Bahrain GP: Mixed FP3 for Williams Racing


By Andrew Hooper
November 28 2020

The final practice session for the 2020 Bahrain GP would see the Williams Racing drivers finish in 16th and 20th. George Russell was again in front of team-mate Nicholas Latifi. Both drivers would complete an early long run on the soft tyre prior to moving onto their qualifying simulations. George was initially 10th after his run but would drop down the order to finish 16th. For Nicholas he was 15th but would drop to 20th. Qualifying is going to be interesting to see if a Willima scar can make it into Q2.

   
   Williams Racing Bahrain GP Saturday Practice
   
  Latifi
   
 

Team Summary:
On a dry track the final Saturday practice for the 2020 Bahrain GP would commence. The first cars out would be the Haas cars with the Haas cars pitting after one lap. The next driver out would be Raikkonen but there was not a rush of drivers coming out as they waited to track conditions to improve. A 1m:31.247 from Raikkonen with ten minutes of the session completed. Both Williams drivers were out running on the soft tyre and with forty minutes remaining more drivers would start to take to the track. Only four drivers had yet to take to the track as the Williams drivers continued to put in laps on the soft tyres. Giovinazzi was now quickest with a 1m:31.025 followed by Magnussen. But Albon was now quickest with a 1m:30.394 followed now by Norris and Leclerc.

Perez was now fastest with a 1m:30.159 with Gasly now second and Albon third. Verstappen was now quickest with a 1m:29.617 now followed by Hamilton and Perez. All the times were been set on the soft tyre. Both Williams drivers had been on longer runs. Gasly was now fourth followed by Ocon, Albon, Norris, Leclerc Ricciardo, and Bottas tenth. Verstappen would improve his lap time with a 1m:29.600 to be 0.3 ahead of Hamilton. After the first runs the track would clear leaving just a handful of drivers running with twenty three minutes remaining. With twenty minutes remaining both Williams drivers would return again on the soft tyre. Bottas would go quickest with a 1m:28.721 with only the Williams drivers and Hamilton running.

More drivers were start to come out for no doubt their qualifying simulations. Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:28.618 followed by Bottas and Verstappen. Both Williams drivers had pitted after their runs currently in 10th and 15th. Verstappen was able to return to the top of the times with a 1m:28.355 with Albon was now fourth followed by Sainz, Gasly, Norris, Kvyat, Stroll and Vettel tenth. Stroll and Perez were now 9th and tenth. The session would come to an end with the Williams drivers in 16th and 20th. Verstappen had remained fastest from Hamilton, Bottas, Albon, Sainz, Gasly, Norris, Kvyat, Stroll and Perez tenth. Again the session continue to show that the fight for Williams is between themselves Haas and Alfa Romeo.

Nicholas Latifi:
For Nicholas the team would have to overnight change the fuel system having found a major issue. Nicholas was out early no doubt to make sure his car is operating normally. He was running on the soft tyre. A 1m:31.752 from Nicholas seeing him second dropping to third behind his team-mate. Nicholas would pit after a eight lap run. He had now dropped to 13th but this would soon become 18th. Nicholas would return again on the soft tyre. A 1m:30.917 from Nicholas would see him 15th. He would pit after a five lap run. As more drivers set their times Nicholas would drop to 20th and slowest. But he would return for an further run on the soft tyre but would not improve.

George Russell:
George would be running a new helmet design in appreciation for his one million Instagram followers. George was also out on the soft tyre telling his engineer that the DRS was now working into Turn Four. George would set a 1m:31.456 to be second. George would ay his car was quite oversteery into Turn four and six. George would drop to 12th as the session progressed. This would become 17th as he pitted after an eight lap run. George was also pout for his second run with twenty minutes remaining. George would finish with a 1m:30.559 to be ninth. He would drop down to tenth pitting after a five lap run. George would drop to 15th as others went quicker. With three minutes remaining George would return again on the soft tyre. He was now in 16th as he returned to his pit after just a single lap.

   
  Williams Garage
   
 
Pos Driver Car Gap
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 1m28.355s
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.263s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.366s
4 Alexander Albon Red Bull-Honda 0.663s
5 Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 1.100s
6 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1.117s
7 Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1.212s
8 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 1.230s
9 Lance Stroll Racing Point-Mercedes 1.305s
10 Sergio Perez Racing Point-Mercedes 1.317s
11 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1.329s
12 Esteban Ocon Renault 1.336s
13 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1.504s
14 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1.615s
15 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1.828s
16 George Russell Williams-Mercedes 2.204s
17 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 2.297s
18 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 2.404s
19 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 2.468s
20 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 2.562s
   
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