2023 F1 Bahrain test: Verstappen shades Alonso to top opening day of testing

Verstappen, the only driver to run for the full day as all other F1 teams split their programmes, put in a 1m32.837s midway through the afternoon to improve on his effort that led the morning session.
It looked nailed on to give Red Bull top spot until a number of teams started to focus on performance runs on the softer compound tyres.
Alonso, on fresh C3 tyres, duly leapt to 0.029 seconds …Keep reading