Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE โ Formula 1 LIVE Streaming: The much anticipated 2022 Formula 1 season kicks off in Bahrain today. Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m31.936s. Charles Leclerc is second with a lap time of 1m32.023s. Carlos Sainz is third with a lap time of 1m32.520s. The first race of the season is scheduled for Sunday. Max Verstappen will take the fight to Lewis Hamilton in the second Free Practice session today. Follow Formula 1 LIVE updates & Bahrain GP LIVE Updates with Insidesport.IN.
The two Pre-season Testings have been concluded. The first one took place in Barcelona from 23rd to 25th February. Then, the action moved onto Bahrain where the second Pre-season Testing took place from 10th to 12th March.
Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bullโs Max Verstappen tops the timesheet in Free Practice Session 2 as Lewis Hamilton is placed ninth
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FP2 CLASSIFICATION ๐#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/WLi1iMybvK
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Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE: Who is leading after the Second Free Practice Session
- Max Verstappen, Red Bull โ 1m31.936s
- Charles Leclerc, Ferrari โ 1m32.023s
- Carlos Sainz, Ferrari โ 1m32.520s
- George Russell, Mercedes โ 1m32.529s
- Fernando Alonso, Alpine โ 1m32.877s
- Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo โ 1m32.951s
- Sergio Perez, Red Bull โ 1m32.958s
- Mick Schumacher, Haas โ 1m33.085s
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes โ 1m33.144s
- Kevin Magnussen, Haas โ 1m33.183s
๐ End of FP2 ๐
TOP 10
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Leclerc
Sainz
Russell
Alonso
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Magnussen #BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/tDcGoYLFZXโ Formula 1 (@F1) March 18, 2022
A promising session so far for @HaasF1Team ๐
Schumacher is currently P8, Magnussen P10 #BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/ANkHiON67i
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โ Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) March 18, 2022
- The FP2 session has come to an end. Itโs Red Bullโs Max Verstappen who leads the session with two Ferrari drivers behind him. Charles Leclerc is second and Carlos Sainz is placed third.
Leclerc and Tsunoda almost tangle at Turn 8 ๐ฏ#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/qltdXhfKcC
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- Yuki Tsunoda has another close moment at Turn 8. This time with Lance Stroll, as it looks like the AlphaTauri driver clipped his front wing against the right-rear tyre of the Aston Martin. That incident has also been noted by race control.
- The FIA stewards will investigate the Charles Leclerc vs Yuki Tsunoda incident.
- The stewards have opted to โnoteโ the earlier incident between Yuki Tsunoda and Charles Leclerc when both the drivers tripped over each other. The incident took place at Turn 8.
Both sides of the garage currently looking like this.
Long runs are long. #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/FDbG9Mqx2B
โ BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) March 18, 2022
- Daniel Ricciardo wonโt be joining now as it has been reported that he has a water leak in his car. So, itโs all over for Daniel in FP2.
- Currently, all the drivers on the track are running on soft tyres.
Anyone else in love with this camera? ๐#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/zAOyNYKIuz
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- Just 13 minutes left in the FP2 session as Verstappen leads with Leclerc and Sainz in second and third positions.
- Ferrari is really putting up a show here today. They had pretty good Pre-season Testings in Barcelona and Bahrain. Now, they are continuing that progress in FP2 with Leclerc second and Sainz third.
- Carlos Sainz moves up to P3 with a lap time of 1m32.520s.
Which car is looking best under the lights? ๐#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/JaIq6sLKSP
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- Lewis Hamilton is really struggling and is down at P9.
Racking up the laps in Bahrain. ๐ #LS18 โก๏ธ 12 laps#NH27 โก๏ธ 11 laps#F1 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/uhv8NeVsGQ
โ Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) March 18, 2022
- Lewis Hamilton on the team radio says,ย โSome sort of problem with the front brakes man, the front right is pulling.โ
- Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m31.936s. Charles Leclerc is second with a lap time of 1m32.023s. George Russell is third with a lap time of 1m32.529s.
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What a lap from @Charles_Leclerc, P1 for the moment. 1:32.263#FP2 #BahrainGP
โ Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 18, 2022
- Charles Leclerc tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m32.263s. Fernando Alonso is second with a lap time of 1m33.877s. Valtteri Bottas is third with a lap time of 1m33.951s.
- Fernando Alonso tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m32.877s. Carlos Sainz is second with a lap time of 1m33.065s. Charles Leclerc is third with a lap time of 1m33.121s.
- Kevin Magnussen is second with a lap time of 1m33.183s. Lando Norris is third with a lap time of 1m33.280s.
