2024 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 21 - 23

[Xyz22]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

what are the times looking like?

Low 37 with 0 deg, meaning a colossal margin while driving.

[mendis]

At this point in his first stint, Max appears to be a full second faster than Sainz yesterday.

[Sphere3758]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

I just wish Leclerc gets out soon for his race run so that we can have an actual comparison

[F1ern]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

what are the times looking like?

Its amazing.

[Xyz22]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

I just wish Leclerc gets out soon for his race run so that we can have an actual comparison

It won't be pretty

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[DGP123]

What we already deep down knew. This one is done

[AR3-GP]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

what are the times looking like?

01:37.5
01:37.4
01:37.2
01:37.2
01:37.2
01:37.2
1.37.160
1.37.130
1.37.058
1.37.124

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Sainz for comparison (day 2 with slightly cooler conditions)

[Sphere3758]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

I just wish Leclerc gets out soon for his race run so that we can have an actual comparison

It won't be pretty

Most likely Max on an insane stint right now

[dxpetrov]

WTF is Max doing?!! This is a joke!! LOL

[mendis]

Russell appears to be on a stint with, potentially, the actual race mode with speed trap around 300-302kph range.
Max on his race stint is clocking around 294 kph on speed trap.
Sainz was clocking around 292kph yesterday on his race sim (throughout).

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Russell appears to be on a stint with, potentially, the actual race mode with speed trap around 300-302kph range.
Max on his race stint is clocking around 294 kph on speed trap.
Sainz was clocking around 292kph yesterday on his race sim (throughout).

I'm seeing high 280s for Max in the trap: 288, 287, 289 in last 3 laps

[sypack]

WTF is Max doing?!! This is a joke!! LOL

Haven't extended my F1 TV Pro exactly for that reason. Not planning to waste 24 weekends on the Max show, have better things to do.

[Schippke]

Yeah RB is in another league if Max is on the first stint with full fuel.

what are the times looking like?

01:37.5
01:37.4
01:37.2
01:37.2
01:37.2
01:37.2
1.37.160
1.37.130
1.37.058
1.37.124

If that’s on the C3 and brimmed with Fuel, compared to Sainz’s run on his first stint that started to degrade towards the end… that’s an ominous stint by Max.

But, were we seriously expecting anything less?