Lewis Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in FP2 at F1 Bahrain Grand Prix
Mercedes 1-2 in FP2 at F1 Bahrain Grand Prix as ⛄Lewis Hamilton goes fastest
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton went fastest in the second practice session at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix o🔯n Thursday to give Mercedes a much-needed boost.
Teammate George Russell was second-♍fastest - while Red Bull’s Max Verstappe♐n was notably sixth.
Fernando A✃lonso was third, behind the Mercedes duo, Carlos Sainz was fourth, Oscar Piastri fifth.
Hamilton’s pace - a best time of 1m30.374s - in FP2 will deliver some optimism at Mercedes who, at the opening round of the 2024 F1 season, hope their new W15 car ♍will represent a turnaround after two terrible years.
Just six minutes in, Hamilton set a benchmark of ♒;1:3🌱0.751s.
He led Verstappen by half-a-second for the ma💛jority 𒆙of FP2.
The three-time F1 champion and Red Bull driver was left comp♔laining "I have too much air coming through my helmet" i෴n a frustrating session.
Verstappen may have taken some comfort from a race simulation which was fastest, ahead of 𒉰Hamilton🧜.
After qualifying simulation times, wi🐲th 20 minutes left on the clock, Hamilton led Russell, Alonso, Sainz, Piastri and Verstappen.
Lando Norris was last after the qualifyin🌱g sim having made an error which resulted in hiꦑm aborting his lap.
The third 𒅌practice session,♏ and qualifying, will be held on Friday.
The F1 Bahrain Grand Prix then takes place on Saturday,♍ 24 hours earlier than the usual traditional slot in Formula 🔜1 to take into account the start of Ramadan in the host country.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American s🐲port🐟s, to football, to F1.
