F1 2024 Bahrain Testing

Seargent lol. He’s under the radar lol

 

BBC F1 live -

New fastest time for Verstappen


Purple is Max Verstappen's colour. The Dutchman is now over four tenths quicker than the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz thanks to his rapid pace in all three sectors.

The new marker to beat is a 1:30.763 on the C3 compound.

 

CL just spanked it.

 

Game on lol! Was on softer compound. Still fun to see.

 

Track is getting cooler so we'll see times somewhat closer.

 

I know it all really means nothing here, but its good to see them showing up at least.

 

Ferrari most of the time has good qualifying speed. Come race pace and tire degradation.....not so much. Hopefully the latter changes in 2024.

 

Seemed that some of the long runs were pretty flat times without much drop off.

 

Max was doing what everyone believed was the first stint of a race sim with brimmed fuel and C3 tires. The lap times over that 17 lap stint are ominous to saw the least. Looking like they've got a half second on everyone.

 

Yep, his last 11 laps are pretty consistent + or - a couple of 10tenths or thousands'th. No surprise there really.

 

TL : DR

Are we competitive or is this just another WDC in the bag for RB?

 

Between these runs Max returned into the garage and full loads may have be changed ( Not a true race sim).

Verstappen (C3) #RB20
outlap
1: 37.752
1: 37.575
1: 37.422
1: 37.285
1: 37.172
1: 37.177
1: 37.221
1: 37.160
1: 37.130
1: 37.058
1: 37.124
1: 37.208
1: 37.205
1: 37.233
1: 37.116 i
nlap

Verstappen (C1) #RB20
outlap
1: 37.559
1: 37.446
1: 37.430
1: 37.207
1: 37.284
1: 37.176
1: 37.178
1: 37.049
1: 36.934
1: 36.822
1: 37.001
1: 36.805
1: 36.901
1: 37.013
1: 47.668
inlap

 

Charles is currently doing a true race sim ( he did a warmup/outlap and a practice start). This was his first stint.

LEC C3

37.1
37.3
37.3
37.4
37.5
37.7
37.5
37.6
37.7
38.2
37.7
38.1
38.1
38.3
38.1
38.4
38.4
38.6

 

Ferrari munching through tires again

 

Leclerc #SF24 2nd Stint (C1)
outlap
39.393
36.403
35.880
36.015
36.261
36.016
36.257
36.167
36.282
36.062
36.629
36.463
36.432
36.599
36.901
36.670
37.271
39.710
inlap

 

Not in the second stint. It's very consistent.

 

Piastri #MCL38 2nd Stint (C1)
outlap
37.234
37.840
37.682
37.838
37.897
37.849
37.925
38.004
37.550
37.618
37.704
37.699
37.458
37.439
37.245
37.555
37.223
37.083
37.331
37.065
39.809
inlap

 

Verstappen (C2) #RB20

outlap 1: 37.030

1: 36.915

1: 36.896

1: 36.861

1: 36.683

1: 36.669

1: 36.840

1: 36.799

1: 36.806

1: 36.883

1: 37.196

1: 37.134

1: 37.381

1: 37.039

VSC - RED FLAG

 

Piastri #MCL38 3rd Stint (C2)

1: 58.874 outlap

1: 35.784

1: 35.518

1: 35.724

1: 35.366

1: 35.554

1: 35.538

1: 35.759

1: 36.036

1: 36.225

1: 36.580

1: 36.758

VSC - RED FLAG

 

Leclerc #SF24 3rd Stint (C2)

1:53.395 outlap
1: 34.785
1: 34.813
1: 34.956
1: 35.140
1: 35.210
1: 34.993
1: 37.298
inlap
1: 54.761
outlap
VSC - RED FLAG

 

I think Max is just going for target times, not outright highest performance of the car times. This is why we're not seeing much tire deg. Max and the car have more time in the bag

 

The story of last season. Time and pace not needed but was available. The domination was utter given that fact.

 

If one needs a 'summary' of testing LOL

Alonso: 19 drivers already know they won't win 2024 F1 title
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso believes that 19 of the 20 Formula 1 drivers already know from pre-season testing in Bahrain that they will not win the championship in 2024.

 

Frankly i would be very happy with a comptetitive Ferrari for the coming season.
Which means 5 or 6 victories.

 

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