F1 Bahrain GP: Fernando Alonso quickest from Max Verstappen as Aston Martin hype builds in second practice
Aston Martin have been billed as the surꦫprise package heading into F1 2023 and the Silverstone-based outfit have carried over their strong pre-season form into the first race weekend with Alonso to🦂pping the FP2 timesheets.
During a fascinating session held in conditions representative of qualifying and the race, Alonso was 0.169s quicker than double world ch🐼ampion Verstappen, with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez 0.171s back in third place.
ꦆFerrari’s Charles Leclerc was a couple of tenths further back in fourth, ahead of Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll was seen struggling to hold h🍨is wheel as he navigated Turn 1 at one stage as he continues to recover from a broken wrist he ✱sustained in a cycling accident which ruled him out of pre-season testing.
Seven-time world champio꧒n Lewis Hamilton was only eighth-fastest - behind Alpine’s Esteban Ocon - with ꦬMercedes lagging over six-tenths adrift of Alonso’s benchmark.
Lando Norris and Zhou Guanyu completed the remainder of a tightly-contested top-10 ord🐻er for McLaren and Alfa R𒁃omeo respectively.
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