F1 practice LIVE: Bahrain GP lap times as Max Verstappen tops Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton struggles
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Max Verstappen has said that ‘I don’t think we need a full report’ regarding last season’s controversial finale. The 2021 championship was decided on the last lap of the final race in Abu Dhabi, when the decision was taken to allow Verstappen to challenge Lewis Hamilton after the end of the safety car. There was controversy as many believe that the rules were not correctly followed, with accusations that F1 race director Michael Masi had elected to create the most exciting ending to the season he could.
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Friday practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix was always going to be interesting given it was the first of the year, and the first of the new Formula 1 era, and it did not disappoint.
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Bahrain GP: Gasly opens new F1 era at the top of the timesheets
Pierre Gasly began Formula One's new era with the fastest time for AlphaTauri in Friday's first practice session for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Frenchman lapped the 5.4-km Sakhir desert track in one minute, 34.193 seconds on a sunny but cool afternoon. Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were second and third, the Italian team continuing to back up the hype that has them marked out as one of the favourites.