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Bahrain Testing 2023: Day 1 Highlights

Red Bull and Max Verstappen dominated the first day of 2023 pre-season testing in Bahrain, with Verstappen setting the fastest lap time. Fernando Alonso surprised many by finishing second fastest in his Aston Martin. Though Mercedes addressed their porpoising issues from 2022, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell could only manage 6th and 9th place times respectively. Ferrari, under new team principal Fred Vasseur, struggled to match the pace of Red Bull and Max Verstappen as they finished over 0.4 seconds slower than the championship leader.

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Bahrain Testing 2023: Day 1 Highlights

Red Bull and Max Verstappen dominated the first day of 2023 pre-season testing in Bahrain, with Verstappen setting the fastest lap time. Fernando Alonso surprised many by finishing second fastest in his Aston Martin. Though Mercedes addressed their porpoising issues from 2022, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell could only manage 6th and 9th place times respectively. Ferrari, under new team principal Fred Vasseur, struggled to match the pace of Red Bull and Max Verstappen as they finished over 0.4 seconds slower than the championship leader.

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Bahrain Testing 2023: Its Lights Out and Away We go!

Will Red Bull keep dominating? Key takeaways from Day 1 of Testing
Red Bull and Max Verstappen picked up where they left off; at the top of the leaderboard setting
a 1:32.837. There was a cool aura about the team in red and blue as RB19 did 60 laps without
any issues and Max sounded very cool in his interview. He said: "Basically a smooth day, no
issues, and we could really focus on the car, try a few things and understand the new tyres for
this year."

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Wise Old Fox Fernando Alonso surprised everyone by coming second with a staggering
1:32.866 only 0.029s away from the two-time world champion. Will we see the same promise in
Aston Martin and Alonso as we saw in Racing Point with Sergio Perez? We will have to wait
and see but initial signs look promising.

Mercedes have looked to have solved the porpoising which negatively impacted their 2022
season however, Lewis Hamilton and Russel could only secure P6 and P9.

Scarlet Red Ferrari saw changes in the paddock with Fred Vasseur who was previously leading
Alfa Romeo Sauber has taken over with the departing Mattia Binotto after a disappointing season
where they secured 12 pole positions but couldn’t convert them into decisive victories. Ferrari
will be hoping to forget that, and they hit the ground running with Carlos Sainz driving in the
first session and Charles Leclerc in the evening. They couldn’t match the pace of their MAIN
RIVAL, Max Verstappen as they were 0.4 seconds slower than him.

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