2024 FORMULA 1 ARAMCO PRE-SEASON TESTING [DAY 1] discussion thread

Remember, it's only testing. Times don't mean much until the last session of the last day when they.just go for it. If your team goes slow, they're sandbaging. Good luck.
- Consistent good times are also an indicator if done on the same run
- This is the copimum that I'm mainlining

Does anybody know which driver will drive in which session?
- The race has an overview
  Red Bull
  Wednesday: Max Verstappen
  Thursday: Sergio Perez (AM) & Max Verstappen (PM)
  Friday: Sergio Perez
  Mercedes
  Wednesday: George Russell
  Thursday: Lewis Hamilton
  Friday: Lewis Hamilton (AM) & George Russell (PM)
  Ferrari
  Wednesday: Charles Leclerc (AM) & Carlos Sainz (PM)
  Beyond day one, Ferrari's yet to confirm who will be driving for the rest of the test.
  McLaren
  Wednesday: Oscar Piastri (AM) & Lando Norris (PM)
  Thursday: Oscar Piastri (AM) & Lando Norris (PM)
  Friday: Lando Norris (PM) & Oscar Piastri (AM)
  Aston Martin
  Wednesday: Fernando Alonso (AM) & Lance Stroll (PM)
  Thursday: Fernando Alonso (AM) & Lance Stroll (PM)
  Friday: Lance Stroll (AM) & Fernando Alonso (PM)
  Alpine
  Wednesday: Esteban Ocon (AM) & Pierre Gasly (PM)
  Thursday: Pierre Gasly (AM) & Esteban Ocon (PM)
  Friday: Esteban Ocon (AM) & Pierre Gasly (PM)
  Sauber
  Wednesday: Valtteri Bottas (AM) & Zhou Guanyu (PM)
  Thursday: Zhou Guanyu (AM) & Valtteri Bottas (PM)
  Friday: Valtteri Bottas (AM) & Zhou Guanyu (PM)
  Haas
  Wednesday: Kevin Magnussen (AM) & Nico Hulkenberg (PM)
  Thursday: Nico Hulkenberg (AM) & Kevin Magnussen (PM)
  Friday: Kevin Magnussen (AM) & Nico Hulkenberg (PM)
  TBA: RB, Williams
- I misunderstood your question and I did not understand the testing format, mate. Sorry about that. Check this out: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/who-is-driving-in-f1-bahrain-pre-season-test-2024/
  
  Yeah I think there is a misunderstanding. I know that the full time drivers will be the one driving. Usually there is a list on the f1 site of which driver drives in which session as only one car is allowed per team. There wasn't one on the site yet so the question

Did I miss anything? Did everyone forget and return to reddit during silly season?
- There were posts for car launches and all the drama. You have to remember that this is a smaller community so if only 10℅ of people remain active during off season, the number of active people is low.
- Only for the Hamilton discussion.

Are they streaming this year's testing? Or still being dumb?
E. Nvm I found a stream.

So is that 1m31.344 from Verstappen ominous or it's just preseason testing and times don't matter?
- Mainly the later, no one else was really putting on soft tyres for a quick lap at the end.
  
  I was under the impression that it was set on the medium (C3). Is that not the case?
- Mostly doesn't matter because it's a light fuel run later in the day after track evolution, and other light fuel runs from McLaren and Ferrari had similar performances to the RB20.
  There's still hope.