Carlos Sainz improves his benchmark to a 1:35.378 on the medium tyre — a gain of over a second. He moves onto 17 laps in this session, currently P7 in Bahrain.
12 minutes ago
Carlos finds 1:36.601 🏁
Carlos improves his best effort to a 1:36.601 on the medium tyre — a gain of over 1.6s. He’s up to 12 laps so far in this session, sitting P10 in these early stages of running.
27 minutes ago
Back out on the medium 🚦
Carlos heads out for another run on the medium tyre after the track reopens.
29 minutes ago
Back to the garage 🚩
STR has had an issue at turn 11 and is stuck in the gravel, it’s back to the garage for Carlos.
38 minutes ago
Red Flag
Carlos back on track 🚦
Carlos heads out on the medium compound to begin a new run. He moves to 7 laps completed so far in this session.
44 minutes ago
Carlos building pace 📈
Carlos’ average speed is trending upwards during his current hard tyre run, now at 162.211 km/h after six laps. A steady build as he continues this programme.
About 1 hour ago
1:39.202 🚦
Carlos Sainz logs a 1:39.202 on the Hard compound, moving onto three laps completed so far this session.
About 1 hour ago
Carlos hits the track 🚦
Carlos Sainz heads out and logs his first lap of the session in Bahrain. Early running underway as he begins his programme.
About 1 hour ago
Session back underway ✅
Running has resumed in Bahrain after the lunch break.
About 2 hours ago
Opening session 🏁
Alex Albon registers 55 laps in the morning session, ending it in P4 following a best of 1:35.690. He’ll hand the car over to Carlos Sainz as we head into the evening.
About 3 hours ago
Chequered Flag
Back out for a mock standing start 🟢
And Alex leads the field away before the yellow flag is shown again (all part of the systems checks).
About 3 hours ago
Red flag 🚩
The session has been halted with a red flag as race control cycle through the planned end of session systems checks.
About 3 hours ago
Red Flag
Safety Car
50 laps up ✅
Alex brings up 50 laps in this morning’s session, totalling 270.6km of running so far. Solid mileage on the board as the programme continues.
About 3 hours ago
Into the final 30 ⏳
Alex is back out there with flo-vis on the FW48 as he circulates the Bahrain International Circuit.
About 3 hours ago
Box Box – Back in the garage after 41 laps 📸
About 3 hours ago
Data gathering continues 📊
Alex remains out on track with 41 laps completed so far, covering 221.892km. His current average speed sits at 152.539 km/h as the team works through this phase of the programme.
About 4 hours ago
Back on track ➡️
Alex is into a new stint on the Medium compound – he’s up to 38 laps so far today. Solid mileage building as we continue working through the programme in Bahrain.
About 4 hours ago
35 laps so far 🏎️
Having put five more laps on the board on a set of medium tyres, Alex returns to the pits. His best time remains 1:35.690, placing him in P4 currently.
About 4 hours ago
Alex is currently in the garage, having already racked up 30 laps during this session 📸
About 4 hours ago
Back on Mediums 🚦
Alex Albon heads out for a fresh run on the medium compound, bringing his total to 24 laps so far in this session. More data gathering underway for Atlassian Williams F1 Team.
About 5 hours ago
Up to P4 with a 1:35.690 📸
About 5 hours ago
Finding time 📈
Alex records a 1:36.799 on a recent tour of the Bahrain International Circuit before returning to the garage. He’s at 18 laps completed so far this morning.
About 5 hours ago
First hour complete ✅
Alex is back in the garage having completed 14 laps so far today. His best lap is a 1:37.957, which has him P9 in this early stages of running…
About 6 hours ago
1:39.188 ⏱️
Our first time of the day is set, whilst running the C3 tyre…
About 6 hours ago
45 minutes gone ⏳
No time set yet for Alex, but seven installation laps recorded whilst running aero rakes.