F1 2023 testing: Max Verstappen tops morning session as Aston Martin hit early trouble on opening day
The reigning world champion continued where he left off in 2022 by topping the timesheets in the first on-track sessionꦺ of the year as pre-season testing got underway at Sakhir.
After trading fastest laps with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Carlos Sainz for much of the morning, Verstappen produced the benchmark time of a 1m32.959s in the final hour of running to put his brand-new RB19 on top at 🔜the lunch break.
Verstappen, who is aiming to win his third world title on t♑he bounce in 2023, finished 0.294s clear of Sainz’s Ferrari.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon was 0.712s adrift of Verstappen in third for Williams, ahead of the Alfa Romeo of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who was fifth in Mercedes’ modified W14.
While most teamsཧ enjoyed a smooth start to testing, Aston Martin hit early trouble when Felipe Drugovich - standing in for the injured Lance Stroll - caused the first red flag when his AMR23 broke down with an electrical fault on its opening lap.
After being stuck in the garage for more than an hour, Drugovich was able to rejoin the action and ended up seventh-fastest, one place behind F1 returnee 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg in the Haas.
Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri, new Alpine signing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly and rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri rounded out the rest of the top 10 runners.
Seven-time world champion168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton will get his first proper taste of the W14 when he takes over from Russell in the afternoon, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso will be in action for Aston Martin.
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