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marzo 12, 2021 - Scuderia Alphatauri

2021 Bahrain Pre-Season Testing - Day 1

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Bahrain International Circuit, #sakhir - Length 5.412 km
AT02 – 06 / Drivers: #pierregasly - Yuki Tsunoda

Scuderia AlphaTauri today took to the 5.412 km #bahrain International Circuit for the first of three days of official FIA Formula 1 pre-season testing, ahead of the season opener at the same venue on 28th March.

Pierre Gasly started the morning session strong, racking up an impressive 74 laps in his all-new AT02 – the highest of all drivers within the session. Finishing P2 ahead of the lunchbreak, he put in an impressive first performance as ambient air temperature continued to rise through the morning to reach 32°C and ended the day in 8th place. The afternoon saw #yukitsunoda head out for his first official #test, with conditions becoming more difficult as an increase in wind saw large amounts of sand and dust settle on the track. The wind and the sand, both in the air and on the track didn't make his day an easy one, but with a slightly shortened session due to an issue in the car, he could complete a total of 37 laps to finish in P9 at the end of his first day.  Tomorrow both drivers will take to the track again for the second day of pre-season testing, with Tsunoda in the morning and Gasly in the afternoon.

Pierre Gasly #10   Time: 1.32.231                     74 laps – 400.488 km          Pos. 8th
"Everything felt really good with the car this morning, we had a positive start to testing and were able to do a lot of laps – our main goal for today. Running for just three days, it's important that we make the most of this time on track. We managed to complete our full testing programme for the first day and I felt very comfortable in the car. Of course, there are areas that we need to work on and improve but that's to be expected on the first day. The conditions today are quite tough to drive in – #f1 cars don't perform well with this level of wind – which isn't great but it's good to understand how the car works in these situations, especially as the first race of the season will be at this circuit."
 
Yuki Tsunoda #22 Time: 1.32.727                     37 laps – 200.244 km          Pos. 9th
"It was great to experience the new car properly for the afternoon session and to complete my first official Formula 1 pre-season #test as a #scuderiaalphatauri driver. Obviously, at this stage mileage and data collection is key for me – as a rookie I want to gain the most out of the only three-days of testing available and learn a lot ahead of the first race here in #bahrain. It's been quite a difficult afternoon session unfortunately. The weather has been bad, with the sand and wind making the conditions tricky to drive in, and then the team discovered an issue with the fuel system in my car. This meant that I had to box ahead of the end of the session – they're investigating it now though and I'll be ready to head back out on track when the lights turn green for the morning session tomorrow."
 
Jonathan Eddolls (Chief Race Engineer)
"It's great to be back on track in #bahrain and running the AT02 for the first proper #test. Pierre drove for us this morning and we completed some aero mapping and runs first thing, before getting into some longer running further into the session. The car performed very well in the morning, we completed our full run-plan and had no issues. We're obviously quite restricted with running this #test, having only three days, so we went through our #test plan and covered some good ground. We then swapped to Yuki in the afternoon and unfortunately it hasn't been such a smooth afternoon, for several reasons. Firstly, the sand both on-track and in the air, made it extremely difficult – so the track was quite a lot slower to begin with. Unfortunately, we then spotted some issues in the fuel system, which were impacting most of his laps and meant we couldn't give him any consistent runs. The session was quite compromised for him, which is a shame, but we stopped running before the chequered flag, so we could investigate the problem and fix it ahead of his running first thing tomorrow."

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