Bahrain Test 2 - Day 3 - Line-Up

The testing for Day 3 is now live and I am once again, as always, doing LIVE COMMENTARY COVERAGE on my twitter at: @F1Insider78 - So come and follow me for all the action and say Hi! I will be answering YOUR questions tonight as well!

The Line-Up for testing today is:

Redbull: Sebastian Vettel.

Lotus: Romain Grosjean.

Mercedes: Nico Rosberg.

McLaren: Kevin Magnussen.

Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen.

Force India: Nico Hulkenberg.

Sauber: Adrian Sutil.

Williams: Felipe Massa.

Toro Rosso: Daniil Kvyat

Caterham:Marcus Ericsson.

Marussia: Jules Bianchi


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Bahrain Test 2 - Day 2 - Re-Cap

After a long 8 hour session of testing yesterday, I am back for the Re-Cap of Day 2!

Re-Cap:

We saw Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Pastor Maldonado and Marcus Ericsson all have problems, especially Ericsson who's car caught fire. Reports saying Lotus also had a fire issue. Someone who wasn't having a problem was Sergio Perez, who once again held Fastest time for pretty much the whole 8-Hour-Session. 

Fastest Times:

1. Sergio Perez - 1:35.570 / Force India
2. Fernando Alonso - 1:35.634 / Ferrari
3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:35.743 / Redbull
4. Felipe Massa - 1:36.507 / Williams
5. Jenson Button - 1:36.901 / McLaren
6. Jules Bianchi - 1:38.092 / Marussia
7. Lewis Hamilton - 1:39.041 / Mercedes
8. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:39.636 / Toro Rosso
9. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:39.976 / Sauber 
10. Pastor Maldonado - 1:41.613 / Lotus
11. Marcus Ericsson - 1:42.516 / Caterham

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Bahrain Test 2 - Day 2 - Line-Up

Day 2 at the Bahrain International circuit for the 3rd and final set of Winter Tests! It's day 2 out of 4 and of course, as always, I am on twitter right now at @F1Insider78 doing live commentary coverage for the whole 8 hour session. We might be seeing a 30 minute lunch break around 4 hours in, before resuming to the PM part of the session! Come join me on twitter and say Hi!

Today's Line-Up:

Redbull: Daniel Ricciardo

Ferrari: Fernando Alonso

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton

Lotus: Pastor Maldonado

Force India: Sergio Perez

 McLaren: Jenson Button

Sauber: Esteban Gutierrez

Williams: Felipe Massa

Toro Rosso: Jean-Eric Vergne

Caterham: Marcus Ericsson 

Marussia: Jules Bianchi

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Bahrain Test 2 - Day 1 - Re-Cap

Morning all! Here's a quick re-cap of yesterday's test session in Bahrain.

Re-Cap:

We had a few Red Flags due to cars stopping, including the cars of: Kobayashi and Maldonado. Daniil Kvyat also stopped during the PM session. Everything else seemed to go pretty smoothly and Force India's Sergio Perez held the fastest time for nearly the whole 8 hour session and ended it in first as well.

Here are the times.

Fastest Times:

1. Sergio Perez - 1:35.20 / Force India
2. Valtteri Bottas - 1:36.184 / Williams
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:36.432 - Ferrari
4. Nico Rosberg - 1:36.624 / Mercedes
5. Adrian Sutil - 1:37.700 / Sauber
6. Kevin Magnussen - 1:37.825 / McLaren
7. Daniel Ricciardo- 1:37.908 / Redbull
8. Max Chilton - 1:38.610 / Marussia
9. Daniil Kvyat - 1:39.242 / Toro Rosso
10. Pastor Maldonado - 1:40.599 / Lotus
11. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:42.285 / Caterham

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Bahrain Test 2 - Day 1 - Line-Up

The last test week of the Pre-Season is upon us. After these next 4 days, there is no more testing and it'll only be a short while before we're seeing Practice Sessions for the first GP of the 2014 Season.

Here's the driver line-up for Day 1. Session starts in about 20 minutes!

Redbull - Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes - Nico Rosberg 
McLaren - Kevin Magnussen
Lotus - Pastor Maldonado
Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen
Force India - Sergio Perez
Williams - Valtteri Bottas
Toro Rosso  - Daniil Kvyat
Sauber - Adrian Sutil
Caterham - Kamui Kobayashi
Marussia - Max Chilton

As always, I will be doing live-commentary on my twitter: @F1Insider78

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Bahrain Testing Day 4 - Re-Cap

I know this is up a bit later than it should be, but I've had a few computer issues! But, alas.. Here is the re-cap and testing times from day 4 at Bahrain from last weekend!

