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Pre-Season Testing '25 // Red Flag

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F1 Testing in Bahrain | February 26, 2025 © Mark Thompson

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“Testing wrapped up. We started on the backfoot with reliability issues, however a strong end to the test. There is a tremendous amount to review and adapt before the race weekend; we have a solid package to work from.

Welcome to the start of our 2024 campaign 🤛”

— James via Instagram

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His helmet pics always slap 🔥

[eirianerisdar]

Max really saw Lando in P1 and Daniel with fastest sector 3 and went nope, there is no delulu here

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It's testing week yall and 2 weeks later we have the first grand prix of the season.

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On This Day in F1: February 23

Present: Testing Day 3

History: 1958 Juan Manuel Fangio Kidnapped

February 23rd was the last day of testing and once more red flagged due to a drain cover. Instead of 2 sessions, there was one long session with drivers switching off halfway through.

With testing over, there’s only a few days until the first race of the year. The Bahrain Grand Prix will be on Saturday March 1st.

In 1958, February 23rd was not marked by the end of testing, but rather a kidnapping.

In 1957, President Batista of Cuba established the Cuban Grand Prix as a non-Formula One race. Despite it being a non-Formula One race, many F1 drivers did travel to Cuba for the race. The 1957 running had been won by Juan Manuel Fangio.

However, when Fangio returned to Cuba for the second running of the race, it was not as successful as his 1957 run. During practice, Fangio had set the fastest times and was the favorite to win. But on February 23rd - the day before the Grand Prix - Fangio was kidnapped by two men from Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement.

The intention was that Fangio's kidnapping would force Batista to cancel the Cuban Grand Prix and embarrass Batista's government. Despite the kidnapping of Fangio - the 1957 F1 World Champion - Batista ordered that the race happen while the police searched for Fangio. To ensure the race happened, Batista set up:

Roadblocks at intersections

Guards for all airports - private and commercial

Guards for the other drivers

Fangio was handed to the Argentine embassy after the race was finished and Batista's inability to find Fangio's captors was a sign that he was losing his power.

In an interview with the New York Times, Fangio asserted that his kidnappers had treated him kindly.

Instead of Fangio, Stirling Moss would go on to win the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, but it remains a race marred by tragedy. Cuban driver, Armando Garcia Cifuentes was driving a Ferrari and was inexperienced. Six laps into the race, Cifuentes crashed into the crowd killing seven people and injuring 31 others.

____ Previous: Feb. 22 - 2012 Ross Brawn on Teams Leaving FOTA

Next: Feb. 29 - Bahrain Day 1

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ZHOU GUANYU WDC 2024

[sequentialprophet]

Me watching the livery reveals - oh Sauber is my fave

Me watching the Sauber on track -

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[vettel-stan]

Setting my alarm… 1am .

of course I’m going to wake up seeing the cars going vrom vrom, that’s the only reason I’m alive

[jv-f1]

More of James in Bahrain last week! ☺️

— Romy (romyskye) via Instagram

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the pinnacle of motorsport 🔦

[eirianerisdar]

Danny just avoided that piece of Aston debris like a knife

Completely ruined his fast lap but boy was it hot