Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday’s race each stay at 3pm solely on Sky Sports activities F1 as new period kickstarts with eagerly-anticipated Bahrain GP from Sakhir; are Purple Bull main a three-way battle on the entrance?; who will begin quickest of their all-new vehicles?
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Naomi Schiff sits down with Lewis Hamilton to debate his relationship with Max Verstappen. Watch the complete interview throughout our protection of the Bahrain GP
Naomi Schiff sits down with Lewis Hamilton to debate his relationship with Max Verstappen. Watch the complete interview throughout our protection of the Bahrain GP
New vehicles. New guidelines. New driver line-ups. And doubtlessly an all-new pecking order, with all-new rivalries. Components 1 is again this weekend – and all of it begins with a Bahrain GP the place merely something may occur.
Three months after an epic 2021 season resulted in hugely-controversial circumstances as Max Verstappen ousted Lewis Hamilton for the title, the game’s grid of star drivers and groups are gearing up for the primary of a deliberate 23 race weekends this yr, all stay on Sky Sports activities F1.
We may have build-up proper by way of the week earlier than masking all of the motion stay from the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit, from Friday’s first follow session by way of to Sunday’s season-opening Grand Prix.
A brand new period begins right here. F1, in the end, is again.
Setting the scene for F1’s large opener
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As the ultimate day in Bahrain closes, Martin Brundle and Anthony Davidson give their verdict on the pecking order going into the primary race of the season
It’s truthful to say loads has modified since that Abu Dhabi chequered flag.
F1 has launched into a revolutionary new period with a guidelines overhaul resulting in much-changed vehicles, aimed toward spicing up the on-track motion and enhancing overtaking. And the early indicators are that they can even rip up the shape guide.
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Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari and Purple Bull are favourites to win the Bahrain Grand Prix subsequent week as Max Verstappen clocks the quickest time in last day of testing
Mercedes, F1’s world champions for the final eight years and the group who marched forward of the pack following the final main regulation change, seem to have slipped barely behind firstly of 2022, with each Purple Bull and Ferrari seemingly usurping them on the two three-day assessments.
Purple Bull, specifically, got here on sturdy on the finish of the ultimate Bahrain check to recommend Verstappen has a robust likelihood of retaining his maiden drivers’ crown, though – whereas Hamilton has pessimistically urged his group are “not in rivalry” – the extraordinary rivalry between F1’s largest stars is definitely anticipated to return given the unhealthy blood of final yr.
Who’s driving for which group?
| Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | George Russell |
|---|---|---|
| Purple Bull | Max Verstappen | Sergio Perez |
| Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | Carlos Sainz |
| McLaren | Lando Norris | Daniel Ricciardo |
| Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Esteban Ocon |
| AlphaTauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda |
| Aston Martin | Sebastian Vettel | Lance Stroll |
| Williams | Alex Albon | Nicholas Latifi |
| Alfa Romeo | Valtteri Bottas | Guanyu Zhou |
| Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher |
Hamilton is joined by a brand new team-mate in George Russell for 2022, the Briton lastly getting his likelihood after three dazzling years ‘on mortgage’ at Williams, whereas Ferrari’s proficient younger driver line-up, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, may additionally turn out to be stars if their bundle is as aggressive because it appears.
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Ferrari group principal Mattia Binotto says they’re studying loads from testing after Charles Leclerc takes the quickest lap of the week in Bahrain
And it’s not simply the rivalries on the entrance pointing in the direction of an unmissable Bahrain GP opener, for the clear slate of latest rules additionally appears to have closed the hole proper up, with the likes of McLaren additionally within the hunt.
The Bahrain GP is solely inconceivable to foretell as a primary race weekend in all-new vehicles awaits.
Observe the Bahrain GP stay
Sky Sports activities F1 is your property of all stay Components 1 this season, beginning with the opening race from the Center East.
Our in depth build-up begins with our new Monday night time present Any Pushed Monday, debuting at 6pm on Sky Sports activities F1’s YouTube as hosts Matt Baker and Naomi Schiff assessment testing and preview Bahrain.
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Sky F1’s Ted Kravitz appears to be like again on the ultimate day of Components 1’s pre-season testing from Bahrain
There can be updates by way of the week on Sky Sports activities Information and all our digital and social platforms earlier than our stay protection from Bahrain will get underneath method on a new-look Friday.
In a 2022 twist, the drivers’ press convention will happen within the morning earlier than each follow periods and our stay F1 Present, recapping the motion.
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With the brand new season quick approaching, relive among the most intense tussles on monitor between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen final yr
Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday’s race – each stay at 3pm – can be adopted by Ted’s Pocket book, whereas there may be additionally the added enhance of the Components 2 and Components 3 championships kicking off in Bahrain.
As all the time, you can too comply with the motion on-line and on the Sky Sports activities app.
Full stay schedule on Sky Sports activities F1
Monday, March 14
6pm: Any Pushed Monday (Sky Sports activities F1 YouTube, repeated at 9pm on TV)
Friday, March 18
8.30am: Drivers’ Press Convention
11.30am: Bahrain GP Apply One (session begins 12pm)
1.20pm: F3 Qualifying
2.45pm: Bahrain GP Apply Two (session begins 3pm)
4.20pm: F2 Qualifying
5pm: The F1 Present: Bahrain
Saturday, March 19
9.55am: F3 Dash Race
11.45am: Bahrain GP Apply Three (session begins 12pm)
2pm: Bahrain GP Qualifying Construct-up
3pm BAHRAIN GP QUALIFYING
4.35pm: F2 Dash Race
5.35pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday, March 20
8.55am: F3 Characteristic Race
10.35am: F2 Characteristic Race
1.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Bahrain
3pm: THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
5pm: Chequered Flag: Bahrain
6pm: Ted’s Pocket book
7pm: Bahrain GP Highlights
Lots of our reveals can even be simulcast on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion and Sky Sports activities Combine.
All of Friday’s stay motion may be watched on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion, whereas Saturday’s qualifying can be on the channel from 2.45pm, in addition to the F2 Dash Race (4.35pm) and Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book (5.35pm).
On Sunday, Grand Prix Sunday (from 2.30pm) and the race (3pm) can be on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion, till the primary Tremendous Sunday recreation at 4.30pm.
Friday’s F1 Present, in the meantime, will also be watched on Sky Sports activities Combine.
