00:00That's the official facts that have come through because it was time and the penalty was reduced or the fine was reduced from 60,000 euros
00:07So that's why he got the fight because it was 20 seconds late
00:17All these numbers have come up with it, where the money goes, things like that
00:21It's crazy how bad the griffins compared to the fight, it's quite impressive
00:25Had Carlos or Williams informed the FIA that he had a medical issue and therefore might be late because of a medical issue
00:32Then he would have been fine and he wouldn't have been fined, but they didn't
00:36So that's a good point, that is procedurally the team in advance
00:41Remember from yesterday, Charles Leclerc said we're nowhere in terms of pace compared to the McLarens
00:46It might be on a pace with others, but not the two McLaren cars
00:50Leclerc crosses the line and goes second fastest with a 1.34
00:569.5 one-hundredths of a second behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton jacket, yeah?
01:01Well, yeah, I'm not sure how cool it looks, but I'm sure it keeps me cool
01:06It's how cool it feels
01:07A bit floaty there
01:09It's how cool it feels rather than how cool it looks
01:13For once, George Russell is not going for the fashion stakes
01:15No, no, he's keeping that for his gardening
01:18You've got to think about George Russell
01:22That video
01:23Guarding and power tools, haven't you?
01:24I honestly, I did enjoy that video
01:27Welcome back to Bahrain
01:35This is Gabriel Portoletto out on track
01:38Really struggling into turn eight
01:41That wasn't the end of his struggles
01:42On the last lap, as you can see
01:45Closes the DRS, but still, with a quite strong tailwind behind him
01:50Can't stay on the track
01:51Lando Norris into the final couple of corners
01:54And we've got a 40.5 on the board for Lando Norris
01:57This could be the fastest time so far
02:00Crosses the line to go quickest by a second
02:03Yesterday, how happy were you with the progress?
02:08What have you had to change overnight?
02:11It's, I mean, it's so close between all of the cars
02:15So just finding a few milliseconds overnight
02:17Is really important to move ourselves forward
02:19So not super happy with a single lap
02:22I think our long run yesterday was better
02:24I'm pretty sure we were watching from the helicopters
02:26It was really hard to tell
02:27But I'm pretty sure Lando went wide at turn 11 as well
02:31So I'm not surprised to see such a big difference in the middle sector
02:35To be all dear
02:35That's Nico Hülkenberg
02:37Celebrating 15 years in Formula 1
02:40Car went into anti-stall
02:40Just by itself
02:42It looks good on
02:43Car, car, car, car
02:45Car switches still off
02:46Engine is off
02:47And his car not wanting to join in the celebrations
02:51That's down at turn eight
02:52And it's gone into anti-stall
02:53And we've got a virtual safety car
02:55Because they're going to need those marshals down there
02:59To come and recover that stricken Sauber
03:02I think they're going to
03:03Hopefully they can
03:06There's a neutral button on the top of the monocoque
03:08You can see on the dashboard
03:09The car was stuck in third gear
03:10Guys
03:12Let me know what you want me to do
03:14Yeah, it doesn't look like we can get going again, Nico
03:17He's overcome bigger hurdles than that in his career
03:22Crofty, just one thing from down here
03:24You know how we see team principals come and go in this sport
03:27Yes
03:28Well, you don't see many of them go from team principal
03:31To lowly pit reporter
03:33Down to my level, Crofty
03:36But we do have one today
03:37Hello, Marcin Budkowski
03:39Yes
03:40Late the team boss of the Renault team
03:42Of course, Alpine
03:44Now working for Polish TV
03:47That's nothing new
03:48But what is new is that they've decided
03:50He should be a pit reporter for the session
03:52They all join me down here
03:55I don't know anything about engineering
03:56Well, I don't know a bit about engineering
03:57Or management or anything like that
03:59But yeah, how hard can it be?
04:03Ask Marcin Budkowski
04:04Yeah, I would
04:05That's George Russell locking up
04:07On what was his first flying lap on the medium tyre
04:10He might have been a bit compromised
04:12Even if he hadn't have locked up
04:13Because it was round about
04:14When the virtual safety car period came out
04:17He and the Red Bull camp were saying
04:20That they were lacking yesterday, wasn't it?
04:22So, obviously they were carrying more fuels
04:24They didn't show their hand, perhaps
04:26It wouldn't have counted
04:27Way off track, though
04:28Yeah
04:28That is the easiest way to take turn four
04:31Which is why track limits are there
04:32Ladies and gentlemen
04:34That wasn't even close
04:36With Valtteri Bottas to his right-hand side
04:40Watching on
04:41This is George Russell
04:42Getting past Liam Lawson
04:44In the racing balls
04:45And into the final couple of corners
04:47On that lap we just saw
04:50That's what it looked like for Liam Lawson
04:53Dude, like, just so annoying
04:59No point to do that
05:00Well, I'm not sure I agree with that
05:04Meanwhile
05:05Spot the difference
05:07Right to left
05:08Charles Leclerc's Ferrari
05:10Mirror on one side, Karun
05:12No mirror on the other side
05:15Having he get seven years of bad luck
05:17Or
05:18The person who put the mirror on
05:21Get seven years of bad luck
05:22And that
05:24That you do not want to see
05:26You can see underneath
05:28And actually
05:28That's where it goes
05:32Where it goes
05:33Over the fence
05:34That's a nice souvenir
05:36For somebody out there
05:37Get that on eBay
05:39I think there is a grandstand
05:42Down there as well, isn't there?
