In-Season Test #1 - Bahrain / Day 2 Re-Cap

         The first set of In-Season testing is now done and complete and I have a quick Re-Cap of Day #2, along with the times from the end of the session.

        The session started off with Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso stopping on the circuit, causing the first Red Flag of the session. After his car was taken back to the garages, the session continued and Mercedes began racking up the laps with Lewis behind the wheel. 

           Red Flag #2 was right before lunch and was caused when Kevin Magnussen spun out into the gravel, although there was no injury to the driver, the car had to be returned to the garages and then it was time for the Lunch Break, with Hamilton being the fastest of the Morning Session.

     After lunch, the Afternoon Session began and it was only a bit before Red Flag #3 happened and this time, it was Romain Grosjean, in the Lotus, who stopped. While their car was returned to the garages, it was also something to note that Ferrari had to retire from the Test Session early do to a damaged Chassis, which they did not want to further damage.

       The last Red Flag, which made #4 for the day, happened when Marcus Ericsson's Caterham stopped and began smoking. Although there was no fire, it was definitely time to return to the garages and that's where the Caterham was taken.

   Lewis Hamilton ended the Afternoon Session at the top of the time sheets as well, and now, here is the full Time Results.

TIMES: 

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:34.136 / Mercedes
2. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:35.557 / Toro Rosso
3. Kevin Magnussen - 1:36.203 / McLaren
4. Sergio Perez - 1:36.586 / Force India
5. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:37.310 / Redbull
6. Jules Bianchi - 1:37.316 / Marussia
7. Giedo Van Der Garde - 1:37.623 / Sauber
8. Fernando Alonso - 1:37.912 / Ferrari
9. Marcus Ericsson - 1:39.263 / Caterham
10. Felipe Nasr - 1:39.879 / Williams
11. Romain Grosjean - 1:43.732 / Lotus

Article Written By: Amy Hawk.
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In-Season Test #1 - Bahrain / Day 2 Line-Up

Day 2 of In-Season Testing at Bahrain International Circuit is underway and here is the line-up. I apologize for the mistake yesterday when I said that Vergne was driving, Kvyat actually drove yesterday and Vergne is driving today

LINE-UP:

Redbull: Daniel Ricciardo
Force India: Sergio Perez
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton
Lotus: Romain Grosjean
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso
McLaren: Kevin Magnussen
Sauber: Giedo Van Der Garde
Toro Rosso: Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams: Felipe Nasr
Caterham: Marcus Ericsson
Marussia: Jules Bianchi

I'll be doing live-updates throughout the session for today on my twitter @F1Insider78

Article Written By: Amy Hawk.
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Bahrain GP: Free Practice 1 - Re-Cap & Results

       We're officially into Round 3 of the F1 2014 season and this GP Weekend is taking place in the warm and Sunny, Sakhir, Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit. Free Practicce 1 took place around 24 hours ago and there wasn't too much drama going on. Some drivers were having issues with the rear locking up at certain turns. We also had some new names for the day including: Felipe Nasr taking over for Valtteri Bottas at Williams, Robin Frijns taking over for Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham and Giedo Van Der Garde taking over for Esteban Gutierrez at Sauber! 

    Now, let's go ahead and get right to those times!

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:37.502 / Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg - 1:37.733 / Mercedes
3. Fernando Alonso - 1:37.953 /Ferrari
4. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:38.120 / Force India
5. Jenson Button - 1:38.636 / McLaren
6. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:38.783 / Ferrari
7. Kevin Magnussen - 1:38.949 / McLaren
8. Daniil Kvyat - 1:39.056 / Toro Rosso
9. Sergio Perez - 1:39.102 / Force India
10. Sebastian Vettel - 1:39.389 / Redbull
11. Felipe Massa - 1:39.533 / Williams
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:39.862 / Toro Rosso
13. Felipe Nasr - 1:40.078 / Williams
14. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:40.406 / Redbull
15. Adrian Sutil - 1:40.652 / Sauber
16. Pastor Maldonado - 1:40.793 / Lotus
17. Jules Bianchi - 1:40.889 / Marussia
18. Giedo Van Der Garde - 1:40.913 / Sauber
19. Romain Grosjean - 1:41.036 / Lotus
20. Max Chilton - 1:41.794 / Marussia
21. Robin Frijns - 1:42.417 / Caterham
22. Marcus Ericsson - 1:42.711 / Caterham

Article Written By: Amy Hawk.
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