Carlos Sainz Jnr completed his allocation of pre-season testing for Williams by placing them on prime of the occasions on the second day of operating in Bahrain.
The driving force, who was quickest in pre-season testing final 12 months for Ferrari, posted the quickest time of the take a look at to this point. He set a 1’29.348 shortly after returning to the cockpit following the lunch break.
The 2 automobiles of his former crew acquired inside a tenth of a second of his time, Lewis Hamilton second for Ferrari forward of Charles Leclerc.
Sainz was one in all two drivers to finish all the day solo. He logged 127 laps, probably the most of any driver. Liam Lawson, the opposite driver who had a automobile to himself all day, fell wanting the 100-lap depend after being confined to his storage in the direction of the tip of the morning session with an obvious energy unit downside.
There was little to separate the Mercedes drivers, George Russell simply six-thousandths of a second quicker than Andrea Kimi Antonelli as they accomplished the highest 5.
Yesterday’s pace-setters McLaren have been additional down the order however appeared to have loads of tempo in hand. In direction of the tip of the afternoon session Lando Norris set a collection of non-public greatest occasions within the first two sectors, and the quickest time of all within the center sector, however selected to not full his laps. He and Oscar Piastri ended the day forward of solely the Sauber and Haas drivers.
The Haas pair occupied the underside locations on the occasions sheets for the second day in a row. As yesterday, Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman appeared to prioritise high-fuel runs.
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