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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finishes first as Lewis Hamilton is reeling back in the sixth spot after the Free Practice Session 3

Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finishes first as Lewis Hamilton is reeling back in the sixth spot after the Free Practice Session 3

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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Max Verstappen and Red Bull are all set to take an upper hand over Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in Free Practice 3 – Follow Live Updates
Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE – Formula 1 LIVE Streaming: The much anticipated 2022 Formula 1 season kicks off in Bahrain today. Max Verstappen goes the quickest after setting a lap time of 1m32.544s. Charles Leclerc goes second after setting a lap time of 1m32.640s. Sergio Perez goes third after setting a lap time of 1m32.791s. […]

Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE – Formula 1 LIVE Streaming: The much anticipated 2022 Formula 1 season kicks off in Bahrain today. Max Verstappen goes the quickest after setting a lap time of 1m32.544s. Charles Leclerc goes second after setting a lap time of 1m32.640s. Sergio Perez goes third after setting a lap time of 1m32.791s. The first race of the season is scheduled for Sunday. Max Verstappen will take the fight to Lewis Hamilton in the second Free Practice session today. Follow Formula 1 LIVE updates & Bahrain GP LIVE Updates with Insidesport.IN.

The two Pre-season Testings have been concluded. The first one took place in Barcelona from 23rd to 25th February. Then, the action moved onto Bahrain where the second Pre-season Testing took place from 10th to 12th March.

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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finishes first as Lewis Hamilton is reeling back in the sixth spot after the Free Practice Session 3

How the timings look after the Free Practice Session 3

  1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 1m32.544s
  2. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 1m32.640s
  3. Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 1m32.791s
  4. George Russell, Mercedes – 1m32.935s
  5. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 1m33.053s
  6. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 1m33.121s
  7. Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 1m33.437s
  8. Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo – 1m33.733s
  9. Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo – 1m33.880s
  10. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 1m33.920s

  • The FP3 session is now over with Max Verstappen still on the top of the charts. Then comes Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who is in the second position. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez finished in third.
  • So this is bad news for Yuki Tsunoda as the session starts to draw to a close. The hydraulics issue has kept him in the garage.
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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso in the pit lane.
  • Carlos Sainz appears to have been released right into the path of his countryman Fernando Alonso in the pitlane. The incident has been noted by the stewards.

  • Red Bull’s Sergio Perez goes third after setting a lap time of 1m32.791s.
  • Max Verstappen goes the quickest after setting a lap time of 1m32.544s.
  • Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topples Russell and goes fastest after setting a lap time of 1m32.640s.
  • George Russell goes quickest after setting a lap time of 1m32.935s.
  • Carlos Sainz goes second after setting a lap time of 1m33.053s.

  • Lewis Hamilton goes second after setting a lap time of 1m33.121s.

  • George Russell says, “I am not feeling massively comfortable with the car. So much understeer, apex, low speed.”

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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Charles Leclerc spins his car.
  • And there’s a big spin for Charles Leclerc.
  • Max Verstappen now tops the timesheet after setting a lap time of 1m33.035s.
  • Sergio Perez goes second fastest after setting a lap time of 1m34.160s.
  • Charles Leclerc goes top of the timesheet after setting a lap time of 1m33.797s. Carlos Sainz is second after setting a lap time of 1m34.217s.
  • Valtteri Bottas is second now after setting a lap time of 1m34.617s.
  • Lewis Hamilton goes top of the timesheet after setting a lap time of 1m34.256s. Lando Norris goes second after setting a lap time of 1m36.317s. Nico Hulkenberg is third after setting a lap time of 1m37.506s.
  • Lewis Hamilton has made his way out on the track and he is currently running the soft tyres.
  • Nico Hulkenberg and Lando Norris have now both headed out. Each using the medium tyres.

  • Guanyu Zhou is second after setting a lap time of 1m38.886s.
  • Valtteri Bottas has gone the quickest after setting a lap time of 1m38.840s.
  • Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, and Guanyu Zhou are the first ones to come out on the track.
  • The FP3 session is underway.

  • Track temperatures are currently at 38.7 °C.

  • Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal said, ” the bouncing was “one of five or six issues where we believe there is big performance to gain. In F1 is never one solution. But I think there is low-hanging fruit that we need to tackle for the next races, which will improve our performance. I don’t think we can match the leader’s pace at the moment. Red Bull is in a league of their own.”
  • Just 10 minutes to go for the start of the FP3 session.

Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE: Who is leading after the Second Free Practice Session

  1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 1m31.936s
  2. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 1m32.023s
  3. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 1m32.520s
  4. George Russell, Mercedes – 1m32.529s
  5. Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 1m32.877s
  6. Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo – 1m32.951s
  7. Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 1m32.958s
  8. Mick Schumacher, Haas – 1m33.085s
  9. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 1m33.144s
  10. Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 1m33.183s

  • The FP2 session has come to an end. It’s Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who leads the session with two Ferrari drivers behind him. Charles Leclerc is second and Carlos Sainz is placed third.

  • Yuki Tsunoda has another close moment at Turn 8. This time with Lance Stroll, as it looks like the AlphaTauri driver clipped his front wing against the right-rear tyre of the Aston Martin. That incident has also been noted by race control.
  • The FIA stewards will investigate the Charles Leclerc vs Yuki Tsunoda incident.
  • The stewards have opted to ‘note’ the earlier incident between Yuki Tsunoda and Charles Leclerc when both the drivers tripped over each other. The incident took place at Turn 8.

  • Daniel Ricciardo won’t be joining now as it has been reported that he has a water leak in his car. So, it’s all over for Daniel in FP2.
  • Currently, all the drivers on the track are running on soft tyres.

  • Just 13 minutes left in the FP2 session as Verstappen leads with Leclerc and Sainz in second and third positions.
  • Ferrari is really putting up a show here today. They had pretty good Pre-season Testings in Barcelona and Bahrain. Now, they are continuing that progress in FP2 with Leclerc second and Sainz third.
  • Carlos Sainz moves up to P3 with a lap time of 1m32.520s.

  • Lewis Hamilton is really struggling and is down at P9.

  • Lewis Hamilton on the team radio says, “Some sort of problem with the front brakes man, the front right is pulling.”
  • Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m31.936s. Charles Leclerc is second with a lap time of 1m32.023s. George Russell is third with a lap time of 1m32.529s.

  • Charles Leclerc tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m32.263s. Fernando Alonso is second with a lap time of 1m33.877s. Valtteri Bottas is third with a lap time of 1m33.951s.
  • Fernando Alonso tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m32.877s. Carlos Sainz is second with a lap time of 1m33.065s. Charles Leclerc is third with a lap time of 1m33.121s.
  • Kevin Magnussen is second with a lap time of 1m33.183s. Lando Norris is third with a lap time of 1m33.280s.

  • Nico Hulkenberg, who is driving in place of Sebastian Vettel has gone sixth after setting a lap time of 1m34.061s.

  • Valtteri Bottas topples his former teammate Lewis Hamilton and goes P4. He set a lap time of 1m33.970s.

  • “We are at the limit of bouncing I can feel in the straight,” Ocon reports over Alpine team radio.
  • Lewis Hamilton, driving for Mercedes says on the team radio, “It’s still bouncing a lot.”
  • Max Verstappen is second with a lap time of 1m33.621s.
  • Lewis Hamilton comes into fourth place with a lap time of 1m34.379s on the mediums. Elsewhere, Verstappen comes out onto the track for the first time in FP2.

  • Fernando Alonso is third with a lap time of 1m34.372s.
  • Charles Leclerc tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m33.121s. Carlos Sainz is second with a lap time of 1m33.837s. Esteban Ocon is third with a lap time of 1m33.550s.
  • Everyone on track is on the medium tyres apart from the McLaren pair. They both are on the hards.
  • Here we go with 15 drivers taking to the track immediately led by Haas’ Kevin Magnussen.

  • The FP2 session is underway.
  • Track temperature is 13′ cooler than FP1.

  • Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director says, “We did make some progress with porpoising and we did play around with ride heights in the session, What we do need to do is find some more car performance.”

Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Pierre Gasly tops the chart in the first Free Practice 1 as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton finish fifth and seven in the first GP of Formula 1 2022 season
Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Pierre Gasly tops the chart in the first Free Practice 1 session.

Who is leading after the First Free Practice Session

  1. Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 1m34.193s
  2. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 1m34.557s
  3. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 1m34.611s
  4. George Russell, Mercedes – 1m34.629s
  5. Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 1m34.742s
  6. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 1m34.814s
  7. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 1m34.943s
  8. Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 1m35.000s
  9. Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 1m35.028s
  10. Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 1m35.050s
  • The first Free Practice session concludes. It was Pierre Gasly who tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.193s. Then the two Ferrari drivers finished second and third. Charles Leclerc was second with a lap time of 1m34.557s. Carlos Sainz finished third with a lap time of 1m34.611s.
  • Fernando Alonso moves up to P8 on his latest run and his lap time was 1m35.000s.
  • Alfa Romeo’s rookie driver, Guanyu Zhou is really pushing his car to the limits. he is now P11 after setting a lap time of 1m35.053s.

  • Just five minutes to go for the first Free Practice to conclude.
  • Lewis Hamilton gets up to P7 after setting a lap time of 1m34.943s.

