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FRIDAY SUMMARY
* The shortest timed lap in Formula 1 history – less than 55 seconds – was
set in FP1 at the Sakhir Grand Prix by George Russell on the P Zero Red soft
tyre. On his debut for Mercedes, the Englishman also went fastest in FP2,
again on the soft. Russell was one of three new driver and car combinations
taking part this weekend, along with Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas) and Jack
Aitken (Williams).
* The lap times in FP2 were generally slightly slower than in FP1, due to
track limits being enforced in Turn 8.
* With the shortest lap of the year bar Monaco, this was also among the
closest tyre gaps in terms of performance. There’s around 0.4 seconds
between soft and P Zero Yellow medium so far, with approximately 0.3 seconds
between medium and P Zero White hard.
* Temperatures remained cool by normal Bahrain standards, with the FP2
session taking place in 25 degrees centigrade ambient, with just one degree
more of track temperature.
* While there’s less energy going through the tyres on the Bahrain Sakhir
lap compared to the full grand prix circuit, two stops still seems to be the
most likely option for the race on this abrasive surface.
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“With such a short lap here and the field bunched up, the margins are more
closely balanced: including the performance gap between the tyres. As this
is effectively a brand new venue, it was important for teams to gather as
much data as possible to compare the performance of all three compounds and
formulate the optimal strategy. We’ve seen less degradation so far than we
did at the previous round in Bahrain last weekend. As a result, the soft C4
tyre can be used more extensively than it was a week ago on the longer
circuit. In Formula 2, the drivers got used to a brand new tyre nomination,
with the soft tyre chosen for this weekend alongside the hard. This makes
for a notable speed and durability discrepancy, which will heavily influence
the race strategy. We’ve seen today that traffic on the short lap is
definitely an issue, and that’s sure to influence Formula 1 qualifying
tomorrow” |
TOP 3 TIMES
FP1
Russell 0m54.546s SOFT C4 USED
Verstappen 0m54.722s SOFT C4 NEW
Albon 0m54.811s SOFT C4 NEW
FP2
Russell 0m54.713s SOFT C4 NEW
Verstappen 0m54.713s SOFT C4 USED
Perez 0m54.866s SOFT C4 NEW
BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
FP1
HARD C2 Perez 0m56.520s
MEDIUM C3 Raikkonen 0m56.630s
SOFT C4 Russell 0m54.546s
FP2
HARD C2 Bottas 0m55.321s
MEDIUM C3 Verstappen 0m55.043s
SOFT C4 Russell 0m54.713s
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
HARD C2 Bottas 35
MEDIUM C3 Kvyat 34
SOFT C4 Ocon 31
TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
HARD MEDIUM SOFT
Kms driven* 914 1551 3411
Sets used overall** 12 18 49
The above number gives the total amount of kilometres
driven in FP1 and FP2 today, all drivers combined.
** Per compound, all drivers combined.
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