2024 Bahrain Test

2024 Bahrain Test
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Test Information
Date	21–23 February 2024
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Lap length	5.412 km (3.363 mi)
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The 2024 Bahrain Test (officially the Formula 1 Aramco Pre-Season Testing 2024) is the only pre-season test ahead of the 2024 Formula One Season, staged at the Bahrain International Circuit between 21 to 23 February 2024. All ten entrants to the 2023 season will be taking part.

Teams and Driver[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2024 Bahrain Test is shown in the table below:

Official Entry list of **Formula 1 Aramco Pre-Season Testing 2024**
No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB20	Honda RBPT	RBPTH002 1.6 V6 T	P
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	Williams	FW46	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team	RB	VCARB 01	Honda RBPT	RBPTH002 1.6 V6 T	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL38	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
10	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A524	Renault	E-Tech RE24 1.6 V6 T	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB20	Honda RBPT	RBPTH002 1.6 V6 T	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	Aston Martin Aramco	AMR24	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-24	Ferrari	066/12 1.6 V6T	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	Aston Martin Aramco	AMR24	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-24	Ferrari	066/10 1.6 V6 T	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team	RB	VCARB 01	Honda RBPT	RBPTH002 1.6 V6 T	P
23	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	Williams	FW46	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
24	Zhou Guanyu	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	Kick Sauber	C44	Ferrari	066/12 1.6 V6 T	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-24	Ferrari	066/10 1.6 V6 T	P
31	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A524	Renault	E-Tech RE24 1.6 V6 T	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	Mercedes	F1 W15	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-24	Ferrari	066/12 1.6 V6T	P
63	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	Mercedes	F1 W15	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	Kick Sauber	C44	Ferrari	066/12 1.6 V6 T	P
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL38	Mercedes	F1 M15 1.6 V6 T	P
Source: ^[1]

Driver Schedules[]

Constructor	Day 1		Day 2		Day 3
Constructor	AM	PM	AM	PM	AM	PM
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	Verstappen		Pérez			Verstappen
Mercedes	Russell		Hamilton			Russell
Ferrari	Leclerc	Sainz	Leclerc	Sainz		Leclerc
McLaren-Mercedes	Piastri	Norris	Piastri	Norris		Piastri
Aston Martin-Mercedes	Alonso	Stroll	Alonso	Stroll		Alonso
Alpine-Renault	Ocon	Gasly		Ocon		Gasly
Williams-Mercedes	Albon	Sargeant			Albon
RB-Honda RBPT	Tsunoda	Ricciardo	Tsunoda	Ricciardo		Tsunoda
Kick Sauber-Ferrari	Bottas	Zhou		Bottas		Zhou
Haas-Ferrari	Magnussen	Hülkenberg		Magnussen		Hülkenberg
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Day-by-Day[]

Day One[]

Results[]

The full results from the first day of the 2024 Bahrain Test are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time		Gap
Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	S1	S2	Gap	Tyre
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	143	1:31.344 *		Leader	C3
2	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	73	DNP	1:32.484	+1.140s	C3
3	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	69	DNP	1:32.584	+1.240s	C3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	52	DNP	1:32.599	+1.255s	C3
5	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	61	DNP	1:32.805	+1.461s	C3
6	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	54	DNP	1:33.007	+1.663s	C3
7		Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	64	1:33.247	DNP	+1.903s	C3
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	77	1:33.385	DNP	+2.041s	C3
9	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	57	1:33.658	DNP	+2.314s	C3
10	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	63	DNP	1:33.871	+2.527s	C3
11	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	21	1:33.882	DNP	+2.538s	C3
12	63	George Russell	Mercedes	122	1:34.109 *		+2.756s	C3
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	64	1:34.136	DNP	+2.792s	C3
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	67	1:34.431	DNP	+3.087s	C3
15	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	40	1:34.587	DNP	+3.243s	C4
16	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	60	1:34.677	DNP	+3.333s	C3
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	66	1:35.692	DNP	+4.348s	C3
18	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	82	DNP	1:35.906	+4.562s	C3
Source: ^[6]^[7]

Bold indicates a driver's best time from the day.
* Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.

Day Two[]

Results[]

The full results from the second day of the 2024 Bahrain Test are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time		Gap
Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	S1	S2	Gap	Tyre
1	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	84	DNP	1:29.921	Leader	C4
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	129	1:30.679*		+0.758s	C3
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	123	1:31.066*		+1.145s	C3
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	52	DNP	1:31.256	+1.335s	C3
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	52	DNP	1:31.256	+1.335s	C4
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	54	1:31.750	DNP	+1.829s	C3
7	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	96	DNP	1:32.029	+2.108s	C3
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	78	DNP	1:32.061	+2.140s	C3
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	97	DNP	1:32.227	+2.306s	C3
10	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	35	1:32.328	DNP	+2.407s	C3
11	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	117	1:32.578*		+2.657s	C4
12	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	31	1:33.053	DNP	+3.132s	C3
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	38	1:33.715	DNP	+3.794s	C3
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	33	1:33.804	DNP	+3.883s	C3
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	93	DNP	1:36.611	+6.690s	C3
16	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	31	1:37.509s	DNP	+7.588s	C3
17	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	40	1:38.074	DNP	+8.153s	C2
Source:^[8]^[9]

Bold indicates a driver's best time from the session.
* Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.

