Bahrain Test 2 - Day 4 - Line-Up

Okay, live Commentary is on my Twitter right now at: @F1Insider78 - Come join me for my commentary for the last day of Testing before the 2014 season starts!

Here is Today's Line-Up:

Redbull - Sebastian Vettel.

Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton.

Lotus - Romain Grosjean

Ferrari - Fernando Alonso.

Force India - Nico Hulkenberg.

McLaren - Jenson Button

Sauber - Adrian Sutil (AM) & Esteban Gutierrez (PM) 

Toro Rosso - Jean-Eric Vergne.

Williams - Valtteri Bottas.

Caterham - Kamui Kobayashi.

Marussia - Max Chilton.

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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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Young Drivers Testing Re-Cap

Day 1 was a good day for Kevin Magnussen who set fasest time in the McLaren, topping Force India's Paul Di Resta, who was just barely slower than him! A lot of people are asking if any of these youngsters are fighting for a real drive in F1, and the answer is never easy. Mark Webber's Red Bull seat will likely be given to Daniel Ricciardo from Toro Rosso. And if that happens, it's then the question "Well, who gets Daniel's old seat?"

Formula 1 is unpredictable, and there's a lot more drivers than just Ricciardo who are interested in replacing Webber. Lotus indeed wants to keep Raikkonen, who most people thought would instantly be 2014's new Red Bull driver, partnering Sebastian Vettel. But it looks more likely we could have an underdog or rookie replacing the Australian Driver.

Day 1 Times:

1. Kevin Magnussen - 1:33.602 / McLaren
2. Paul Di Resta - 1:33.774 / Force India
3. Antonio Felix Da Costa - 1:33.821 / Red Bull
4. James Calado - 1:33.986 / Force India
5. Daniel Juncadella - 1:34.098 / Williams
6. Johnny Cecotto - 1:34.193 / Toro Rosso
7. Robin Frijns - 1:34.236 / Sauber
8. Nicolas Prost - 1:34.810 / Lotus
9. Davide Rigon - 1:34.874 / Ferrari
10. Alexander Rossi - 1:35.651 / Caterham
11. Tio Ellinas - 1:36.676 / Marussia
12. Max Chilton - 1:38.347 / Marussia


Day 2 Times: 

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:32.972 / Toro Rosso
2. Carlos Sainz Jr. - 1:33.016 / Toro Rosso
3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:33.187 / Redbull
4. Davide Valsecchi - 1:33.554 / Lotus
5. Oliver Turvey - 1:33.864 / McLaren
6. James Calado - 1:33.957 / Force India
7. Antonio Felix Da Costa - 1:33.958 / Red Bull
8. Davide Rigon - 1:34.053 / Ferarri
9. Pastor Maldonado - 1:34.116 / Williams
10. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:34.224 / Sauber
11. Daniel Juncadella - 1:34.631 / Williams
12. Robin Frijns - 1:34.731 / Sauber
13. Will Stevens - 1:36.082 / Caterham
14. Paul Di Resta - 1:36.356 / Force India
15. Rodolfo Gonzalez - 1:37.949 / Marussia


Day 3 Times:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:32.894 / Red Bull
2. Adrian Sutil - 1:33.242 / Force India
3. Nicolas Prost - 1:33.256 / Lotus
4. Carlos Sainz Jr. - 1:33.546 / Red Bull
5. Davide Rigon - 1:33.592 / Ferrari
6. Felipe Massa - 1:33.624 / Ferrari 
7. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:33.647 / Toro Rosso
8. Gary Paffett - 1:34.924 / McLaren
9. Susie Wolff - 1:35.093 / Williams
10. Giedo Van Der Garde - 1:35.155 / Caterham
11. Daniil Kvyat - 1:35.281 - Toro Rosso
12. Charles Pic - 1:35.576 / Caterham
13. Kimiya Sato - 1:35.642 / Sauber
14. Rodolfo Gonzalez - 1:36.339 / Marussia
15. James Calado - 1:36.451 / Force India
16. Jules Bianchi - 1:36.744 / Marussia


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