Checo Pérez came third and last in freestyle in Bahrain

Sergio Perez does not stray from the first places in the practices of the Bahrain Grand Prix, hoping to reach the classification in a great time.

Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), two-time world champion Formula 1who was already the fastest in the tests on Friday, set this Saturday’s best time in the third and final free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prixthe first of Formula 1 World Cup, disputed in a circle Sakhir.

The Asturian double world champion is covered, in his best lap – with a soft compound tyre – at 5,412 metres. Sakhir In 1 minute 32 seconds and 340 thousandths, one-fifth less than the Dutch Max Verstappen -who is defending the title- and with 106 on another captain Red BullMexican Sergio Perezwhich characterize the second and third halves, respectively.

Chico Perez He was consistently among the top three fastest, even starting the weekend as the fastest in the first free practice of the year, but then Aston Martin No. 14 of Fernando Alonso He made his way between the two Red Bull And he has everyone on the edge of their seats to see if he can handle the challenge in qualifying and in the race on Sunday.

Alonso It was faster than .005 thousand of Max Verstappen and a .106 faster than the Chico Perez, blink of an eye difference between these three. Even the seventh place he went to Lance Picnic Alonso’s partner, there’s 0.579 of a tenth of the distance. And up to the 13th place, there is still less than a second left, so we can expect a very close qualifier; Half of the peloton will be a real contender, even a thousandth of a second.

Lance Picnic, who recently broke his hand, had some trouble getting out of the car on Friday and had to improvise using his left hand. However, he is still determined to race this weekend and FIA He was not judged. Despite everything, the Canadian – who missed the three days of pre-season testing – kept the car in the top ten by a large margin, and that confirms that Aston Martin is fight Mercedes And Ferrari against Red Bull For pole and victory?

The answer you will soon find a solution when it’s 9 in the morning in Central Mexico The cars are preparing for the first qualifying of the season F1.

Information from the EFE has been used in this report.