05:45But we've
05:45Just briefly
05:47Had a yellow flag
05:50I wonder if anything else
05:52As pops off
05:54George Russell
05:55Getting a little bit slidey there
05:56Whoa
06:02He's had a full spin
06:03Wow
06:04I don't ever recall seeing that
06:07Coming out of turn 10
06:08Somebody having a full
06:09Full spin
06:11They started to slide on the way in
06:12Then managed to get it turned around the corner
06:14But as the car goes through that compression
06:17And came out the other side
06:19And starts to pick power up
06:21Turn 10 was not exactly an easy corner
06:24For George Russell yesterday
06:25God
06:26Probably got as far as
06:27That was the least amount of grip I've ever had
06:29In a number one car
06:31The heavy hitters have now started their laps
06:34Verstappen on the lap
06:35Norris on the lap
06:36Piastri winding himself up
06:38As we see Alex Albon come up to the line
06:41And this should take him into the top five
06:43Might take him to the top four
06:45And does half a second behind Oscar Piastri
06:48So let's look at what Verstappen does
06:50For his benchmark
06:51Piastri
06:52Storming first sector
06:54Look at Oscar Piastri
06:55Four tenths quicker
06:56Than anything anyone has managed
06:58So here's Max Verstappen then
07:00Moving top
07:00With a 1.33-0
07:02But he might find himself a long way behind
07:04By the time Oscar Piastri finishes
07:06And he finishes the lap
07:08Now
07:08Crosses the line
07:10And it's a 1.31-6
07:13For Oscar Piastri
07:141.3 seconds clear
07:16Of Pierre Gass
07:18Further ahead than Max Verstappen
07:19Than he was in FP2 yesterday
07:22There's Yuki Tsunoda
07:23Going for another flying lap
07:24And another flying lap
07:25That's gone a begging
07:26As he's looking left and right
07:28Trying to get back on the track again
07:30After locking up
07:31Now why did Lando Norris
07:32Bail out of his
07:34Flying lap
07:35I think we're about to see
07:37Went in too hot
07:38Into 11
07:39Just
07:40You can see
07:40Carrying to my speed
07:41Understood off the track there
07:43But
07:43He was already down
07:44Wasn't he in sector one
07:45He was already a long way off
07:46And that was way before
07:48Piastri put his lap in
07:49Yeah
07:50Ali Behrman
07:50Trying to take a different track
07:52There's this five certified FIA
07:57Licensed tracks here
07:59At the Sakhir circuit
08:00And I think he was trying to go
08:01To another one
08:02Than the one we're actually racing on
08:03For whatever reason
08:05Here's Jack Doohan
08:06Into
08:07Turn 11
08:08Where you're still being pushed
08:10Into that corner a bit
08:11By a tailwind
08:12Leclerc meanwhile
08:13Has matched Lando Norris
08:14With a 29.3
08:15On this latest lap
08:17So they're two tenths down
08:19On Oscar
08:19For the middle sector
08:21Lando Norris
08:21Is putting a 39.7
08:23So he's about four tenths down
08:24And ends up
08:25Just under seven tenths down
08:27We have to caveat that
08:28Right
08:28It was still early
08:30In Max's racing career
08:31We have to remember
08:32He only did one year of F3
08:33Before that
08:34We have to remember
08:36Really towards the end of that
08:39Phase where they were teammates
08:40Max did have the upper hand
08:42Yes
08:43I think in that
08:43That final season
08:44Of the two cars being together
08:45So
08:47Yeah
08:49I think
08:49But you're right
08:50You know
08:50Alex Albon
08:51Doing a George Russell there
08:52Yeah
08:53But not spinning around completely
08:55George Russell did a
08:57A proper spin
08:58It shows you how
09:00The lack of grip
09:02Down at turn nine
09:04You feel for Aston Martin
09:05If they can get a car
09:06Into
09:07Q2
09:08That might be a cause
09:10For a half a smile
09:11Down there
09:13Right
09:13Oscar Piastri
09:14With the fastest time
09:16And it looked like
09:16A really good lap
09:17When he put it together
09:18And it ended up
09:20A really good lap
09:21Nearly seven tenths clear
09:22Of his teammate
09:22Lando Norris
09:23Who set that flying lap
09:25On his third attempt
09:26Really
09:26So the tyres had already
09:27Had a bit of juice
09:29Taken out of them
09:30Charles Leclerc
09:31The only other driver
09:32To get within one second
09:33Of Oscar Piastri
09:35George Russell and
09:36Kimi Antonelli
09:37Completing the top five
09:38Then came Gasly
09:39With a super lap
09:40For Alpine
09:41Ahead of Hadja
09:42Verstappen
09:43Sainz and Hamilton
09:43Behind these
09:45Esteban Ocon
09:45Second and a half down
09:46For Hasbro
09:47Having a better session
09:48Than his teammate
09:49Oli Behrman
09:50Carlos Sainz
09:51Had a better session
09:52Than his teammate
09:53Alex Albon
09:54Who's only been up
09:55Qualified two times
09:56By teammates
09:57In the last couple
09:58Of seasons
09:59Will Sainz
10:00Get the upper hand
10:01Later for qualifying
10:02We'll find out
10:03It's coming next
10:04To be continued...
10:05To be continued...
10:06To be continued...
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