Daniel Ricciardo tops opening practice of F1 2024, Max Verstappen unhappy with car
Daniel👍 Ricciardo kicks off F1 2024 by topping opening practice at the ওseason-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
RB’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo was the surprise pacesetter as the 2024 F1 season kicked into ♑action with first practice at ꧅the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Ricciardo ended up just 0.032s clear of the McLaren pair of Lando Norris an🐽d Oscar Piastri, with all three using Pirelli’s softest tyre to complete their fastest laps.
Ricciardo’s teammate 𒁃Yuki Tsunoda, alsoཧ on soft tyres, was fourth-quickest.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was the fastest of the medium-tyre runners, ahead of reigning ⛎world champion Max Verstappen, who was only sixth.
Verstappen was unhappy with his new Red Bull RB20, complaining several times throughout the session about a variety of issues, including “very bad” downshifts a💖nd upshifts and a “really weird” throttle application.
After setting the pace in the early stages, the Dutchman beᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmoaned that “everything was miles off” in his n൲ew challenger.
George Russell was the 𝓰fastest Mercedes driver in sevent☂h, 0.382s adrift of Ricciardo’s benchmark time.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was eighth, ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and V💙altteri Bottas, who completed the top-10 for Sauber.
Alpine had been anticipating a tough start to the season and that certainly proved to be the ca🥂se in FP1, with Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly winding up a lowly 17th and 18th, some two seconds off the pace.
Haas𓂃 ended up at the very bottom of the pile with Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg 19th and 20th respectively.
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