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Hamilton fastest in Bahrain as Albon crashes heavily

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Hamilton fastest in Bahrain as Albon crashes heavily

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W11. Bahrain Grand Prix, Friday 27th November 2020. Sakhir, Bahrain.

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World Champion Lewis Hamilton completed a sweep of Friday’s practice sessions in Bahrain while Red Bull’s Alexander Albon crashed heavily.

Hamilton completed an out-of-sequence Soft tyre run to set a time of 1:28.971s as he wound up three-tenths clear of Max Verstappen beneath the lights at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Verstappen’s best time, set on Medium tyres, had been the benchmark for a large portion of the session until Hamilton improved with around 10 minutes remaining, vaulting to the front from sixth place.

Soft-shod Valtteri Bottas placed third, just 0.018s down on Verstappen, while Racing Point’s Sergio Perez, Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly all displayed encouraging speed.

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Lando Norris, Lance Stroll and Daniil Kvyat took seventh, eighth and ninth respectively, ahead of the under-pressure Albon.

Albon suffers sizeable shunt

Red Bull finished the session with the second-fastest time – but also ended the day with a severely damaged car.

Albon drifted wide through the final corner onto the dusty run-off and as he accelerated his RB16 snapped sideways, bounced across the gravel, before impacting heavily into the wall.

Alex Albon hits the barriers hard in FP2 – bringing out the red flags in Bahrain 💥 😮#BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1 pic.twitter.com/ONR1ER1cPO

— Formula 1 (@F1) November 27, 2020

The nature of the impact caused damage to all four corners of the car and the session was red-flagged while the wrecked RB16 was retrieved.

The session was then red-flagged once more just seconds after restarting as a stray dog appeared on track at Turn 1.

Ferrari on the back foot

Ferrari thrust itself into outside contention for third in the Constructors’ Championship with an encouraging display last time out in Turkey.

But after playing down its prospects on Thursday its natural caution appeared to be validated on a subdued Friday in Bahrain.

Neither driver classified inside the top 10 in the first session and that trend continued in the afternoon.

Sebastian Vettel finished 12th, with Charles Leclerc 14th, last year’s pole-sitter setting a best time 1.4s down on Hamilton.

The usual sextuplet finished at the foot of the timesheets.

Antonio Giovinazzi was the fastest of the group, two-tenths down on Ferrari’s Leclerc, while Kimi Raikkonen and George Russell both returned to action after missing the first session.

Saturday’s third practice session is scheduled for 14:00 local time.

#DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
1 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:28.971 28
2 Max VerstappenRed Bull1:29.3180.34734
3 Valtteri BottasMercedes1:29.3360.36530
4 Sergio PerezRacing Point1:29.4030.43232
5 Daniel RicciardoRenault1:29.4620.49127
6 Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri1:29.5510.58036
7 Lando NorrisMcLaren1:29.8410.87030
8 Lance StrollRacing Point1:29.8710.90032
9 Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri1:29.9000.92934
10 Alex AlbonRed Bull1:30.0141.04317
11 Esteban OconRenault1:30.0851.11430
12 Sebastian VettelFerrari1:30.1101.13935
13 Carlos Sainz McLaren1:30.2711.30033
14 Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.4071.43630
15 Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo1:30.6271.65633
16 Kevin MagnussenHaas1:30.8491.87827
17 Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo1′:0.9281.95734
18 Nicholas LatifiWilliams1:30.9732.00232
19 Romain GrosjeanHaas1:31.1192.14828
20 George RussellWilliams1:31.6362.66529
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