Autosport: Still, probably not as unusual as Narain Karthikeyan returning to F1 in 2011 with HRT after racing NASCAR Trucks th… https://t.co/C2n2oCcyBz
Autosport: Now there's an eye-opening time from Alonso. The Spaniard pumps in a 1m32.866s to put his Aston second-quickest, ju… https://t.co/jTPT9HwMg2
Autosport: With Alonso's purple third sector factored in, the optimal lap with the three best sector times combined is a 1m32.… https://t.co/CVu9exSvmt
Autosport: Norris on the C3 tyres is on a personal best right now, although would have had it disallowed on the GP weekend pro… https://t.co/sq6F1kPXb8
Autosport: Has anybody gotten used to Alonso's lid in an Aston yet? I certainly haven't. The 2005, 2006 and 2010 Bahrain GP wi… https://t.co/N8t3O9CCwZ
Autosport: Sargeant's Williams is now on track looking like it's been crashed through the paint aisle at Wickes. When F1 liver… https://t.co/XsdInkdsk0
Autosport: Alonso goes for another push lap on the C3 tyres, and keeps it nailed even as he runs wide on the exit of the final… https://t.co/ULIkemzZSh
Autosport: It's rare you see an error from Alonso, so great is his experience, but the Aston driver makes a bit of a hash of T… https://t.co/rBRKwtIl43
Autosport: And sure enough, we're back to green now with less than 10 minutes of the opening day in testing to go. Leclerc eme… https://t.co/0QRqHUZjKJ
Autosport: Hamilton it seems is running on the C1 hard tyres, so we're unlikely to see him trouble the top of the charts in th… https://t.co/P7cX30zuRr
Autosport: One notable thing about that lap from Hamilton was there were a lot of sparks emanating from the underfloor of that… https://t.co/LReQ1GJRw4
Autosport: There's some interesting exchanges on their final laps from Leclerc and de Vries, the AlphaTauri driver almost runn… https://t.co/PpF4gAvdzh
Autosport: So just 0.029s in it between Red Bull and Aston Martin. If this were next Saturday in Q3, you have our permission t… https://t.co/xocX9RGmIx
Autosport: Of those that only did one session, Nyck de Vries totalled an impressive 85 laps for AlphaTauri, shading Hamilton o… https://t.co/KrzA6RYRsM
Autosport: Good morning one and all! It is the difficult second album - F1 pre-season testing Day 2! Can it live up to the hyp… https://t.co/35wRU2EJna
Autosport: Here's a run down of who is in action today: Red Bull: Perez/Verstappen Ferrari: Sainz/Leclerc Mercedes: Hamilton/R… https://t.co/li0EYPmYbf
Autosport: Today is one of those days where you need two pairs of eyes. One pair to focus on F1 testing in Bahrain and the oth… https://t.co/GYRdUBoLH2
Autosport: But for today we are paying full attention to pre-season testing and what is in store on day two. Track action gets… https://t.co/t9FLIEGqCn
Autosport: And we're go! The green light is on at the end of the pitlane and four cars are immediately out on track, with Alon… https://t.co/RpBSKFGw77
Autosport: Sainz it is who posts the first time on the board for the day, a 1m38.225s. Some way of yesterday for now, but he w… https://t.co/kkdpwKCpK9
Autosport: Perez is out on track for the first time in the test aboard the RB19, and it's bereft of the enormous scaffolding o… https://t.co/hHa5No2sUx