Haas continued to roll in Bahrain and set the fastest time on Friday

Earlier in the week, when all the teams on the grid were traveling to the Sakhir International Circuit, the American team saw all their equipment get stuck in London due to a breakdown in the plane that was supposed to transport their cargo.

Knowing that they were already going to arrive at the second week of pre-season testing late compared to the rest of the grid, Haas decided to change their roadmap to reach Bahrain as soon as possible.

Despite this, the American team was unable to participate in the first four hours of testing that took place in Sakhir due to an external problem. For that reason, the heads of Haas contacted Formula 1 to find a solution that would allow them to recover that lost time without harming the rest of the grid.

Initially, the category and Haas reached an agreement to carry out an extra four-hour test on Sunday, however, the rivals refused.

After communicating the news to the top leaders of the team, both parties reached a new agreement to complete the four hours of testing during the last two days of preseason in a divided manner:

• 1 extra hour after Friday afternoon session
• 1 hour before Saturday morning session
• 2 extra hours after the last test session on Saturday

In this way, Kevin Magnussen and Haas continued on the track on Friday afternoon after the rest of the groups were forced to return to the garage and conclude their programs.

The surprise in the particular session after the official checkered flag for the Danish driver came when looking at the time table, since if VF-22 had risen to the first position of times with a time of 1:33.207 with the C4 tire ( faster than Sainz’s 1m33.532s with C4) after completing 60 laps, which added to Mick Schumacher’s 23, gave more than 80 laps in what has been Haas’ most productive day of the pre-season to date. Formula 1 2022.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Haas will enjoy 11 hours of activity on the track, three more than his rivals, although it will not be an advantage, since all of them were able to take advantage of it in the morning session on Thursday.

F1 2022 Pre-Season Friday Results in Bahrain:

	Pilot	Equipment	laps	Time (tyre)
1	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	60	1’33 “207
1	Carlos Sainz	ferrari	60	1’33″532
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	86	1’34″011
3	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	70	1’34″064
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	47	1’34″141
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	111	1’34″276
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	54	1’34″366
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	60	1’34″609
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	46	1’36″020
Ten	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	120	1’36 “802
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	25	1’36″987
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	23	1’37″846
13	George Russell	Mercedes	67	1’38″585
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	12	1’39″845
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	48	1’39″984