Hello and welcome to this live text where we will cover the Free Practice 1 of the Bahrain Grand Prix
11:30 : First time sheet of the season :
11:24 : Brake problem for Zhou
11:30 : Show time, cars are on track and the season is officially on
11:28 : The wind is picking up pace, see the forecast in detail in our article :
11:26 : The First Practice will not be representative of the qualification and race because its a day session and the quali and race will be at night, big difference in the heat of the track, the ambient heat
11:25 : 5 minutes to go before the official season launch and the start of the first practice session
11:21 : Jacques Villeneuve say that Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari is the biggest transfer of the century in Formula 1, maybe the biggest ever
11:20 : Horner speaking to Sky Sports is pleased that the process is over, Jacques Villeneuve speaking to Canal + said that Horner seems really tired, that there has been a lot of stress in that process
11:14 : Yesterday the big news was Horner being cleared of the accusations of misconduct against him, you can read it in full details here :
11:10 : Verstappen will officially begin the defence of his F1 title and based on what we know, he is in a good spot to successfully defend it !
