Bottas fastest as Ferrari run into problems Mercedes Valtteri Bottas was fastest on the final day of the third test at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Finn was over a quarter of a second faster than Sunday’s race winner Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari. Bottas spent his day focusing on aerodynamic work and trying to
So we are just three races into the season and it already appears that this year we could have a real battle for this year’s championship. Ferrari currently lead the charge over Mercedes for the first time since 2010. In 2015, we all expected that Ferrari could have mounted a challenge last season, but that
Hamilton tops times in Bahrain Mercedes Lewis Hamilton was fastest on the first day of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. The three times world champion was over half a second faster than Ferrari’s Antonio Giovinazzi. The lap times were way off the pace, set by Mercedes on Saturday evening as the teams used the
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 01:33:53.374 25 2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:06.660 18 3 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes +00:20.397 15 4 Kimi Raikkonern FIN Ferrari +00:22.475 12 5 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull – Tag Heuer +00:39.346 10 6 Felipe Massa BRA Williams – Mercedes +00:54.326 8 7
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has retaken the lead of the championship after holding off Mercedes Lewis Hamilton to win the Bahrain Grand Prix. It was another close fight between the two men, who have seven titles between them. The four times champion took advantage of Hamilton’s pit stop to build the lead after he had a
Valtteri Bottas has taken his maiden pole position for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, after out-qualifying his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the first time by .02 of a second. Pole Lap Valtteri Bottas comes out of the last corner builds speed and opens the DRS, then he crosses the start finish line. Stays on
Po Name Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Valteri Bottas Mercedes 01:31.041 01:29.555 01:28.769 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:30.814 01:29.535 01:28.792 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:31.037 01:29.596 01:29.247 4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:31.667 01:30.497 01:29.545 5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:30.988 01:29.567 01:29.567 6 Max Verstappen Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:30.904 01:30.307
Mercedes Valtteri Bottas will start Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix from pole. The Finn edged out his team-mate Lewis Hamilton by .02 of a second to take his first pole position of his career. It was a good lap from the Finn in the closing moments of the session after Hamilton lost a bit of time
Max Verstappen was fastest in the final practice session for this weekends Bahrain Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was a tenth faster than the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. The Red Bull driver topped a closely fought session, which saw the top eight covered by less than a second. The pack appears close, with Ferrari’s
Ferrari Sebastian Vettel was fastest in both the practice sessions for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. However, the gaps between Ferrari and Mercedes is very tight. Ferrari v Mercedes We always say about Bahrain, Singapore and Abu Dhabi that FP1 is not the best to see the true performance of the cars in terms of
