Bahrain GP: Lewis Hamilton Completes Bahrain Practice 'Double Top', Alex Albon Crashes | Formula 1 News
Lewis Hamilton showed no sign of easing up after securing his record-equalling seventh drivers championship when he completed a practice ‘double top’ for Mercedes in Bahrain on Friday. The 35-year-old Briton, who was fastest in the morning’s opening practice for Sunday’s Grand Prix, outpaced his rivals to top the times again in the afternoon’s twice red-flagged second session. Hamilton clocked a late best lap in one minute and 28.971 seconds at the Bahrain International Circuit at Sakhir, outpacing nearest rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
His Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas was third ahead of Sergio Perez of Racing Point, Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo and Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri.
Lando Norris was seventh for McLaren ahead of Lance Stroll in the second Racing Point, Daniil Kvyat in the second Alpha Tauri and the luckless Alex Albon, who is fighting to keep his Red Bull seat, but who crashed heavily and wrecked his car.
After occasional light drizzle during opening practice in the morning, the floodlit second session was run in very warm and dry conditions with several drivers, including Hamilton, testing tyres for Pirelli,
