Max Verstappen topped morning session, early gremlins for Alpine and Williams before driveshaft issue hinders Sargeant’s running in afternoon.
8 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren +1.996 57
9 Guanyu ZHOU Kick Sauber +2.209 34
10 Logan SARGEANT Williams +2.220 21
11 George RUSSELL Mercedes +2.447 87
12 Yuki TSUNODA RB +2.474 64
13 Valtteri BOTTAS Kick Sauber +2.769 68
14 Alexander ALBON Williams +2.925 40
15 Esteban OCON Alpine +3.015 60
16 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team +4.030 66
17 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team +4.244 50
18 Pierre GASLY Alpine +4.753 39
F1 Testing 2024 live updates (local time):
Session times (local time): 1000-1400 [morning session], 1500-1900 [afternoon session]
1801: In the words of Fernando Alonso’s rumoured love interest Taylor Swift: “It’s me, hi!” Back with you for the final hour.
1800: It’s time to hand you back over to Sam to see us through the final hour of the Day 1 session. Play nicely.
1755: It’s not been a particularly clean start to the season for Williams. After early gremlins this morning for Albon, Sargeant’s running has come to a halt due to a suspected driveshaft issue.
1745: A few more lock-ups from drivers now as the track surface cools down. Not major dramas though as we push towards the final hour of Day 1 running.
1733: The Mercedes front wing has dominated much of the early paddock talk in Bahrain. We understand that it is full compliance with the FIA regulations
the F1 season is done. The drivers and teams have got an hour’s lunch break before the afternoon session kicks off at 1500. See you then.
1355: We have an overtake! Verstappen goes past Leclerc into Turn 1.
1350: 10 minutes to go then with Verstappen in P1 and Leclerc in P2.
1343: Albon has been safely removed and the yellow flag is no more.
1339: Just a yellow flag for now with Albon off in sector 1, they could get him out on an exit road without bringing a stop to the session. On replay, it seems like something with the engine that is the issue.
1338: Some trouble for Albon it looks like, he is going very slowly around the track and has now just pulled off.
1333: Seems a bit windy out on track now with Verstappen wrestling with the RB20 on occasion.
1315: George Russell moves up into ninth with a time of 1:34.907.
1313: Fernando Alonso has done 58 laps this morning which is 0.3% of the total laps he has raced in F1.
1311: Just 50 minutes left now of the first pre-season session,
1259: Adrian Newey, who is very much in non-school uniform mode, leans over to have a chat with Verstappen with the RB20 in the garage.
1255: Leclerc has been wrestling with that SF-24 on occasion. His fastest lap so far is a 1:33.247. Meanwhile Verstappen has improved to 1:32.548.
1241: Not a huge amount going on out on track currently. Verstappen, Leclerc, Alonso, Tsunoda and Ocon are out there putting their cars through their paces.
1219: So what have we made of testing so far then? Email your thoughts to [email protected] and we will post some of the best ones.
1214: Some familiar faces in different kits this morning with Rob Marshall in the papaya of McLaren rather than the blue of Red Bull.
