Picking up where he left off, Max Verstappen topped day one of F1Testing in Bahrain, while Fernando Alonso turned heads in the Aston Martin.
On a Thursday featuring limited on-track interruptions, so much so that Red Bull boss Christian Horner is even advocating for three testing days to become two, it was Verstappen who set the ultimate pace on a day which saw him tick north of 150 laps.
Fortunately not a problem which ended his morning running, and perhaps audition to take Lance Stroll’s place at the Bahrain season-opener if he is not recovered from his cycling crash in time. Drugovich was able to return to the circuit, while Carlos Sainz set the pace for the first hour, clocking aWith that the only red flag period of the day, Sainz set about re-establishing his P1 spot for another hour with a 1:33.2, Verstappen having improved to a 1:33.
Alonso was hoping for a bit more luck as he took over the Aston Martin AMR23, but initially it seemed like that had gone out of the window when he was forced to return to the garage after only a couple of laps.
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