Are drainage covers turning into an issue within the Venturi-tunnel floor impact period of System 1? Has Pink Bull discovered some mechanical points with their RB20?
And which groups are wanting quick on kind as testing develops?
Steph Wentworth chats with Autosport’s Alex Kalinauckas within the Bahrain media centre and Haydn Cobb to reply all these questions and extra.
Bahrain Check Day 2 recap:
Working the C4 tyre within the Pirelli vary, which gained’t be out there in subsequent weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz lapped in 1m29.921s, in comparison with Max Verstappen’s 1m31.344s from yesterday on the more durable C3 compound – which would be the designated delicate tyre subsequent weekend.
Sainz’s greatest time was 0.758s away from Sergio Perez, who set his greatest time within the ultimate 20 minutes of the session, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) an extra 4 tenths behind – the latter pair setting their quickest laps like the bulk on the C3 tyre.
McLaren’s Lando Norris was fourth quickest, the highest 4 all beating Verstappen’s Wednesday time, from Daniel Ricciardo’s RB (set on the C4).
Leclerc’s time from the morning stood because the sixth quickest time of the day, forward of Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Valtteri Bottas (Sauber).
Regardless of encountering technical issues in each classes, that price Pink Bull some useful observe time, Perez logged essentially the most laps at 129.
2024 Bahrain F1 check, Day 2 outcomes:
| Pos | Driver | Group | Time | Hole | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:29.921 | 84 | C4 | |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | Pink Bull Racing | 1:30.679 | +0.758s | 129 | C3 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.066 | +1.145s | 123 | C3 |
| 4 | Lando Norris | Mclaren | 1:31.256 | +1.335s | 52 | C3 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 1:31.361 | +1.440s | 88 | C4 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:31.750 | +1.829s | 54 | C3 |
| 7 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:32.029 | +2.108s | 96 | C3 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:32.061 | +2.140s | 78 | C3 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1:32.227 | +2.306s | 97 | C3 |
| 10 | Oscar Piastri | Mclaren | 1:32.328 | +2.407s | 35 | C3 |
| 11 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:32.578 | +2.657s | 117 | C3 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:33.053 | +3.132s | 31 | C3 |
| 13 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 1:33.715 | +3.794s | 38 | C3 |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:33.804 | +3.883s | 33 | C3 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:36.611 | +6.690s | 93 | C3 |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1:37.509 | +7.588s | 31 | C3 |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1:38.074 | +8.153s | 40 | C3 |
