Alexander Albon, Williams, Bahrain International Circuit, 2023 pre-season test

Pictures: 2023 F1 pre-season testing day one: Bahrain

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Pictures from the first day of testing for the 2023 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit.

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14 comments on “Pictures: 2023 F1 pre-season testing day one: Bahrain”

  1. amian
    23rd February 2023, 8:20

    Where was Aston Martin?

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      Jere (@jerejj)
      23rd February 2023, 8:28

      Early-ish problems kept them away for some time.

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    Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
    23rd February 2023, 10:10

    Gulf must have supplied the floviz paint for Williams.

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    Dan G (@dang)
    23rd February 2023, 10:20

    Can I suggest photographing the sunlit side of the cars, rather than their shadows?

    1. Oople
      23rd February 2023, 15:41

      Silly comment… Yeah, just let the photographer just walk across the track to the other side to get the sunlit angle

  4. amian
    23rd February 2023, 10:24

    This orange spray on the Williams automatically makes it the most interesting livery in the field.
    At first I thought this was an article on IndyCar, because F1 liveries are so bland it couldn’t have been F1….

    1. Pici
      23rd February 2023, 14:24

      So true 😭

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    Jere (@jerejj)
    23rd February 2023, 10:35

    @dang All images are from 3rd-party photographers rather than Racefans.net, so nothing really to do in this regard.

  6. pastaman
    23rd February 2023, 13:15

    Look at all these photos I’m not clicking on because of the frustratingly ancient photo gallery. It’s 2023, not 2003

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      LosD (@losd)
      23rd February 2023, 20:04

      It has to… You know, match the comment system

      1. pastaman
        24th February 2023, 1:11

        @losd I would like your comment, but that wasn’t invented until 2007

  7. Tommy Scragend
    23rd February 2023, 13:31

    The flanks of that Mercedes are hideous. It looks like the side airbags have gone off.

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      theRealMax (@millionus)
      23rd February 2023, 17:03

      It look slike all the cars/drivers have really big shoulders when viewed from a certain angle at the front. All looks a bit weird as most (looking at you Haas) have now found the same solution to the hot air waste.

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    Qeki (@qeki)
    23rd February 2023, 19:14

    Vasseur looks like he has been on the Ferrari wall for a couple of years now

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