A special visit ๐คฉ#essereFerrari ๐ด #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/bdHyOYxxZ0
โ Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 18, 2022
- Nico Hulkenberg, who is driving in place of Sebastian Vettel has gone sixth after setting a lap time of 1m34.061s.
Unintentional game of spot the difference. #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/lzHKMGiVSo
โ BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) March 18, 2022
- Valtteri Bottas topples his former teammate Lewis Hamilton and goes P4. He set a lap time of 1m33.970s.
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โ Scuderia AlphaTauri (@AlphaTauriF1) March 18, 2022
- โWe are at the limit of bouncing I can feel in the straight,โ Ocon reports over Alpine team radio.
- Lewis Hamilton, driving for Mercedes says on the team radio, โItโs still bouncing a lot.โ
- Max Verstappen is second with a lap time of 1m33.621s.
- Lewis Hamilton comes into fourth place with a lap time of 1m34.379s on the mediums. Elsewhere, Verstappen comes out onto the track for the first time in FP2.
Lando and Daniel head out for their first laps of FP2. ๐#BahrainGP ๐ง๐ญ pic.twitter.com/osB7UeRJvY
โ McLaren (@McLarenF1) March 18, 2022
- Fernando Alonso is third with a lap time of 1m34.372s.
- Charles Leclerc tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m33.121s. Carlos Sainz is second with a lap time of 1m33.837s. Esteban Ocon is third with a lap time of 1m33.550s.
- Everyone on track is on the medium tyres apart from the McLaren pair. They both are on the hards.
- Here we go with 15 drivers taking to the track immediately led by Haasโ Kevin Magnussen.
๐ข FP2 is GO! ๐ข
Another 60 mins of action โ this time under the lights ๐#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/k3vq0PRysB
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- The FP2 session is underway.
- Track temperature is 13โฒ cooler than FP1.
Rule 1 of night-race helmet design: add extra โจโจโจ#HaasF1 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/HOFJEgUhcN
โ Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) March 18, 2022
FP1 โ
FP2 ๐ pic.twitter.com/d98BSdCnV3โ Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) March 18, 2022
- Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director says,ย โWe did make some progress with porpoising and we did play around with ride heights in the session, What we do need to do is find some more car performance.โ
Weโve missed #F1 Fridays ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ pic.twitter.com/mTVpvLCCPm
โ Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) March 18, 2022
FP1 CLASSIFICATION
Itโs @PierreGASLY on top in the first session of 2022!#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/7Ysl05h6mt
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opening our 2022 account with a P1 finish in FP1 thanks to @PierreGASLY ๐ฅ @yukitsunoda07 ends the session in P9 ๐ pic.twitter.com/zZcduu2tGV
โ Scuderia AlphaTauri (@AlphaTauriF1) March 18, 2022
Who is leading after the First Free Practice Session
- Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri โ 1m34.193s
- Charles Leclerc, Ferrari โ 1m34.557s
- Carlos Sainz, Ferrari โ 1m34.611s
- George Russell, Mercedes โ 1m34.629s
- Max Verstappen, Red Bull โ 1m34.742s
- Lance Stroll, Aston Martin โ 1m34.814s
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes โ 1m34.943s
- Fernando Alonso, Alpine โ 1m35.000s
- Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri โ 1m35.028s
- Sergio Perez, Red Bull โ 1m35.050s
- The first Free Practice session concludes. It was Pierre Gasly who tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.193s. Then the two Ferrari drivers finished second and third. Charles Leclerc was second with a lap time of 1m34.557s. Carlos Sainz finished third with a lap time of 1m34.611s.
- Fernando Alonso moves up to P8 on his latest run and his lap time was 1m35.000s.
- Alfa Romeoโs rookie driver, Guanyu Zhou is really pushing his car to the limits. he is now P11 after setting a lap time of 1m35.053s.
Sunset vibes are gooood. #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/ArhLoybp9X
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- Just five minutes to go for the first Free Practice to conclude.
- Lewis Hamilton gets up to P7 after setting a lap time of 1m34.943s.
Stunning โค๏ธ pic.twitter.com/JuZ52ohVFQ
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- Pierre Gasly topples Russell and goes top of the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.193s. Charles Leclerc is second with a lap time of 1m34.557s. Carlos Sainz is third with a lap time of 1m34.611s.
- George Russell tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.629s.
Yeah. Thatโs cold. ๐๐๐ฅถ pic.twitter.com/kxl4rLNUrp
โ Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) March 18, 2022
- Andreas Seidl, McLaren Team Principal says,ย โSo far so good, I would say. Daniel seems to be back on full energy which is very important. Regarding the brake cooling, still early days but weโve had a good start to the session which is positive. From what we hear, it is a problem throughout the pit lane, but not to the extent we had it.โ
- There have been none of the big lock-ups between Turns 9 and 10 as there were in the Pre-season Testing.
