Did you miss Formula 1? If the answer is yes, we have good news: come back this weekend!
Formula 1 returns to action this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first round of the 2022 season in the premier class. Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso are ready to get off to a good start in this new stage for the championship and these are the times you should know so you don’t miss a thing.
Compared to previous seasons, this year there is an important change in F1 schedules, since free practice on Fridays (as you will see below) are now held in the afternoon. In this way, fans will be able to go to the circuits and watch the tests on television without having to ask for days off from work.
Timetables Bahrain GP F1 2022
| Day | Session | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Friday March 18, 2022 | Free Practice 1 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
| Free Practice 2 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Saturday March 19, 2022 | Free Practice 3 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
| Classification | 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | |
| Sunday March 20, 2022 | Career | 4:00 p.m. (57 laps) |
The 2022 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix marks the premiere of the new technical regulations for the premier category of motorsport. With these rules, the first orchestrated by Liberty Media (owners of F1 since 2016), it is expected that the cars can fight each other and offer fans the show they have been asking for for many years.
Max Verstappen defends title after his spectacular victory in 2021 against seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton. In the pre-season tests, Red Bull proved to be one of the most reliable and fastest single-seaters, and for this reason it starts as the favorite for the new season. Mercedes, meanwhile, suffered after unveiling a radical new concept.
Another of the teams that is expected to be in the fight for victory is Ferrari, after having left very good feelings in the F1 tests. They refuse to say that they are favourites, but everything indicates that they will be very close to Red Bull. And Carlos Sainz can take advantage of that to fight for his first victory in the premier class.
On the other hand, Fernando Alonso starts “The Plan” with the Alpine A522, a single-seater that also surprised after taking a step forward in the Bahrain tests with respect to those in Barcelona. From Alpine they have already said that they see themselves in Q3, and then it will be necessary to see if they are to be the fourth, fifth or sixth (or worse) team. The grid is expected to be very even.
One of the words that has been talked about the most during the F1 tests in Barcelona and Bahrain has been the happy “Porpoising”, a pitching of the car that occurs after the introduction of ground effect and that some teams have managed to control more than others. We will see it this weekend!
Who we will not see on the track is Sebastian Vettel, who has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be replaced by Nico Hülkenberg at the wheel of the Aston Martin AMR22.
How to watch the F1 Bahrain GP on TV or online
The DAZN platform once again has the emission rights for Formula 1 exclusively in our country and for this reason it is the main option that you have to know to watch F1. In addition, thanks to an agreement between Movistar and DAZN, the F1 and MotoGP races can also be seen on Movistar TV through the DAZN 1 and DAZN 2 channels, available according to the packages contracted through the operator.
To access the contents of F1, MotoGP and the rest of the sports that DAZN broadcasts, you must register. The current price is €12.99 per month or €129.99 per year (with two months free). It can be seen on the internet through its website or in the application of Smart TV, Android, iOS…
Beyond that, the rest of the options are unofficial. The F1 TV service is not available in Spain, so you will not be able to contract it in our country, and any other possibility entails certain risks on how to watch F1, since either you will not be able to enjoy it in high definition, in Spanish or you will risk kill a virus on your device.