Saturday, 19 March 2022
-    Free Practice 3: P5, 1:33.053, 20 laps
-    Qualifying: P3, 1:30.687, 15 laps

• Carlos qualified third and fought for pole in the Q3 of the Bahrain GP, where he found again the good feeling with his car after Friday practice.
• The Ferrari driver made it through Q1 (1:31.567) with a single set of Sot tyres and in Q2 (1:30.787) set the second fastest time in two outings, albeit with a single set of tyres.
• The Spaniard was on provisional pole after his first Q3 outing (1:30.687), but he couldn’t progress further in the second one and in the end finished third.

QUOTES:
“It’s not been an easy weekend for me up until Quali but we managed to put together a very strong performance this afternoon. Fighting for pole until the very last attempt is good news. The gap at the top has been super narrow all session, so overall I cannot be too disappointed with this first Quali of the year. Congrats to Charles for this result and to the entire team for giving us such a competitive car. It’s a promising start!”.

“Looking ahead to the race, I think there’s still a bit of work to do from what we saw during the practice long runs, but we will definitely give our maximum to bring home the best result possible! Can’t wait to race tomorrow".

COMING UP:
Sunday, 20 March 2022:
-    Race: 18:00 local time (16:00 CET)