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 3 - Re-Cap

Day 4, the final day of the final test is about to get underway in about 7 minutes, so here's a quick re-cap of Day 3 and the fastest times! 

Re-Cap:

The day started out with a delay for Nico Rosberg who had to have an engine change, meanwhile Adrian Sutil brought out the Sauber and it pretty much instantly started smoking, but a Red Flag was not called for, as he was still in the Pit-Lane. There was, however, a Red Flag for Vettel when he stopped after only going past 4 turns and then Jules Bianchi stopped later on in the session and there was another Red Flag. Fastest time of the day did not belong to Force India this time though, instead it belonged to Felipe Massa, in the Williams. Here are the fastest times!

Fastest Times: 

1. Felipe Massa - 1:33.258 / Williams
2. Nico Rosberg - 1:33.484 / Mercedes
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:35.426 / Ferrari
4. Kevin Magnussen - 1:35.894 / McLaren
5. Daniil Kvyat - 1:36.113 / Toro Rosso
6. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:36.205 / Force India
7. Jules Bianchi - 1:37.087 / Marussia
8. Marcus Ericsson - 1:38.083 / Caterham
9. Romain Grosjean - 1:42.166 / Lotus
10. Adrian Sutil - No Time Set / Sauber
11. Sebastian Vettel - No Time Set / Redbull

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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 - 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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