Re-Cap

Force India was forced to end their run on Day 4, with Perez only having been able to complete 19 laps. They announced that their was a drivetrain problem and also something wrong with the gearbox.

Kimi Raikkonen took his F14 T for quite a ride, when he took it into a side-barrier, damaging quite a bit of the front of the car. Kimi was unhurt and took the blame for the crash.

A few other cars stopped on the circuit while doing a lap. The problems were different for everyone, but one thing's for sure. Renault is having trouble already and it's not looking good.

Fastest Times:

1. Nico Rosberg - 1:33.283 / Mercedes
2. Jenson Button - 1:34.957 / McLaren
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:36.718 / Ferrari
4. Felipe Nasr - 1:37.569 / Williams
5. Pastor Maldonado - 1:38.707 / Lotus
6. Sergio Perez - 1:39.258 / Force India
7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:39.837 / Redbull
8. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:40.472 / Toro Rosso
9. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:43.027 / Caterham (PM)
10. Marcus Ericsson - 1:45.094 / Caterham (AM)
11. Jules Bianchi - No Time Set / Marussia
12. Adrian Sutil - No Time Set / Sauber

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Bahrain Testing Day 4 - Driver Line-Up

Here is the line-up for Day 4 of testing at Bahrain International circuit. As always I will be doing live commentary on my tiwtter @F1Insider78 and I will be in the Autosport.com chat under the LIVE tab on their website, in the Bahrain Testing commentary room. Come join and say Hi!

Line-Up:

Redbull: Daniel Ricciardo

Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen

Mercedes: Nico Rosberg

Lotus: Pastor Maldonado

McLaren: Jenson Button

Sauber: Adrian Sutil

Toro Rosso: Jean-Eric Vergne

Force India: Sergio Perez 

Williams: Felipe Massa

Caterham: (Edit) Caterham has decided to run Marcus Ericsson in the morning and Kamui Kobayashi will be in the car in the afternoon!

Marussia: Jules Bianchi

Testing starts at 9 AM Bahrain time and that is 10:00 PM for people on the West Coast and 1:00 AM for the East Coast & That is for USA. If you want this converted to your local time, just ask!

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Bahrain Testing Day 3 - Re-Cap

Day 4 of testing in Bahrain will be underway in an hour and it's time for a Re-Cap of Day 3!
We had some different drivers out on track and some action as well. Multiple cars stopped including Chilton and Maldonado - Causing red flags. There was actually quite a bit of smoke and possibly I heard there was fire from Chilton's car and there's some photos of him jumping out of the car!

There was quite a delay in getting the Force India out for Perez and in turn, he did not get to complete as many laps as anyone else. Williams had both Bottas and Massa in the car for the session, with Bottas mostl doing pit-stop practice all morning before the car got turned over to Massa for the afternoon. 

Here are the times.

Fastest Times: 

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:34.263 / Mercedes
2. Jenson Button - 1:34.976 / McLaren
3. Felipe Massa - 1:37.066 / Williams
4. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:37.180 / Sauber
5. Sergio Perez - 1:37.367 / Force India
6. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:37.467 / Ferrari
7. Daniil Kvyat - 1:38.974 / Toro Rosso
8. Pastor Maldonado - 1:39.642 / Lotus
9. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:40.781 / Redbull
10. Marcus Ericsson - 1:42.130 / Caterham
11. Max Chilton - 1:46.672 / Marussia

Driver Line-Up for Day 4 will be up in a separate article.

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Bahrain Testing Day 3 - LINE-UP!

Here are the drivers who will be going tonight at the Bahrain International Circuit for Day 3 of Winter Testing. It will once again be an action-packed 8-hour-session and I will be doing Live-Commentary on my twitter @F1Insider78 & You can also find me with the same name on Autosport.com in the Chat under the Live Testing page! Make sure to come say Hi! and chat with us as we all gather around to talk about F1!


Line-Up / Day 3.

Redbull: Daniel Ricciardo

Lotus: Pastor Maldonado

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton

Force India: Sergio Perez

McLaren: Jenson Button

Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen

Sauber: Esteban Gutierrez

Toro Rosso: Daniil Kvyat

Williams: Felipe Massa & Valtteri Bottas will drive

Caterham: Marcus Ericsson

Marussia: Max Chilton

Session starts at 9 AM Bahrain time and ends at 5 PM Bahrain time / That means it starts at 10:00 PM for anyone on the West Coast in the US and 1:00 AM for people in the US East Coast. If you want it converted to your time, just let me know!

