Back on track 07.50 – Lewis Hamilton yesterday was quite impressed by the driving difficulties posed by this new generation of cars, especially with regards to energy management. 07.40 – These are the first clues that emerged from the analysis of the telemetry of the first day of testing. 07.30 – Here you will find the driving shifts, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Isack Hadjar will be in the car throughout the day, this morning Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be behind the wheel of the Mercedes W17. Good morning dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the appointment dedicated to the live writing of the second morning of the first winter testing session in Bahrain on the Sakhir circuit. We start again from the 1’34″669 set yesterday by Lando Norris, below you will find times and laps relating to the first day of testing. PosDriverTeamTimeGapsLapsTires1Lando NorrisMcLaren1:34.669–58C22Max VerstappenRed Bull1:34.798+0.129136C33Charles LeclercFerrari1:35.190+0.52180C34Esteban OconHaas1:35.578+0.909115C35Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:35.602+0.93354C36George RussellMercedes1:36.108+1.43956C37Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:36.433+1.76452C38Pierre GaslyAlpine1:36.765+2.09649C39Nico HulkenbergAudi1:36.861+2.19273C310Alex AlbonWilliams1:37.437+2.76868C311Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:37.629+2.96030C112Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:37.945+3.27675C313Carlos SainzWilliams1:38.221+3.55277C314Sergio PerezCadillac1:38.828+4.15958C215Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:38.871+4.20249C316Valtteri BottasCadillac1:39.150+4.48149C117Lance StrollAston Martin1:39.883+5.21436C218Franco ColapintoAlpine1:40.330+5.66128C2
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