Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso has turned again the clock to once more high the timesheets within the ultimate observe earlier than Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying whereas Australia’s new boy Oscar Piastri loved his first top-10 end.
The 21-year-old Piastri wasn’t even born when Alonso made his grand prix debut in Melbourne in 2001 however the pair have been exhibiting that class actually is everlasting at each ends of the age scale.
Alonso narrowly beat Crimson Bull’s champion Max Verstappen, Spain’s two-time world champion on Saturday, clocking 1 minute 32.340 seconds across the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit.
He beat the Dutchman by a mere 0.005 seconds however his second high spot from three observe classes demonstrated that Aston Martin might take some beating in qualifying in a while Saturday.
Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez was third, whereas Mercedes confirmed enchancment with Lewis Hamilton ending fourth quickest and George Russell sixth. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc cut up them in fifth.
Piastri, who had a difficult opening day to his F1 profession on Friday after coming off the observe twice, is a fast learner and appeared extra assured on Saturday as he even outpaced his extra skilled McLaren teammate Lando Norris.
The Melbourne man clocked 1:33.045 to complete ninth quickest, a definite enchancment on his 12th and 15th place finishes on Friday.
Norris, in distinction, may solely handle 1:33.202 to lie in 13th place.
Lance Stroll, within the different Aston Martin, got here in seventh though he is clearly been in discomfort following his latest wrist hassle that pressured him to overlook pre-season testing final week.
