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Ferrari looks strong again: 'Have been able to test some important things'
- GPblog.com
During the first three F1 testing days in Barcelona, Ferrari seemed very strong. Two weeks later in Bahrain, the Italian racing team is once again starting strong. At least, it seemed so. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc confirmed afterwards that it actually was.
Ferrari were very strong in Barcelona on the somewhat harder tires. Together with Max Verstappen, the Ferrari drivers formed the top three in the time standings on the C3 tyre. In addition, Sainz and Leclerc drove the most laps of all teams together. Sainz led with 236 and Leclerc was on P6 with 203 laps. After the first day in Bahrain, two weeks later, the two Ferrari men recorded the second and third times and together they also drove a solid 116 laps, nineteen laps less than Sergio Perez in his Red Bull.
Ferrari picks up the thread in Bahrain
Sainz therefore said in the Ferrari press statement that it was a good day of testing: "We continued where we left off in Barcelona; with a similar schedule, but with different set-ups. We were not able to finish our last run on the C3, but overall we were able to test two or three things that were very important for us." During Leclerc's morning session, things went even smoother. In fact, Leclerc was able to complete the full program.
Leclerc took the majority of the 116 laps. During his 61 laps that he drove in the morning, he mainly noticed that the conditions in Bahrain were very different from those in Barcelona. Obviously, it is a lot warmer in the desert of Bahrain. The Ferrari driver must have felt that especially from the rubber under his Ferrari F1-75. Finally, Sainz did his hat off to the pit crew who did a great job in the extreme heat.
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