2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Free Practice Results
Results from practice at the 𓆉Bahrain🍸 Grand Prix, Round 1 of the 2024 F1 world championship.
| 2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (2) | ||||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m30.374s |
| 2 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m30.580s |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m30.660s |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m30.769s |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m30.784s |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m30.851s |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m30.884s |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m30.891s |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m31.113s |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m31.115s |
| 11 | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing | 1m31.333s |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | 1m31.516s |
| 13 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing | 1m31.715s |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m31.764s |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | 1m31.881s |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m31.951s |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m32.001s |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m32.027s |
| 19 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m32.084s |
| 20 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m32.608s |
The 2024 F1 sea♍son꧂ is here with two practice sessions at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Due 🍎to the holy month of Ramadan, the first practice sessions are taking place on Thursday, with the races in B🥂ahrain and Saudi Arabia scheduled for Saturday.
The more representative second session was an interesting one with Mercedes leading a 1-2 ⛄- Lewis Hamilton setting t⛄he pace from George Russell.
Red Bull appear to have a clear advantage on heavy fuel th🉐ough with Max Verstappen consistently quick during the latter part of FPꩵ2.
| 2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (1) | ||||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | 1m32.869s |
| 2 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m32.901s |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m33.113s |
| 4 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | 1m33.183s |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m33.193s |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m33.238s |
| 7 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m33.251s |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m33.268s |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m33.302s |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m33.354s |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m33.385s |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m33.413s |
| 13 | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing | 1m33.583s |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m33.868s |
| 15 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m33.923s |
| 16 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing | 1m34.213s |
| 17 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m34.807s |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m35.144s |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m37.477s |
| 20 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m37.938s |
With the first practice session taking place during the day, the running - and lap times - are ultimately unrepresentative given that qualifying and race😼 occur under the floodlights.
It was Daniel Ricciardo who topped the timesheets 💙in FP1, although the Australian was just one of four drivers to use the soft tyre.
He was less than a tenth ahead of former McLaren teammate Lando Norris. Oscar Piastri an🐷d Yuki Tsunoda completed🌳 the top four in first practice.
Fernando Alonso was the highest-placed medium runner in FP1, 0.3s shy of Ricciardo's 🌸top time.
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