2024 Bahrain Pre-Season Testing Day 1 - Evening Session Summary And Results

Wednesday, 21 February 2024 at 17:05

Updated at Wednesday, 21 February 2024 at 17:06

The evening session of the first day of Bahrain pre-season testing concluded with Max Verstappen snatching the fastest lap time of the day.

The evening session of the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain started at 12:00 GMT and ran until 16:00 GMT, and we've seen eight new drivers compared to the morning session.

Each team can only have one driver on the track at a time, so every team will always have only one driver per session. There were ten drivers during the morning session, and the only two who didn't change with their teammates going into the evening were George Russell and Max Verstappen.

Effectively, every single driver except for Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton, therefore, had a go behind the wheel of his car for the season 2024.

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2024 Bahrain Pre-Season Testing Day 1 - Morning Session Summary And Results

Most Interesting Points Of The Session:

Logan Sargeant completely lost his rear on the entry into turn 11 and slid off the track, spinning and almost hitting the wall. But fortunately, he was able to carry on without damage.

Lando Norris, who wore the helmet that paid tribute to his "dear friend" Gil de Ferran, broke Max Verstappen's best time of the morning session.

However, the triple World Champion couldn't let that slide and took the fastest lap back, almost one second faster than the one set by the Papaya driver.

Later on, Verstappen managed to improve his fastest lap even further and gapped the second-best Norris by 1,140 seconds.

Lance Stroll lost his left mirror on a bumpy straight as it fell off, and Daniel Ricciardo, who was driving right behind him, proved he still has some incredible reactions at the age of 34 as he just dodged it.

2024 Bahrain Pre-Season Testing Day 1 - Evening Session Results:

Rank	Driver	Team	Time
1.	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.344
2.	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.484
3.	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.584
4.	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:32.599
5.	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.805
6.	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.007
7.	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber / Stake	1:33.871
8.	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:33.882
9.	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.109
10.	Nico Hulkeberg	Haas	1:35.906

The best time of the day is the one Verstappen set during this evening session. This time is expected to be improved by a lot during the two following days of pre-season testing on Thursday and Friday.