F1: Testing times – Gulf Digital News
- Date: 17-Mar-2022
- Source: Gulf Digital News
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Gulf
F1: Testing times – Gulf Digital News
GULFWEEKLY: The Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) hosted the second round of pre-season testing last weekend, giving teams a chance to fix issues they discovered during the first round in Spain, and establish a baseline for the car’s performance.
Bahrain’s warm conditions were different from the cool spring temperatures of Barcelona, and as the heat took hold, reliability issues started to crop up.
To start off, it was a mixed bag for Mercedes in Bahrain. They topped the lap charts with a whopping 384 circuits around the Sakhir track, but they didn’t make it to the top of the timing sheets. They unveiled their sleek side pods on Day 1, going in a completely different design direction. But it didn’t seem to help their porpoising issues – where the car bounces on the track. The fastest Mercedes lap was 1 minute, 32.759 seconds by George Russell.
Red Bull assuredly cracked on with their programme on the opening two days, and on Day 3 they ran a very different looking car after a raft of upgrades arrived, including a different side pod design. And whatever they’ve done – it worked. Sergio Perez topped the morning session, and Max Verstappen was quickest under the lights,
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