BWT Alpine F1 Team continues learning process with over 100 laps completed on Day Two in Bahrain 24.02.2023: Aramco Bahrain pre-season test Sakhir, Bahrain, day 2 Friday, February 24th 2023 BWT Alpine F1 Team completed 108 laps today as pre-season testing entered its second day at the Bahrain International Circuit.

    
Aramco Bahrain pre-season test
Sakhir, Bahrain, day 2
Friday, February 24th 2023




BWT Alpine F1 Team completed 108 laps today as pre-season testing entered its second day at the Bahrain International Circuit.



Esteban Ocon continued driving duties in the morning session having driven yesterday afternoon with Pierre Gasly taking over after the lunch break to complete the day.



Esteban’s morning was slightly hindered by minor interruptions as he completed 49 laps while Pierre rounded off the day by taking the team over the century mark with 59 laps across the afternoon-evening session.



The team looks to close off the three-day test tomorrow with a busy programme with Pierre returning to the A523 in the morning before Esteban finishes the test in the afternoon.

Pat Fry, Chief Technical Officer, BWT Alpine F1 Team: “It’s been another productive day of testing for the team today with Esteban in the car in the morning and Pierre in the afternoon. With only three days of testing, we always aim to be ambitious by fitting in a busy programme packed with many different test items and, subsequently, various set-up changes.

 While we managed to complete over 100 laps today, the usual teething problems that do occur at pre-season testing did pop up throughout the day and that certainly held us back from completing more mileage.

Nevertheless, we’ve gathered plenty of useful data to work through to help us continue our learning process of our 2023 package. In addition, it was good to have a smooth evening run under representative conditions with an eye on preparing for next weekend’s first race of the season.”




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