  • Pierre Gasly topples Russell and goes top of the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.193s. Charles Leclerc is second with a lap time of 1m34.557s. Carlos Sainz is third with a lap time of 1m34.611s.
  • George Russell tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.629s.

  • Andreas Seidl, McLaren Team Principal says, “So far so good, I would say. Daniel seems to be back on full energy which is very important. Regarding the brake cooling, still early days but we’ve had a good start to the session which is positive. From what we hear, it is a problem throughout the pit lane, but not to the extent we had it.”
  • There have been none of the big lock-ups between Turns 9 and 10 as there were in the Pre-season Testing.
  • Esteban Ocon, driving for Alpine is now fourth after setting a lap time of 1m35.417s.
  • Red Bull’s Sergio Perez is now second after setting a lap time of 1m35.050s.
  • Esteban Ocon is back out on the track after his sidepod fixes. He is currently driving on the soft tyres.
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  • Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.742s. Fernando Alonso is second with a lap time of 1m35.179s. Sergio Perez is third with a lap time of 1m35.241s.

  • Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.783.
  • Fernando Alonso tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m35.247s.
  • Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda are also out on the track.
  • The session resumes, with Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso coming out on the track.

  • The session has been suspended. the red flag is shown. Some damage has been done to Esteban Ocon’s car.
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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Sidepod of Esteban Ocon’s Alpine detached from his car.
  • Lando Norris now goes top of the table with a lap time of 1m36.584s.
  • Daniel Ricciardo has set a lap time of 1m36.918s. With this, he goes first.
  • Valtteri Bottas, driving for Alfa Romeo reports “quite a bit of misfiring” already on his installation lap. Thus he returns to the pits.
  • Nico Hulkenberg of Aston Martin, Kevin Magnussen of Haas, Valtteri Bottas, and Guanyu Zhou of Alfa Romeo are on the track as well.
  • Charles Leclerc for Ferrari is still sporting aero rakes on his rear wing.
  • The green flag is shown. The track is open for the drivers.

Max Verstappen ahead of the first Free Practice Session said, “I will be a more aggressive driver this year,” replied Hamilton bluntly after a brief pause. “You’ll see.”

Lewis Hamilton also added, “I don’t expect we’ve made a huge amount of progress. The car naturally was fresher coming into the test. You have a new engine, you have new components. But it’s still a car from last week. We obviously have learned a lot from the week of testing here. And I hope we’ve taken some sort of step forward in terms of understanding where we position the car.

Location: Sakhir, Bahrain

Circuit Length: 5.412 km

First Grand Prix: 2004

Number of Laps: 57

Race Distance: 308.238 km

Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE – Timings of Practice, Qualifying, and Race

Practice 1, Date – 18th March

Timings – 17:30 to 18:30 IST

Practice 2, Date – 18th March

Timings – 20:30 to 21:30 IST

Practice 3, Date – 19th March

Timings – 17:30 to 18:30 IST

Qualifying, Date – 19th March

Timings – 20:30 to 21:30 IST

Race, Date – 20th March

Timings – 20:30 to 22:30 IST

Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Max Verstappen to battle it out against Lewis Hamilton in the first Free Practice session of the Formula 1 season - Follow Live Updates
Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE: Track layout and DRS zones.

Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finishes first as Lewis Hamilton is reeling back in the sixth spot after the Free Practice Session 3

Where can you watch the Practice, Qualifying, and Race on TV?

The Practice, Qualifying, and Race can be viewed on Star Sports.

Where can you watch the Practice, Qualifying, and Race? – Live Stream

The Practice, Qualifying, and Race can be live-streamed on Disney + Hotstar.

Bahrain Grand Prix 2022

When was the track built?

It started building in 2002. Like the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the developers for the track had a blank and sandy area to work with. The 5.4 km track was designed by Hermann Tilke.

When was its first Grand Prix?

It was the year 2004 when the first Grand Prix was held in Bahrain. It was dominated by the two Ferrari drivers, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. But, it was Michael Schumacher who won the inaugural race in Bahrain. It also had a fantastic fight between Mark Webber of Jaguar and Fernando Alonso of Renault.

Who won the last Grand Prix?

The last Grand Prix at Bahrain in 2021 was won by none other than Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. The second place went to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and the third place to Valtteri Bottas. It was again the battle between Hamilton and Verstappen.

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Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix 2021.

Verstappen had overtaken Hamilton and took the lead, but his car was off the track and he had to give the position back to Hamilton. However, Hamilton didn’t let Verstappen then overtake him and won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2021.

Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finishes first as Lewis Hamilton is reeling back in the sixth spot after the Free Practice Session 3

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