Leclerc leads a terrifying morning after problems early in the morning

The morning session on the final day of pre-season at the Sakir Circuit in Bahrain this Saturday will: Charles Leclerc 1’31.024 to the top of the table.

But the Ferrari team started the day with fear Leclerc tried a new solution with more weight and a single rear wing support, but the part (upper flap) failed as soon as it was on the track, so Leclerc activated DRS to open it. had to leave. he returns to the pit. The solution was quickly dismantled by Scuderia mechanics and replaced with the previous day’s medium-load option, so the comparison had to be interrupted.

The question continues to be raised by Ferrari, the team that has chosen to fight Red Bull.Calculating the Scuderia’s morning session in Bahrain (twice Sainz and one Leclerc), the Madrid-native would have been better off. seemed much more comfortable. This Saturday, Leclerc was having traction problems on the exit of Turns 2-3 and at Turn 11. Degradation during long stints is of particular concern. From laps 5-6 he is over 1 second and from lap 10 dramatically he is over 2 seconds.

for his side Czech Perez He wasn’t looking for a ‘hot lap’ in this morning’s session and was more focused on testing settings and simulating on the C3 and his ability to maintain a certain pace for the race was much better than Red. rice field. Bull, best rival of the morning. He finished in his 4th place, but apart from the performance of Max in his Verstappen, the last two-day champion, there were no concerns at Red Bull. Additionally, the Mexican will have a double session this Saturday to find time.

For the disputed third, Mercedes, represented by George Russell, amassed 83 laps this morning to try to make up for last night’s absence from a simulated race due to a hydraulic failure in Mercedes. bottom. His second time in the session was on his C5, the softest compound of all. This, like the C4, will not be used at his GP next week.

Who came third in the competition (also in C5) because there was no ‘hot lap’ at Red Bull? Young Brazilian Felipe Dolgovic In that midfield battle, Aston Martin was forced to face Alpine, who continued to accumulate reliability issues, today due to a front deflector crack issue. , seems to have clearly won the game with Piastri.

two red flags

There were two red flags in this morning’s session. One in the Czech Republic very early on due to a part coming off of his Red Bull in his Perez, another one in his Alfa after 1 hour and 20 minutes from his Romeo’s mechanical failure was the cause. Valtteri Bottas had to finish the morning session early.

Boss Fernando Alonso

After the meal break, it was his turn to act as the ‘Big Boss’ in the morning, replacing Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso, holding everything for Aston Martin in both the pitlane and pitlane.