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In his debut at the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W11, George Russell was the fastest driver in the first free practice of the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, covering the 3,543 km of the high-speed outdoor circuit on the Persian Gulf island. . in 54.456 seconds, a record that “implodes” the record for the fastest lap in the history of Formula 1, of 58.79 seconds, set by Niki Lauda, at Ferrari, in qualifying for the French Grand Prix 1974 in Dijon.
Lewis Hamilton, the driver with the most wins in Formula 1, does not participate in the 16th round of the 2020 championship, due to a COVID-19 infection, which opened the doors of Mercedes to the 22-year-old driver who maintains a connection with the team. German since 2017. Also for Bottas, an embarrassing result. The Finn finished the session in fourth position, 0.322 seconds behind Russell and also behind Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon’s Red Bull-Honda. Even today, between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., the second free training session takes place. The Briton, in 36 Formula 1 Grand Prix, all with Williams, did not score points in the World Championship, nor did he lose a classification to a teammate!
The two rookies in action at the second consecutive Formula 1 weekend in Sakhir and Bahrain, Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas-Ferrari) and Jack Aitken (Willams-Mercedes), qualified at the end of the timesheet, taking advantage of the session to “speed up” the adaptation to their individual seats. Russell worked on it, but it was much (much …) more successful!
Free Training Results 1
1st George Russell, Mercedes-AMG, 54.546 seconds
2nd Max Verstappen, Red Bull-Honda, +0.176 sec
3rd Alexander Albon, Red Bull-Honda, ++ 0.265s
4th Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-AMG, +0.322 s
5th Daniil Kvyat, AlphaTauri-Honda, +0.465 s
6th Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri-Honda, +0.620 s
7th Esteban Ocon, Renault, +0.727 s
8th Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, +0.735 s
9th Daniel Ricciardo, Renault, +0.833 s
10th Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, +0.903 s
11th Lance Stroll, Racing Point-Mercedes, +1.012 sec
12th Sergio Pérez, Racing Point-Mercedes, +1,170 s
13th Carlos Sainz Jr., McLaren-Renault, +1,211 s
14th Kimi Räikkönen, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1,237 p
15th Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1,312 s
16th Lando Norris, McLaren-Renault, +1.532 seconds
17th Kevin Magnussen, Haas-Ferrari, +1,584s
18th Nicholas Latifi, Williams-Mercedes, +2,218 s
19. Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas-Ferrari, +2,531 seconds
20th Jack Aitken, Williams-Mercedes, +2,641 s
