F1: BARÉIN will live on the day of the rookie
Six teams chose the first free practice of the fourth date of the World Cup to begin complying with the regulations that Rookies demands.
The FIA decided to increase the first free training sessions to four in which the teams are obliged to deliver the armchair to rookie pilots. Until 2024 there were two, one for each car, but since this year he doubled (a couple per car). The regulations have some complexity, because for all the teams are not four. Those teams that have a complete debutant in the season, should only go down to the other corridor twice, because the owner Rookie meets the rule. That happens in Racing Bulls (by Isack Hadjar), Sauber (Gabriel Bortoleto) and Mercedes (Kimi Antonelli). In the case of Alpine, Jack Doohan had to get off once in the year (he did it in Suzuka) because a corridor ceases to be a rookie in his third competition and the Australian debuted in the last of 2024. Therefore, his car should perform a rookie batch.
With this panorama, six teams decided to use the first batch of the BARÉIN GP, fourth appointment of the year, to start paying the debt Going rookies. Undoubtedly, it will be an absolutely disrupted essay.
Williams: Carlos Sainz will leave his FW47 to Luke Browning. For the 23 -year -old English, it will be his second participation in an FP1 after having turned in Abu Dhabi 2024.
Mercedes: George Russell must give his armchair to Frederik Victi. For the Danish it will be his third participation in an FP1, after being part in Mexico and Abu Dhabi, both in 2023.
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso will go down to turn Felipe Drugovich. The Brazilian is already an experienced in this to turn in a first free practice. It will be your sixth participation. The above: Abu Dhabi (2022, 2023 and 2024) Italy (2023) and Mexico (2024).
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc will see Sakhir’s start from Boxes. In its SF-25 will be Dino Beganovic, an absolute debutante in an FP1.
Haas: Ryo Hirakawa landed Monday on the American team after finishing his link with Alpine. The Japanese is a Toyota pilot at the Wec and the brand has a technical and commercial association with the Team of Gene Haas. For Hirakawa it will be his third participation in FP1 and all with different teams. He turned at Abu Dhabi 2024 with McLaren, Japan 2025 with Alpine and will now do it in BARÉIN with the Haas de Oliver Bearman.
Red Bull: Max Verstappen will not have activity at the beginning of the Bareiní GP. His place will be occupied by the Japanese Aymu Iwasa, who already turned in the races of Japan and Abu Dhabi last year.
