The practice timesheet at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix was notable because 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was at the top, but also because 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris was at the bottom.

The McLaren driver finished 20th in the second practice session on Thurꦬsday but emerged unflustered.

Norris made an error on the last sector while using soft tyres, forcing him to abort his lap, McLaren CEO Zak Brown t💦old Sky Sports.

Norris reacted: “It’s been a reason🦩able day. I’m happy with how Thursday went overal💃l.

“We made some progress with the car, there are still plenty of things to improve on, b꧃ut we improved the balance and I got more comfortable, which is a good thing.

“I didn’t do a great job in 𓂃putting a lap together, so it wasn’t a very representative day on the timeshe♍ets, but overall, a good first day and a good start to the weekend.”

Andrea Stelꦓla, McLaren Team Principal, adde💜d: "Overall, a productive first day of practice. We had no major issues and we got through our test programme.

“Even though we’ve had three days of testing, there is always a lot to finalise wꦆhen it comes to the race weekend, and today we worked oꩵn setup.

“It 🐬was also important to develop our understanding of the tyres in conditions that were colder in comparison to th🐎e test.

“Oscar had a good session both on new tyres and long runs, while Lando couldn’t complete his single timed lap oౠn the Soft, which meant his position in the classification was not very meaningful.

“But we’re happy w🌞ith the information we’ve acquired, and we seem to be in a decent position to sco♚re points.

“We’ll try to maximise our package tomorro▨w and put ouﷺrselves in the best position for the rest of the weekend.”

Oscar Piastri finished in P5 in the session topped both both Mercedes drivers, to give a stronger hint about what McLaren might be capabl♏e of from Friday onwards.

“It was a good session,” Piastri reacted.

“I felt like we were prౠetty competitive in both low and high fuel running. It♋’ll be interesting to see what we’re like tomorrow, but I think it was a pretty solid day overall.

“I was happy with my driving, and we got some good inf𝐆ormation out of the session.

“It will be interesting to see what the g🎃rid is like when all the sandbags are gone, but I think we’re about where we expected to be and we’re in a good place goin🥃g into tomorrow.”

Thursday practice was 𝔉full of intriguing results, not least Norris sitting bottom of the entire timesheet.

The pace of the two Mercedes was eye-opening, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen langu👍ishing in sixth was even more unexpected.

Friday’s qualifying shou👍ld offer a greater clue about what the 2024 F1 cars are truly capable of.