Comments from the driver who finished in the top 10 in free practice on the first day of the 2024 F1 Round 1 Bahrain GP. The 2024 F1 World Championship has begun. This time, the Bahrain Grand Prix, where the final will be held on Saturday, had two practice sessions on Thursday, one during the day and one at night, with Mercedes leading the timesheets with Lewis Hamilton in first and George Russell in second. .
1st place: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes): “In FP1 it was windy and the course was very different from the test. I didn’t know exactly how much of a difference I was compared to the other riders, but in the FP2 session We got a positive result. The car felt good, but we can’t get ahead of ourselves. We know we have more to get out of it and our long-run pace isn’t up to par with Red Bull. But , overall I’m much happier with the car than last year. We’ve made some nice improvements and it’s more of a race car. It’s a really good platform for us to build on. Head down. We need to keep chasing it.” 2nd place: George Russell (Mercedes) “I’m not going to get too excited about the day’s practice. My qualifying pace looked good. We made a few changes from testing and we saw more improvement than expected.” But in the end it’s about long run pace and Verstappen looked comfortably fast and it was very tight with Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin, so I think we’re going to have a real battle there. That said, the car is performing well and I’m happy with today’s performance. We’ll sit back and understand where the main areas of improvement are and try to sustain them. Saturday night. We want to fight for a good position.” 3rd place: Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) “We focused on our program today and I’m happy with the job we did. We used medium tires in FP1, In FP2 I focused more attention on the soft tyres. I learned more about the car while making some positive set-up changes and I’m happy with it. There are a lot of factors and variables so it’s important not to read too much into the timesheets at this stage. , I’m feeling positive and looking forward to the first qualifying of the season.” 4th place: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) “It was a trickier practice day compared to the test with low temperatures and strong winds, so I had a lot of fun on the track. We obviously don’t know what other teams’ run plans are, but they seem to be more or less where we expected them to be in terms of competitiveness. Other than that, all programs After completing the tire test, I feel like I had a good Thursday.Now I’ll analyze the data and prepare for tomorrow’s qualifying. I’m looking forward to it and it looks like it’s going to be a close battle! ” 5th place: Oscar Piastri (McLaren) “It was a good session. I felt pretty competitive both on low and high fuel runs. It will be interesting to see how we do tomorrow. Overall I think it was a pretty solid day. I was happy with my driving and got some good information from the session. It will be interesting to see how the grid goes when all the sandbags are gone. But I think we’re almost where we expected, and so were we. We’re in a good position for tomorrow.” 6th: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) “Today’s practice wasn’t perfect. But it wasn’t too far off. The long runs were decent and I think I can run a little better. There were some small balance issues so we’ll work on those, but overall I’m happy with everything about the car. Today, it was important to find the sweet spot and perfect the balance of the car. It is important to get a good result in qualifying, so we will get the car in good condition for tomorrow. P1 I’m not too worried about the gap between us and I’m not looking too much at others and just focusing on ourselves right now.It’s going to be a close race in qualifying, but I’d like to work a little harder and aim for pole position tomorrow. ” 7th place: Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) “My first Thursday of the season was pretty good, but it’s still not very helpful. This morning I also focused on long runs and race pace and tried a few things. In the afternoon It was close to a normal program. The pace per lap might have been a bit unexpected, but there’s no need to get too excited or too anxious right now. We didn’t do any low fuel runs and we have more potential. I think there were a few people, but it’s going to be tight and fun to watch.I expect the qualifying to be very tight, just like last year, and I think it will continue to be that way. Mistakes can have a big impact. I don’t know where I’m going yet, but I’m going to give everything I have tomorrow.” 8th: Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) “Overall, it’s been a solid race here in Bahrain.” I think we took a step forward in FP2 and the car felt good thanks to the change in setup.I haven’t fully considered the long run pace yet, but the car felt pretty good so that’s a positive. is. Obviously, it’s still early days and we don’t know what others were doing with the fuel during the session. We’ll know more once qualifying and the Grand Prix are over.” 9th: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) “The first day is over. At the moment it’s very difficult to read how competitive we are, so that’s a lot to say.” We can’t do that, but there were no big surprises. It was good to get back in the car with the other drivers and start the season. There’s a lot of work to do now, especially in terms of balance. Let’s see where we stand.” 10th: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) “I think this session was important and very interesting. There’s a lot of exploration into the car that we weren’t able to do during testing, and now we’re looking at the mechanical balance here and there.” The good thing is that everything we do in a performance run will help us on a long run. Our sole aim is to create a more balanced car, which will make racing and qualifying more enjoyable. Let’s make it good. Today was as expected. After the test they said we had a one second lead…
2024-03-01 10:01:05
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