- Esteban Ocon, driving for Alpine is now fourth after setting a lap time of 1m35.417s.
- Red Bullโs Sergio Perez is now second after setting a lap time of 1m35.050s.
- Esteban Ocon is back out on the track after his sidepod fixes. He is currently driving on the soft tyres.
- Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.742s. Fernando Alonso is second with a lap time of 1m35.179s. Sergio Perez is third with a lap time of 1m35.241s.
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โ Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) March 18, 2022
- Max Verstappen tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m34.783.
- Fernando Alonso tops the timesheet with a lap time of 1m35.247s.
- Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda are also out on the track.
- The session resumes, with Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso coming out on the track.
Weโre back! โ๐ป pic.twitter.com/DLdMWuDett
โ Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN (@alfaromeoorlen) March 18, 2022
Esteban Oconโs first practice session of 2022 didnโt start quite how he would have wanted ๐ฎ#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/UAO2Iadz7M
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- The session has been suspended. the red flag is shown. Some damage has been done to Esteban Oconโs car.
When you clock a 10/10. โค๏ธ๐ @MercedesAMG pic.twitter.com/KKn0Z5KhIL
โ Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) March 17, 2022
Someoneโs got that #FridayFeeling. ๐ pic.twitter.com/bUIkCWaw2I
โ Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) March 18, 2022
Max Verstappen ahead of the first Free Practice Session said,ย โI will be a more aggressive driver this year,โ replied Hamilton bluntly after a brief pause. โYouโll see.โ
Lewis Hamilton also added,ย โI donโt expect weโve made a huge amount of progress. The car naturally was fresher coming into the test. You have a new engine, you have new components. But itโs still a car from last week. We obviously have learned a lot from the week of testing here. And I hope weโve taken some sort of step forward in terms of understanding where we position the car.
For this yearโs helmet I wanted to show love to my beginnings. As much as I love purple and black, yellow is my history. Iโm going into this season with the same dedication, drive, and passion I had way back in my karting days ๐ pic.twitter.com/PMIP5SgF0Q
โ Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) March 18, 2022
Location: Sakhir, Bahrain
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
First Grand Prix: 2004
Number of Laps: 57
Race Distance: 308.238 km
โI will be a more aggressive driver this year โ youโll seeโ ๐ช#BahrainGP #F1 https://t.co/ZGYBip9LrV
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The first race weekend of 2022 is nearly here ๐#BahrainGP ๐ง๐ญ #F1 https://t.co/nDThnuZe4r
โ Formula 1 (@F1) March 15, 2022
Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE โ Timings of Practice, Qualifying, and Race
Practice 1, Date โ 18th March
Timings โ 17:30 to 18:30 IST
Practice 2, Date โ 18th March
Timings โ 20:30 to 21:30 IST
Practice 3, Date โ 19th March
Timings โ 17:30 to 18:30 IST
Qualifying, Date โ 19th March
Timings โ 20:30 to 21:30 IST
Race, Date โ 20th March
Timings โ 20:30 to 22:30 IST
The wait is almost, almost over ๐#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/3ZJuBffDG0
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Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bullโs Max Verstappen tops the timesheet in Free Practice Session 2 as Lewis Hamilton is placed ninth
Where can you watch the Practice, Qualifying, and Race on TV?
The Practice, Qualifying, and Race can be viewed on Star Sports.
Where can you watch the Practice, Qualifying, and Race? โ Live Stream
The Practice, Qualifying, and Race can be live-streamed on Disney + Hotstar.
Bahrain Grand Prix 2022
When was the track built?
It started building in 2002. Like the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the developers for the track had a blank and sandy area to work with. The 5.4 km track was designed by Hermann Tilke.
When was its first Grand Prix?
It was the year 2004 when the first Grand Prix was held in Bahrain. It was dominated by the two Ferrari drivers, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. But, it was Michael Schumacher who won the inaugural race in Bahrain. It also had a fantastic fight between Mark Webber of Jaguar and Fernando Alonso of Renault.
Who won the last Grand Prix?
The last Grand Prix at Bahrain in 2021 was won by none other than Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. The second place went to Red Bullโs Max Verstappen and the third place to Valtteri Bottas. It was again the battle between Hamilton and Verstappen.
Verstappen had overtaken Hamilton and took the lead, but his car was off the track and he had to give the position back to Hamilton. However, Hamilton didnโt let Verstappen then overtake him and won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2021.
Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 LIVE: Red Bullโs Max Verstappen tops the timesheet in Free Practice Session 2 as Lewis Hamilton is placed ninth
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