The start of the second one-hour session on Thursday in Jeddah was delayed by 10 minutes as the FIA checked drain covers in the pitlane, but it ran to time under the lights in... read more »

Bahrain's Sakhir circuit has filled troublesome drains with concrete and carried out additional welding work after loose covers halted last week's Formula One testing... read more »

As first reported by Autosport, the plan to seal the drains was proposed by F1 stakeholders on the final day of the three-day test last week.Testing was heavily disrupted when... read more »

A number of drivers have spoken out after pre-season testing had to be red-flagged twice due to errant drain covers. read more »

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc gave his thoughts regarding drain cover issues in Bahrain pre-season testing stating that the problem “can have big consequences.” A loose drain cover... read more »

Leclerc set the pace at Bahrain International Circuit in the last of three days of testing, beating Russell and Zhou Guanyu of Sauber.Once again, testing was disrupted by a... read more »

Leclerc's team-mate Carlos Sainz had led the final morning session from Red Bull's Sergio Perez before running was interrupted by a broken drain cover for the second... read more »

Although there have been similar instances over the years at various tracks, the current generation of high downforce ground effect cars appear to be more likely to trigger... read more »

Logan Sargeant reckons he knows why the drain covers are coming loose after another session in Bahrain was disrupted due to a loose drain cover. read more »

Sainz's 1m31.247s set on the C3 tyres headed the times by 0.236s from Sergio Perez in the Red Bull, who also set his best time on the C3 compound, on another stalled... read more »

The three-day test at the Sakhir International Circuit has been stopped twice due to the drain cover on the approach to the track's Turn 11 coming loose.This is due to the... read more »

The track action resumed after repairs at Turn 11 with the usual lunch break dropped and the session scheduled to run until 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT). read more »

The final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain has been delayed with a red flag to attend to a loose drain cover, marking the second instance this week. This... read more »

The four-hour morning session was halted after only 27 minutes after a drain cover came loose on the outside kerbs on the approach to the Turn 11 uphill left-hander.This... read more »

A loose drain cover has caused an early red flag on the final day of testing in Bahrain. read more »

The final day of pre-season testing has seen a red flag stop the session following another issue with a drain cover. read more »

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz set the fastest time across the day, but only after team-mate Charles Leclerc dislodged a drain cover which took time to fix.The loss of running,... read more »

Day two of 2024's F1 Pre-Season Testing is over, bringing up a whole new list of things to discuss. Are drainage covers becoming a problem in the Venturi Tunnel era of... read more »

Sainz set the pace at Bahrain International Circuit in the second of three days of testing, ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.The afternoon... read more »

Sainz's team-mate Charles Leclerc topped a curtailed morning session, which was halted with 1h38m on the clock after he hit a loose drain cover and forced Ferrari to... read more »

Carlos Sainz topped Day 2 of Formula 1 pre-season testing, clocking a time of 1:29.921s and completing 84 laps in the process. The afternoon session was extended by an hour... read more »

Ferrari were forced to change the floor of Charles Leclerc's car after it suffered severe damage during Thursday's morning testing session. read more »

The morning session on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing was cut short after a loose drain cover on track damaged Charles Leclerc's Ferrari. read more »

Formula One testing in Bahrain was halted on Thursday after Charles Leclerc's Ferrari was damaged by a drain cover that came loose. read more »

Charles Leclerc finished fastest in a shortened morning session on Day 2 of the Formula 1 pre-season test in Bahrain. The Ferrari driver was one of a number of drivers to run... read more »