Friday, 3 March 2023
-    Free Practice 1: P20, 1:36.072, 21 laps
-    Free Practice 2: P14, 1:31.956, 28 laps

• Carlos Sainz started the Bahrain GP with 49 laps in the Friday practice sessions, in which he worked across different set-ups on his SF-23 to try and adjust them to the conditions of Sakhir.
• The Ferrari race driver finished the day without any lap time genuinely representative of his car's potential.
• The Spaniard is confident that the Scuderia will take another step forward on Saturday, following the different set-up changes tested across today’s sessions to optimise the car's performance.

QUOTES:
“A trickier Friday than we initially expected. The balance was different and we were changing the car through the sessions to try and correct the main limitations".

"It’s only Friday and I’m confident we will analyse everything overnight and take a step forward tomorrow".

COMING UP:
Saturday, 4 March 2023
-    Free Practice 3: 14:30 local time (12:30 CET)
-    Qualifying: 18:00 local time (16:00 CET)