Scuderia Ferrari secured a famous 1-3 at the opening Qualifying of 2022, with Charles Leclerc claiming his tenth career pole.
Charles Leclerc claimed the first pole position of 2022, with Scuderia Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr directly behind in third.
Charles Leclerc took the first pole position of 2022, with the top three of Leclerc, Verstappen and Sainz Jr, covered by just +0.129s at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Red Bull and Ferrari led the pack in FP3, but Mercedes appeared to find improvement in both pace and stability.
Pirelli’s Mario Isola: “The performance gaps between the compounds are definitely bigger”
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Mario Isola says the gaps in performance between Pirelli’s tyre compounds is bigger than they were anticipating going into the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.
It was a poor opening day for Williams in Bahrain as Nicholas Latifi and Alexander Albon propped up the timing screens at the end of second practice.
For the first time since the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix, Nico Hülkenberg was back behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car on Friday, and he was quickly up to speed as Sebastian Vettel’s last-minute replacement.
After topping first practice in Bahrain, Pierre Gasly says AlphaTauri will need to understand why they dropped down to thirteenth when the track cooled on Friday evening.
McLaren’s Andrea Stella: “It looks like we have some work to do from a performance point of view”
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It was a poor day for McLaren on Friday, and Andrea Stella admits they will need to work hard to unlock pace and performance from the MCL36 before Saturday’s running in Bahrain.
Neither Lando Norris nor Daniel Ricciardo were able to break into the top ten during Friday’s practice sessions in Bahrain.
Haas’ Guenther Steiner: “The team did a fantastic job over the last week from testing to now”
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Guenther Steiner admitted some surprise that Haas had a problem-free Friday in Bahrain, but he was happy to see both his drivers place inside the top ten during the evening session.
Both Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen ended inside the top ten in the evening session under the floodlights in Bahrain on Friday on an encouraging day for Haas.
Valtteri Bottas: “It feels we’re not far off where we want to be, which is really positive”
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Valtteri Bottas ended sixth fastest on Friday evening in Bahrain after missing out on any running in FP1, while Zhou Guanyu enjoyed his first official day as a full-time Formula 1 driver.
Loose sidepod aside, it was a good opening practice day for Alpine in Bahrain on Friday, according to Sporting Director Alan Permane.
Fernando Alonso was pleased with Alpine’s pace during the first practice day of the 2022 season as he placed inside the top eight in both sessions on Friday.
Mercedes’ Shovlin Expecting 'Tough' Bahrain Grand Prix Weekend: “We need to focus on damage limitation”
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Andrew Shovlin says Mercedes are still struggling with porpoising in Bahrain, so this weekend will likely be all about damage limitation until they are able to get on top of the problem.
Neither George Russell nor Lewis Hamilton feel Mercedes are currently in the fight for the race win this weekend in Bahrain, but they both have trust in the team that they can turn around their fortunes.
