Summary

  • Hamilton fastest in Bahrain both practice sessions

  • Albon crashes heavily

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Victoria Turner

  1. For those asking, this is what the dog looked like who caused the second red flag.

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  2. 20 minute warning!

    So Verstappen still heads the charge with Bottas, Perez, Ricciardo and Gasly completing the top five.

  3. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Tracey says - I was getting my decorations down from the attic, what did I miss!?

    You missed a lot, Tracey, a lot!

    Molesworth says: Dogs on tracks seems to be becoming a theme.

    Kevin says: On the subject of animals on the circuit is the Montreal circuit had the most animals on track in F1?

    Lucy says: I immediately need to know all the details about Sebastian Vettel’s dog.

    Me too Lucy!

  4. We are back underway...again

    Let's hope that there are no more animal incidents!

  5. Team radio - Vettel starts singing 'who let the dogs out, woof, woof'

    He also mentioned that if he knew that dogs were allowed today he would have brought his dog, but it is currently in quarantine!

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    Red flag

    #bbcf1

    A stoppage once again....

    But this time for a dog which is out on track!!

    Crazy!

    What is the most bizarre red flag incident you can think of?

  7. We are back underway!

    So after a short stoppage cars are back out on track.

    Verstappen still holds the fastest lap time.

  8. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Rachel says: Oh Alex. That might be the end.

    Molesworth says: Albon fighting for his Red Bull seat..Oh dear.

    Shadowlink says: Hello #bbcf1. You said it earlier talking about Vettel. Red Bull are very good at building a car for a particular driving style. Maybe the car is built to Max which is unique to him.

  9. After Albon crashed his car, causing a red flag

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    "Confidence wise this will shatter Alex Albon. He has had spins in the last few races, the last thing he needed was to total the car on a Friday. It is not happening for him - he is over driving."

  10. red flag

    Red flag

    There has been a crash for Alex Albon coming out of the final corner. He went into the wall and the session has been stopped.

    When asked how he was on the team radio Albon said, "I am fine, sorry guys"

  11. Bottas is now out on the softs.... what can he do?

  12. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    "Perez is looking good."

    He sure is Jolyon, as he nearly goes top of the time-sheets, but stays P2 after a 1:29.403 lap.

  13. Verstappen has set the fastest time so far, a 1:29.318 with Perez and Ricciardo completing the top three - they are all out on the soft tyres.

  14. Vettel on team radio - 'quite heavy vibrations at the end of the straights'

    The Ferrari driver is now P8 in FP2 - and just locked up going into turn 9 and 10.

  15. No doubt George Russell will be out on the soft tyres shortly...

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  16. Albon on team radio - 'The tyres just lack front grip on the second push'

    The Red Bull driver is fifth fastest with 53 minutes left to the session.

  17. If you are a fan of Mercedes then Bottas and Hamilton are at the moment P19 and P20 respectively as they are using the time to test the 2021 tyres.

    No need to panic yet Mercedes fans!

  18. Should Albon get that Red Bull seat?

    #bbcf1

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    There are still a handful of seats to be confirmed on the 2021 grid, with the most notable among them the second Red Bull, where Alex Albon is still fighting to convince bosses he should stay. Their preference is to keep him but they want to see more from the British-Thai driver before confirming him, and spins in the last two races harming his chances of strong finishes have not helped.

    If they decide to look elsewhere, their options are either Sergio Perez or Nico Hulkenberg, and Perez said on Thursday that for him it was either Red Bull or no racing in 2021.

    “There's only one option," the Mexican said. “I've been here for so many years. I want to keep going, I think I'm at the peak of my career. But I also want to keep going with a reason, with a plan, with a good project, so I think if there's not a good project that keeps my motivation to give 100%, I'd rather not take it.

    “Plan A is obviously to carry on, Plan B will be to stop for a year, see how I feel without racing, see if I really miss it, if I really want to come back or if there's other series that I'm interested in doing, or if I'd rather just do something else and stay away from motorsport. I have never experienced that, my whole life I've been into it. So I have to see also the life out of the sport, how it is, how it suits me. And then see if I miss it, or I just want to carry on with that life.”

    Among the other seats, Alpha Tauri’s Daniil Kvyat said he did not expect to be in F1 in 2021. “I’ve known for a while that the chances of me being here next year are very slim,” he said. “It depends on some very particular scenarios.” His seat alongside Pierre Gasly is expected to go to Japanese Formula 2 driver Yuki Tsunoda, although there is a chance Albon could be put into it if he is dropped from Red Bull.

    Haas say they will announce their line-up soon, but it seems pretty much a lock that they will take F2 graduates Mick Schumacher, who is hoping to clinch the title over the final two rounds, and Russian Nikita Mazepin, both of whom come with a financial incentive.

    Alex AlbonGetty Images

    Is the pressure on Albon this weekend?

  19. One hour remaining

    And this is how the timing-screens are shaping up in FP2:

    1. Verstappen
    2. Perez
    3. Gasly
    4. Kvyat
    5. Albon
    6. Sainz
    7. Ocon
    8. Magnussen
    9. Raikonnen
    10. Leclerc
    11. Grosjean
    12. Norris
    13. Vettel
    14. Giovinazzi
    15. Stroll
    16. Russell
    17. Ricciardo
    18. Latifi
    19. Bottas
    20. Hamilton

  20. Want to know more about the Bahrain GP?

    Then the guys at Mercedes have put this together just for you.

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