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Bahrain Testing Day 2 - Re-Cap

Last night day 2 of testing at Bahrain International Circuit got underway and let's get straight to the results & re-cap.

We opened with a Red Flag when Nico Rosberg's Mercedes stopped out on the circuit and had to be aken back to the pits to be worked on. The Mercedes crew put up screens around the garage to shield people from seeing what they were doing. Once it was Green Flag, things started out slow, other than Jean-Eric Vergne getting out there and completing a double-figure amount of laps for the Toro Rosso team.

Eventually, Day 1's fastest driver, Nico Hulkenberg was sent out to do some laps in the Force India, but after the 8 hour session was over, he was beat by McLaren's Kevin Magnussen, who stole fastest time with a 1:34s, pushing Nico to the second fastest spot.

We had a few more red flags during the session, when Vergne's car stopped and a bit later, it was Esteban's Sauber that also stopped and the Cherry Picker came out to return the car to the pits.

Other than that, another good day of running for all 11 teams, as they all set times this time, and here they are!

Fastest Times:

1. Kevin Magnussen - 1:34.910 / McLaren
2. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:36.445 / Force India
3. Fernando Alonso - 1:36.516 / Ferrari
4. Nico Rosberg - 1:36.965 / Mercedes
5. Valtteri Bottas - 1:37.328 / Williams
6. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:39.855 / Caterham
7. Sebastian Vettel - 1:40.340 / Redbull
8. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:40.609 / Toro Rosso
9. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:40.717 / Sauber
10. Romain Grosjean - 1:41.670 / Lotus
11. Max Chilton - 1:42.511 / Marussia

Thanks for reading and make sure to view my live commentary on Twitter for Day 3 of testing tonight - Follow me on twitter @F1Insider78

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Bahrain Testing Day 1 - Re-Cap.

Thanks to all who joined me last night on Twitter for my live commentary of Day 1 at Bahrain International Circuit! Here's a quick re-cap of what happened. Also, I'm live right now on Twitter for Day 2 and also chatting on Autosport.com in the live Forum Chat under Day 2 of Bahrain testing.

Re-Cap: Day 1 at Bahrain International Circuit started out with a few woes as the session was delayed while waiting for enough Marshalls to be around the circuit and then Fernando Alonso's Ferrari stopped out on track, before he was able to bring it back to the garage. Redbull had to delay their run as well as Toro Rosso, with theirs being due to some sort of oil leaks. Sutil in the Sauber also stopped on the circuit, and had be to removed and taken back to the pits. Other than that, things ran pretty smoothly and here are your times!

Fastest Times:

1. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:36.880 / Force India.
2. Fernando Alonso - 1:37.879/ Ferari.
3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:37.908 / Mercedes.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 1:38.295 / McLaren.
5. Sebastian Vettel - 1:40.224 / Redbull.
6. Adrian Sutil - 1:40.443 / Sauber.
7. Robin Frijns - 1:42.534 / Caterham.
8. Danill Kvyat - 1:44.346 / Toro Rosso.
9. Romain Grosjean - 1:44.832 / Lotus.
10. Felipe Massa - No Time Set / Williams.
11. Jules Bianchi - No Time Set / Marussia.

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Drivers Permanent Numbers

During the later months of 2013, it was announced that drivers were going to be allowed to pick their permanent numbers for the 2014 season. After months of waiting, the FIA announced who had chosen what number. For those of you who have not seen the list, here it is.


Redbull:

Sebastian Vettel - #1 (If he is to lose his championship spot, his number will be 5 as it is the one he chose. 1 is awarded regardless to the current champion.)
Daniel Ricciardo - #3

Ferrari:

Fernando Alonso - #24
Kimi Raikkonen - #7

Lotus:

Romain Grosjean - #8
Pastor Maldonado - #13

Mercedes:

Lewis Hamilton - #44
Nico Rosberg - #6

McLaren:

Jenson Button - #22

Kevin Magnussen - #20

Force India:

Sergio Perez - #11

Nico Hulkenberg - #27

Sauber:

Esteban Gutierrez - #22

Adrian Sutil - #99

Williams:

Felipe Massa - #19

Valtteri Bottas - #77

Toro Rosso:

Daniil Kvyat - #26

Jean-Eric Vergne - #25

Caterham:

Kamui Kobayashi - #10

Marcus Ericsson - #9

Marussia:

Jules Bianchi - #17

Max Chilton - #4

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