Leclerc tops final morning in Bahrain test

Charles Leclerc ended the ultimate morning of the second Bahrain pre‑season check on prime, setting the quickest lap of the session with a 1:33.689 and finishing 80 laps within the course of.

His robust mileage and tempo continued Ferrari’s productive week, which has already featured a number of eye‑catching aerodynamic experiments.

Kimi Antonelli positioned second for Mercedes with a lap 0.227 seconds slower than Leclerc’s benchmark. Regardless of finishing solely 49 laps on account of a pneumatic subject that introduced out a pink flag, Antonelli nonetheless managed to safe the closest problem to the Ferrari.

Oscar Piastri completed third for McLaren after recording a time 0.663 seconds off the quickest lap. He logged 66 laps, despite the fact that his operating was interrupted for round half an hour whereas the group labored on the rear of his automobile.

Esteban Ocon accomplished probably the most laps of the highest 4, reaching 82 laps for Alpine and ending fourth with a time 0.805 seconds behind Leclerc. Isack Hadjar adopted in fifth for Crimson Bull, setting a lap 0.822 seconds off the tempo and masking 59 laps, regardless of a second of frustration after operating deep at Flip 8.

Pierre Gasly added 57 laps for Alpine and positioned sixth, whereas Arvid Lindblad impressed once more for Racing Bulls by finishing 77 laps and ending seventh, 1.549 seconds away from the quickest time. Carlos Sainz matched Piastri’s mileage with 66 laps for Williams and ended the session eighth, simply 1.563 seconds off Leclerc.

Nico Hülkenberg accomplished 64 laps for Audi and completed ninth, whereas Sergio Pérez put in 61 laps for Cadillac and ended the morning 7.153 seconds adrift after a gradual begin to his operating.

Lance Stroll rounded out the desk with solely 2 laps, as Aston Martin continued to wrestle following Fernando Alonso’s battery‑associated energy unit stoppage the day before today. Honda confirmed that checks in Japan and a scarcity of elements would severely restrict Stroll’s observe time.

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