First day of ‘complicated’ practice for Lawson at Bahrain GP

Driving to Racing Bulls, Lawson marked the fastest eighth time of the first session, but was the 12th fastest in the second training window.

Racing Bull’s teammate Isack Hadjar impressed again, marking the sixth faster, almost half a second faster than Lawson.

The young Frenchman finished a place ahead of Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen.

Lawson, who has not yet registered a championship point through three rounds this season, said he criticized small questions in the second session.

“FP2 was more complicated for us strangely because of the track conditions in the FP1, making it a difficult session,” he said.

“Balance in FP2 has moved away from us, but in general I think the car is in a good place, it’s just a good tune.

“I made a big mistake in the FP2, which made me fallen, so for all of us it’s important to preach my lap, otherwise it is very expensive here.

“At the moment, in Formula 1, the difference between a really good lap and a bad lap can completely change your position so that it press us on track.”

Drivers will complete a third training session and qualify at the end of Saturday before Sunday’s race.

McLaren One-Two

Oscar Pastri led the teammate Lando Norris in a dominant McLaren McLaren, a two in the second practice.

Norris led the first session in the full heat of the afternoon with a time of 1: 33.204 seconds, but Australian Pistri has improved this under colder nights with 1: 30.505.

This was 0.154 faster than Norris, which minimized the meaning of Times and suggested that McLaren may not be far ahead of Mercedes if its rivals had refused engine energy.

George Russell was the third fastest for Mercedes, 0.527 outside Pastri’s rhythm under the spotlight with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc room and Mercedes Kimi Antonelli’s rookie.

“They (McLaren) are far ahead in the intermediate sector, where the tires are overheating,” Russell said.

“A little work to do, but I think we’re fighting for the next best. I think it will be close to us, Ferrari and Max.”

Four times champion Verstappen, winner of Japan last weekend, but complaining about his car’s brakes, is Norris’s closest rival with a point between them after three races.

“The balance was not so bad, but we were fighting a lot with the grip,” said the Dutch driver.

“We had a slightly different approach from Friday than our competitors, but the gap is quite large at the moment.”

– RNZ/Reuters