Day Three[]

Results[]

The full results from the third day of the 2024 Bahrain Test are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time		Gap
Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	S1	S2	Gap	Tyre
1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	74	DNP	1:30.322	Leader	C4
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	67	DNP	1:30.368	+0.046s	C4
3	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	85	DNP	1:30.647	+0.325s	C4
4	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	66	DNP	1:30.755	+0.433s	C3
5	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	53	DNP	1:30.775	+0.453s	C4
6	23	Alexandr Albon	Williams-Mercedes	121	1:30.984*		+0.662s	C4
7	81	Oscar Piastri	Williams-Mercedes	91	DNP	1:31.030	+0.708s	C3
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	75	DNP	1:31.159s	+0.837s	C3
9	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	71	1:31.247	DNP	+0.925s	C3
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	53	1:31.483	DNP	+1.161s	C3
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	89	DNP	1:31.686	+1.364s	C3
12	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	49	1:31.999	DNP	+1.677s	C5
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	46	1:32.038	DNP	+1.716s	C3
14	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	20	1:32.108	DNP	+1.786s	C3
15	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	47	DNP	1:32.149	+1.827s	C3
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	80	1:33.053	DNP	+2.731s	C3
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	55	1:33.079	DNP	+2.757s	C3
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	28	1:33.528	DNP	+3.206s	C3
19	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	70	1:37.015	DNP	+6.693s	C1
Source: ^[10]

Bold indicates a driver's best time from the session.
Indicates what tyre compound a driver set their fastest time on.
* Times were only given during the afternoon session if a driver improved.

Overall Times[]

Best overall times from 2024 Bahrain Test (based on tire compound)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Day	Laps	Time	Gap	Tyre
1	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	2	224	1:29.921	Leader	C4
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	192	1:30.322	+0.401s	C4
3	63	George Russell	Mercedes	3	189	1:30.368	+0.447s	C4
4	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	3	186	1:30.647	+0.726s	C4
5	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	2	182	1:30.679	+0.758s	C3
6	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	3	209	1:30.755	+0.834s	C3
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	3	157	1:30.775	+0.854s	C4
8	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	3	161	1:30.984	+1.063s	C4
9	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	3	183	1:31.030	+1.109s	C3
10	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	172	1:31.066	+1.145s	C3
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	3	183	1:31.159	+1.238s	C3
12	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	2	145	1:31.256	+1.335s	C3
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	2	210	1:31.361	+1.440s	C4
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	3	202	1:31.686	+1.765s	C3
15	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	2	196	1:32.029	+2.108s	C3
16	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	2	193	1:32.061	+2.14s	C3
17	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	3	141	1:32.149	+2.228s	C3
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	2	193	1:33.227	+3.306s	C3
19	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	2	138	1:32.578	+2.657s	C4
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	3	239	1:33.053	+3.132s	C3
Source: ^[11]^[12]

References[]

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↑ https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-testing-results-full-2024-bahrain-pre-season-lap-times/10579237/
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[2] "Who’s driving on Day 1 of pre-season testing in Bahrain?". Formula1.com. 21 February 2024. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.day-1-pre-season-testing-in-bahrain-2024-line-up.1y1n2emPIuXOtTU15TK2xU.html. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[3] "Who’s driving on Day 2 of pre-season testing in Bahrain?". Formula1.com. 22 February 2024. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.whos-driving-on-day-2-of-2024-pre-season-testing-in-bahrain.1CNW0wvQ7pHoUClAktNSeA.html. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

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[5] "Who’s driving on Day 3 of pre-season testing in Bahrain?". Formula1.com. 23 February 2024. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.whos-driving-on-day-3-of-2024-pre-season-testing-in-bahrain.7rnMML3dtFO3tQ4V94FCip.html. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

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[8] "Sainz sets pace on Day 2 of pre-season testing as he improves on Leclerc’s earlier benchmark" (in en). Formula1.com. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.sainz-sets-pace-on-day-2-of-pre-season-testing-as-he-improves-on-leclercs.451Ojns9Wn1ejrUhBGYwhr.html. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[9] "Ferrari on top in Sakhir" (in en). Pirelli.com. https://press.pirelli.com/ferrari-on-top-in-sakhir/. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[10] "Leclerc ends Day 3 of pre-season testing on top as the action concludes in Bahrain". Formula1.com. 24 February 2024. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.leclerc-ends-day-3-of-pre-season-testing-on-top-as-the-action-concludes-in.5IFr2kc6fJI7nfcDU9k451.html. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

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[12] ttps://press.pirelli.com/ferrari-fastest-in-sakhir-test/

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2024 Bahrain Test

Test Information
Date	21–23 February 2024
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Lap length	5.412 km (3.363 mi)
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