• Ocon declares new Alpine A523 'a very good surprise'

    Il y a 1 mois - Par F1i

    Alpine's three days of pre-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit was relatively low key, but the team nonetheless completed 354 laps of the 15 turn, 5.412km circuit, shared equally between Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.
    Neither driver was focused on raw pace, meaning they didn't trouble the top of the timesheets on any of the three days. But that wasn't the point of the exercise as far as Ocon was concerned.
    "There was much to learn during these last three days and we definitely did a good job to cover many different areas," he said on Saturday evening. "We tried a variety of...
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  • McLaren admits pre-season testing has been 'challenging'

    McLaren admits pre-season testing has been 'challenging'

    Il y a 1 mois - Par F1i

    For most teams, the three days of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit has been an encouraging process. But with less than a week to go before the first race of 2023, it's not been so positive for McLaren.
    The squad has been forced to admit that the development of the new MCL60 has fallen short of expectations, after losing further time track time on Saturday addressing more reliability concerns with the front winglets on the car.
    The repairs were ongoing on Saturday, limiting Lando Norris to just 37 laps and Oscar Piastri to 44 laps, compared to the 136 laps completed...
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