sessions on Friday, setting a time of 1:30.907 around the Sakhir circuit. “It felt good,” said the
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Sergio Perez set the fastest overall time of three days of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. The Red Bull went fastest by more than three-tenths of a second on the final day ahead of Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas for Alfa Romeo. Perez focused on long runs in
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Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu topped the timing board on day two of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, four hundredths of a second ahead of defending champion Max Verstappen. Carlos Sainz topped the morning session but it was Verstappen who was once again on the pace in the afternnoon,
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Oscar Piastri completed his first laps in an official F1 session as a McLaren driver on day one of pre-season testing in Bahrain. The Australian completed 52 laps in the morning session, setting a fastest lap of 1:34.888. Despite being just over two seconds behind leader Max Verstappen
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Defending champion Max Verstappen went fastest on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain ahead of Fernando Alonso, who set a late lap after being stuck in the garage for a length period of repairs. Times were mixed throughout both sessions, with Verstappen clocking a lap time
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Formula 1 tyres will have a slightly different look during the pre-season test in Bahrain, with teams able to run any compound from the 2023 Pirelli range. Teams will be allocated 30 sets of tyres across the range, as well as two sets of unmarked prototype tyres. The prototype tyres
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New wet weather procedures and a raft of track changes have been approved by the F1 commission at their first meeting for 2023. A new wet weather tyre which provides peformance benefits and does not require tyre blankets, will be introduced by Pierlli from the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix onwards. The
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The FIA has approved the introduction of a fourth DRS zone for the Australian Grand Prix. The extra zone was due to be used in 2022 but was removed after driver complaints. The Formula 1 Commission approved the change at a meeting in London on Tuesday. Australian Grand Prix CEO
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Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich will drive for Aston Martin at the F1 pre-season test in Bahrain after Lance Stoll was injured. Stroll was cycling in Spain as part of pre-season training when he was involved in a “minor accident”, according to the team. "I've had an
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McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have driven the team’s 2023 F1 car for the first time in Bahrain. At a filming day ahead of the three-day pre-season test, both Norris and Piastri completed laps in the new MCL60. “Nice to get back in a current F1 car