F1 Bahrain GP: Sergio Perez fastest as Fernando Alonso splits Red Bulls in opening practice
The Mexican posted a 1m32.758s on soft tyres to top the first hour of p꧑ractice in Bahrain, but it was Alons༺o who caught the eye as he managed to split the Red Bulls to further increase the early hype around Aston Martin.
Alonso ended up 0.438s slower tha🎶n Perez and outpaced fellow double world champion Verstappen on the same tyre compound.
Lando Norris was fourth-fastest but 1.4s off the pace for McLaren, ahead of Charles Leclerc, who was the✱ fastest of the medium tyre runners despite seeing his session hampered by some dramatic wobbling on Ferrari’s new rear wing.
Lance Stroll was sixth as he returned to action for Aston Martin having missed pre-season testing after breaking his wrist ♉in a cycling accident.
Haas d💫river Kev🍬in Magnussen took seventh, ahead of Alfa Romeo duo Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas.
Mercedes opted agaꦡinst running on the soft tyres as Lewis Hamilton ended up 10th ahead of teammate George Russell, with both over two seconds adrift on the medium compound.
Carlos Sainz had a big sp☂in in his Ferrari on his way to propping up t๊he timesheets in 20th.
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