Categories: FeatureFeatures

Team Talk: Friday in Sakhir

Catch up with what all the teams had to say following Friday practice for the second race of the season - the Bahrain Grand Prix

Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel
“The sun came out after practice, but earlier on it was raining every now and then which was enough to wet the track or parts of it. For sure these conditions are not ideal, but in the end what can we do ? It is the same for everyone. Still, I don’t think that the day was completely lost: it was good to get at least some laps and to feel the car, but in terms of preparation for the weekend and the race there was not too much to learn.”

Kimi Raikkonen
“It was a normal and pretty ok day, everything worked out fine and we did more or less what had been planned. We ran quite a few laps and it wasn’t too bad, I only had some traffic in my lap with the Supersoft tires, but apart from that it was ok. I was not really looking at what the others were doing, we ran through our own programme. Obviously, the laptimes are one thing you notice, but we’ll see what happens tomorrow. Now we have to go through the data and see how the day was. We always try to do our best, I still don’t know where it is going to end, we have to wait until Sunday to know that. Hopefully we have a good and solid day tomorrow and then we’ll go from there.”

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Julien Billiotte

Recent Posts

Lawrence Stroll urges ‘patience’ as Aston Martin begins Honda era

Aston Martin F1’s future may be dressed in racing green, but its ambitions are painted…

5 hours ago

Verstappen’s striking claim: ‘We’re all finding illegal performance’

The 2025 Formula 1 season ended with a cinematic flourish at Yas Marina, as Lando…

7 hours ago

Why Mercedes has a hidden weapon in F1 for 2026

Mercedes isn’t just gearing up for Formula 1’s new era, they may be preparing to…

8 hours ago

Happy 'Bert Day' to F1i founder Bertrand Gachot

Today, we at F1i.com raise a celebratory glass to our esteemed founder, Bertrand Gachot, who…

10 hours ago

Chris Rea - A life driven by passion

Legendary British songwriter and singer Chris Rea passed away on Sunday at the age of…

11 hours ago

Villeneuve: Hadjar the right fit alongside Verstappen - ‘It works well’

Jacques Villeneuve has seen enough rising stars – and enough false dawns – to know…

11 hours ago