2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Final Practice Results

Results from final practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Round 1 of the 2024 F1 world championship.

01 Mar 2024

2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (3)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	1m30.824s
2	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m30.965s
3	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m31.062s
4	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	1m31.094s
5	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m31.118s
6	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m31.190s
7	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m31.210s
8	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m31.248s
9	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m31.278s
10	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m31.396s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m31.449s
12	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m31.452s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m31.631s
14	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	1m31.671s
15	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m31.965s
16	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m32.000s
17	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m32.096s
18	Logan Sargeant	USA	Williams Racing	1m32.124s
19	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m32.125s
20	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m32.382s

The final practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix saw Carlos Sainz lead the way for Ferrari.

It was tight at the top with 14 cars separated by 0.8s - meaning qualifying should be a very close fight.

Ferrari left it latest to complete their final runs and thus had the best of the track conditions.

Sainz toppled Fernando Alonso's benchmark, but it could have easily been Charles Leclerc or Lando Norris on top.

Leclerc made a mistake in S1, while Norris lost out over 0.4s in the final sector, indictating there's still more to come in qualifying.

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