Bahrain (on the calendar since 2004) is the ideal place for the Test Orgy. With almost 30 degrees it is not too hot – and the rain here will only come with 40 percent on Sunday. It would be an average of one in nine rainy days per year!
Mercedes in the spotlight
Nevertheless, many questions will be answered over the next three days – especially at Mercedes. The new W14 should finally be competitive again. Otherwise Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will no longer be a threat to market leaders Red Bull Honda and Ferrari after the many flops in 2022. The Reds fight actually alone with the reliability and too many flops of the drivers!
Aston Martin relies on the youth
After Lance’s bike accident strolling around In Spain, Aston-Martin-Mercedes now draws its second reserve driver card for the tests: Felipe Drugovich (22). The 2022 Brazilian Formula 2 champion will be the already experienced Stoffel off (30) preference.
strollers The training crash showed once again that the third man in the teams is becoming increasingly important. How quickly something happened – and the great opportunity beckons.
Suddenly a chair becomes available
In the past two years, Hamilton, strolling around, Vettel, Pérez and Räikkönen because of Corona for one or two World Cup races. Noble reservist Nico took advantage of this Hulkenberg (35) twice the chance of a comeback – and now the German as Schumi-Successor even regular driver at Haas-Ferrari.
Mick walked alone on Wednesday Schumacher (23) with hand luggage through the paddock – towards Mercedes. Since the teams make all test hours with the GP pilots want to use, the world champion son comes here probably not for use.
Seidl only as an observer
Like Theo Casting chair (19) at Alfa Sauber. The Frenchman, who must continue to drive in Formula 2 (although he already ruled that out in the summer of 2022), will have to be patient. The Chinese Zhou just misses the luck to be next Bottas explodes.
For the new Hinwiler CEO and hope of the Sauber fans, Andreas Seidl (47), the tests and the start of the World Cup here on March 5 will be a first look.
The German, team boss at McLaren until 2022, laughs at Blick: “I don’t interfere with the day-to-day business.” Hopefully his trust will be rewarded.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
