Napoli is actually losing, the record of points done by Conte is safer now  

The win of the league is out of doubt anyway.

Second Hour,

Pos    Driver    Nat.   Team    Time
1   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m30.907s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m31.076s
3   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Bull Racing   1m31.078s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m31.367s
5   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m31.376s
6   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m31.450s
7   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m31.475s
8   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m31.543s
9   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m31.570s
10   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m31.586s
11   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m31.608s
12   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m31.793s
13   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m31.882s
14   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m31.956s
15   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m32.024s
16   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m31.110s
17   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m32.440s
18   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri    1m32.525s
19   Nyck de Vries   NED   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m32.605s
20   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m32.749s

https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1021403/1/f1-2023-bahrain-grand-prix-friday-practice-results

Ferrari should be hiding themself.

Hulkeberg on his lap was up with the power and did the same time of Charles.
But Charles was 2/10 slower in the top speed part of the track, this mean Ferrari is still down with the engine power.

Don't know how much they are saving, probably half second of lap.

Pole position could be 1.29/1.30, close to 1.29

1   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Bull Racing   1m32.758s
2   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m33.196s
3   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m33.375s
4   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m34.165s
5   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m34.257s
6   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m34.298s
7   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m34.402s
8   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m34.575s
9   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m36.689s
10   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m34.917s
11   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m34.966s
12   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m34.997s
13   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri    1m35.015s
14   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m35.043s
15   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m35.105s
16   Nyck de Vries   NED   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m35.402s
17   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m34.455s
18   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m34.749s
19   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m36.018s
20   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m36.072s

Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1021403/1/f1-2023-bahrain-grand-prix-friday-practice-results

1st hour has been complete, this is deceiving some teams like Ferrari just tested long runs.

The next hour will be more interesting

Friday 3rd March

Napoli 19:45 Lazio

Saturday 4th March
Monza 14:00 Empoli
Atalanta 17:00 Udinese
Fiorentina 19:45 AC Milan

Sunday 5th March
Spezia 11:30 Verona
Sampdoria 14:00 Salernitana
Inter Milan 17:00 Lecce
Roma 19:45 Juventus

Monday 6th March
Sassuolo 17:30 Cremonese
Torino 19:45 Bologna

Source; https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

2 big games this week for the Champions' league zone

1 day at the start

Hamilton said: we are not at the level of Red Bull and Mercedes

Leclerc said: Mercedes will be competitive.


Someone here is lying.

Mourinho got a red card and is now blaming the 4th referee of the match because he is from Turin and the next game will be Roma-Juventus.
And he is accusing him to give the red card because he wants to give an advantage to Juventus.


What a clown of a person.

Good game for Juventus, they managed to win the Derby 4-2.

The good news also is the return of Pogba, 1st game played since the Pogback and the surgical operation he got.

Source: https://twitter.com/juventusfcen/status/1630638143794757644

Pogba in the bench and a new young player Barrenechea, lets's see if Pogba will play some minutes.

3 days at the start.

Small update about the weather, no rain on the radar.

It should be a 100% sunny weekend.

DiMaria's situation is not yet clear and much will be linked to the cancellation or not of the penalty inflicted on Juventus.

There are various news about him, from a possible one-year renewal to his return to Argentina or the end of his career in MLS.

It seems he wants to continue with his national team, and if he really wants to do it he will have to stay in important football, so he needs to stay in Europe.

McLaren is the team that has had the most problems during testing this week.

However, it will be fun to follow the team, their new member Piastri is one of the "terrible young" and will give Norris a hard time, I predict that by the end of the season, he can easily stand in front of him.

They say that this boy has a very remarkable talent

Milan won and managed to beat Atalanta 2-0.
After a January of deep crisis, they brought home excellent results (in the Champions League too) and are now in second place in the SerieA with Inter.
More good news for them, they have finally managed to recover their starting goalkeeper after almost half a year of calf problems.

It is not sure that Vettel will race it is only a rumor for now.

Vettel will be exited if he will have the opportunity, Aston Martin is a very strong team after tests and they can aim for Podium.

A possible comeback in Formula 1.
Vettel can race at the start of the season with Aston Martin.

Stroll has his hand broken and it is not sure he will race, it is improbable.

In his place, it will race their 3rd driver or Vettel.

The surprise of the Day,

Inter lost Versus Bologna!

They are now risking being out of the next Champions League.

Stranges results from the tests, based on the predictions of sky journalists.

1 Red Bull
2 Ferrari





3 Mercedes
4 Aston Martin
5 Alpine
6 Alfa Romeo



7 The rest




I don't think this will happen.
The Red Bull it seems to be very strong yes but I have the feeling that Ferrari can be faster.

Keep in mind they were slippery and they always used a low drag back wing profile, if they manage to use it without the slippery problem they will be unstoppable.

For Osimhen it will be probably the last year in Italy.
I don't think Napoli can refuse a potential offer of 120m this summer.

Keep also in mind Napoli is under investigation for the capital gain did when they bought him (the same kind of operation where Juventus got a punishment).

It will be the 1st time this season for Pogba?
Meh, the season is almost over now 

He trained this morning with the team and after his knee operation, it could be the 1st time.

1   Sergio Perez   MEX    Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m30.305s   133
2   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m30.664s   65
3   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m30.827s   131
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m31.024s   67
5   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m31.036s   76
6   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri    1m31.261s   79
7   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m33.381s   95
8   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m31.442s   83
9   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team   1m31.450s   80
10   Felipe Drugovich   BRA   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team   1m32.075s   77
11   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m32.160s   37
12   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m32.762s   56
13   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m32.793s   136
14   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m33.257s   76
15   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m33.329s   77
16   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m33.655s   44
17   Nyck de Vries   NED   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m38.244s   8

Time of the day, https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1020955/1/f1-2023-bahrain-preseason-testing-day-3-lap-times <- Source


So in the end, Redbull should be the best car overall.
Ferrari seems to be very fast in single lap time.
Mercedes seem to be in difficult.

Aston Martin is very close to the top 3 teams.

Napoli almost won again, this time versus Empoli.

2- 0 and we are in the mid of the second halt, it will almost impossible a comeback from Empoli at this point.