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Formula 1’s 2024 season kicked into gear on Wednesday in Bahrain with the first day of pre-season testing at Sakhir, and with Red Bull's Max Verstappen unsurprisingly topping the timesheets. .
Here’s our selection of pictures from the day's running at Sakhir.
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