Daniel Ricciardo and the rebranded RB team set the pace in the 2024 season-opening free practice session at the Bahrain International Circuit, with McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar He led the Piastri pair.
At 14:30 local time, the green light at the end of the pit lane came on, officially signaling the start of the campaign, and 10 teams and 20 drivers quickly came out to start the race on Pirelli's medium compound tyres. I went for a run.
Paddock Insider: The 2024 F1 season is here and the chasing pack seems to be inching closer to Red Bull
After these first laps, Verstappen remained in first place with a time of 1 minute 33.535 seconds, just a few tenths behind Mercedes' George Russell. “Very bad” downshifts and upshifts, even though Dutch complained over the radio that his car was “miles away” from what he wanted.
1 Daniel Ricardo rick R.B. |
1:32.869 |
2 land norris or mclaren |
+0.032 seconds |
3 oscar Piastri Pia mclaren |
+0.244 seconds |
Four Yuki Kakuda Tsu R.B. |
+0.314 seconds |
Five fernando alonso Aro aston martin |
+0.324 seconds |
As the session progressed, three teams – RB, McLaren and Kicks Sauber – opted to run soft tyres, with Ricciardo setting the fastest time with a time of 1:32.869. He finished just ahead of McLaren's Norris and Piastri and teammate Hiroki Tsunoda. .
Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin led the medium-shoe runners in fifth place, followed by the aforementioned Ferrari of Verstappen and Russell, Charles Leclerc and another Mercedes of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. .
What you need to know: The most important facts, statistics and trivia ahead of the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas was fastest on soft tyres among Carlos Sainz's Ferrari and Sergio Perez's Red Bull, Alex Albon was fastest among Williams drivers in 13th, Lance Stroll was 14th, 0.999 seconds off the pace set by Ricciardo.
Chou Guanyu recovered from an early brake gremlin to finish 15th in his second kick Sauber, also on soft tyres, with Logan Sargent's Williams and Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly's Alpine 17th and 18th respectively. Ta.
After the winter managerial change, Haas started the season expecting to finish 19th and 20th, as Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg looked to be focusing their efforts on long-distance running pace again.
F1 Fantasy: F1 TV team shares tips ahead of 2024 season opener
After FP1, drivers and teams will take time to review the data and prepare for a more representative second practice session of the evening, scheduled for 18:00 to 19:00 local time.