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de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:25

Autosport: All fairly relaxed in the pitlane at the moment and we've even got drivers from great rivals Red Bull and Mercedes… https://t.co/cX65UYUUzI

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:28

Autosport: Piastri is on a good lap and just sends the McLaren up to eighth with a 1m33.175s - that's a second-and-a-half off… https://t.co/UDzQS9wIQv

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:31

Autosport: Down at Red Bull, the screens are up around the garage and that means some fairly extensive work going on with the… https://t.co/nlJOoW3liK

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:37

Autosport: Alonso is one of just three drivers currently out on track, he's joined by Sargeant and Zhou in pounding around - i… https://t.co/TT2gkvaJ4J

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:40

Autosport: Speaking of Alonso and he now dives into the pits, leaving his fellow centurions in terms of laps completed today,… https://t.co/mwUqemMqpf

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:44

Autosport: In terms of laps completed today, here is how things currently stack up: Williams: 120 Aston Martin: 110 Alfa Romeo… https://t.co/pifZtI9Weg

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:45

Autosport: So, all much of a muchness with Alpine a bit of an outlier at the bottom. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:45

Autosport: While we've been totting those totals up, it's got very dark in Bahrain now and the floodlights are starting to glo… https://t.co/k1gYT8Ov5l

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:46

Autosport: Russell just completes a practice start from the pitlane as he ventures out. Mercedes hasn't really shown its hand… https://t.co/dhTHU3EP5W

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:48

Autosport: Just as we mention Alpine being slightly down on laps, Gasly ventures out! Leclerc, de Vries and Hulkenberg have al… https://t.co/62MjQxWS2K

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:49

Autosport: Not only is Gasly out in the Alpine, he's improved his time, too! He sets a 1m33.186s but that still keeps him in ninth. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:52

Autosport: De Vries is the next to improve as he jumps up to 12th on a 1m33.603s for AlphaTauri. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:53

RaceFans: Red flag #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:54

Autosport: Well this is something unusual. We've got a red flag! Russell has stoipped ou on track. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:54

RaceFans: George Russell has stopped on the exit of turn ten, bringing out the red flag #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:54

Autosport: It's remarkable, we've had almost two days of pre-season testing and this is only the second red flag we've had. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:56

Autosport: A replay has just shown that Russell was stuck in fourth gear at the time he stopped with a potential hydraulic iss… https://t.co/WI0f2sCBMV

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:57

RaceFans: Replays show Russell's Mercedes W14 began juddering on the exit of turn four, gradually slowing. His steering whee… https://t.co/Yfsx8O74f9

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:58

Autosport: There hasn't been much for the marshals to do during this test and they're now being called into action to retrieve… https://t.co/NfPaMZ29K9

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 16:59

RaceFans: Times under the red flag: Times so far: @Max33Verstappen - 1'31.650 @hulkhulkenberg - 1'32.466 @Carlossainz55 - 1'… https://t.co/BwKC15hCWJ

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:00

Autosport: Russell is watching on as the trackside workers aren't exactly in a hurry to get the Mercedes cleared... #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:01

Autosport: A group of Mercedes mechanics are now being transported to the scene of the stoppage. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:03

Autosport: As annoying as this stoppage is for Mercedes, it's even more frustrating for the Black Arrows' rivals who are missi… https://t.co/1gA8bEL8Xa

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:04

Autosport: For all of F1's technology, a huge black sheet is now being draped over the halted W14 as this stoppage extends into its 10th minute. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:09

Autosport: The Mercedes had just been lifted slightly off the ground by the telehandler on scene to allow the mechanics to cov… https://t.co/YZrCUzSrdw

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:10

Autosport: It's now on the back of a flatbed truck, so shouldn't be too long before this session gets back under way. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:13

Autosport: We have an update from race control. The session will resume at 1814 local time, so about a minute from now. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:14

RaceFans: With Russell's Mercedes cleared, the session has now resumed with just 1h16m remaining in the day. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:14

Autosport: Down at Mercedes, Ron Meadows briefs the troops ready for the W14 to make its return to the garage. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:14

Autosport: At the other end of the pitlane, we're green again and - unsurprisingly - a whole queue of cars head out immediately. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:16

Autosport: Among those heading out is Verstappen - the Red Bull pacesetter having only set 18 laps so far this afternoon. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:17

Autosport: We've got some green mini-sectors on the timing screen, so might be getting some changes to the leaderboard now. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:18

Autosport: Sure enough, de Vries shoots up from 12th to seventh in the AlphaTauri with a 1m33.145s, 1.5s down on his countryman Verstappen's best. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:19

Autosport: Williams leads the lap count chart again today and its new team boss James Vowles told the media earlier that his p… https://t.co/YBtZ5Hjdvd

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:24

Autosport: Alonso is also on a charge now and joins the group of drivers on 1m32.4s times as he moves to second on the leaderb… https://t.co/3gI2F3f2uG

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:25

Autosport: As we head into this optimal running time, all the cars - aside from the stricken Mercedes - are now out on track. #F1

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:27

Autosport: In fact, we've now got so many cars on track, de Vries and Zhou are fighting for the same bit of track! The Alfa ha… https://t.co/7thdPHyYef

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:29

Autosport: De Vries is on the very softest of Pirelli's range, the C5, and becomes the fourth driver to set a 1m32.4s and disp… https://t.co/DICMapO0Cw

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:31

Autosport: With that change in the leaderboard, it's time for a change on the live comms rota too, as Lewis Duncan will now gu… https://t.co/c9IeoiEFKZ

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:33

Autosport: With under an hour to go, Verstappen continues to lead the session from De Vries, Alonso, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Sargea… https://t.co/OCvq2sZ5jE

de **F1-Express** le 24 Fév 2023, 17:34

Autosport: In theory, we should see some more soft tyre laps in the final hour now conditions are much more representative. #F1