SAKHIR GP - FP1 and FP2 - RESULTS

George Russell made a flying start by being the fastest driver of Friday's Practice race. He mad a clean sweep and left Red Bull's Max behind.  

SAKHIR GP

The F1 drivers tasted the outer track of Bahrain International Circuit for the first time. Valtteri Bottas was 0.332sec slower than his substitute teammate, George Russell.  Russell replaced Lewis Hamilton has he was tested positive to the Coronavirus on Tuesday and has been self-isolating himself.

The Red Bulls were also fastest and secured P2 and P3 followed by Bottas, Kyat and Gasly.

Free Practice Race 1 Result:-

2020 F1 SAKHIR GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE RESULTS (1)
POS	DRIVER	NAT.	TEAM	TIME
1	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	0:54.546
2	Max Verstappen	NED	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	0:54.722
3	Alexander Albon	THA	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	0:54.811
4	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	0:54.868
5	Daniil Kvyat	RUS	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	0:55.011
6	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	0:55.166
7	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Renault F1 Team	0:55.273
8	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Scuderia Ferrari	0:55.281
9	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Renault F1 Team	0:55.379
10	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	0:55.449
11	Lance Stroll	CAN	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	0:55.558
12	Sergio Perez	MEX	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	0:55.716
13	Carlos Sainz	SPA	McLaren F1 Team	0:55.757
14	Kimi Raikkonen	FIN	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	0:55.738
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	ITA	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	0:55.858
16	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	0:56.078
17	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	Haas F1 Team	0:56.130
18	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing	0:56.764
19	Pietro Fittipaldi	BRA	Haas F1 Team	0:57.077
20	Jack Aitken	GBR	Williams Racing	0:57.187

FP2:-

GEORGE RUSSELL

This time too Russell clinched the top most position followed by Max and Perez. 

Free Practice Race 2:-

2020 F1 SAKHIR GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE RESULTS (2)
POS	DRIVER	NAT.	TEAM	TIME
1	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	0:54.713
2	Max Verstappen	NED	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	0:54.841
3	Sergio Perez	MEX	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	0:54.866
4	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Renault F1 Team	0:54.940
5	Alexander Albon	THA	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	0:55.036
6	Daniil Kvyat	RUS	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	0:55.068
7	Lance Stroll	CAN	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	0:55.104
8	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Renault F1 Team	0:55.124
9	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	0:55.133
10	Carlos Sainz	SPA	McLaren F1 Team	0:55.258
11	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	0:55.321
12	Kimi Raikkonen	FIN	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	0:55.484
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	ITA	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	0:55.533
14	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	Haas F1 Team	0:55.738
15	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing	0:55.784
16	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Scuderia Ferrari	0:55.830
17	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	0:56.031
18	Pietro Fittipaldi	BRA	Haas F1 Team	0:56.110
19	Jack Aitken	GBR	Williams Racing	0:56.260
20	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	No time set

- By Amaan Attar