F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Charles Leclerc quickest, just two laps for Aston Martin
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This Friday, the final test day of Formula 1 preseason 2026 was launched on the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. In the first batch, marked by high temperatures on the track, Charles Leclerc of Ferrari led the morning session with a time of 1:33,689 using C3 tires and completed 80 laps, while Pierre Gasly of Alpine finished in the sixth position, a second to overcome the best lap of Franco Colappinto. From 9 and for four more hours, the cars returned …
Aston Martin has dilapidated the last morning of the test in Bahrain. After Honda released a statement in which he assumed the problem of his power unit on Thursday, when Fernando Alonso had to say goodbye in advance of the tests, the Japanese have warned that they did not have spare parts and should limit the action also on this day, in charge of Lance Stroll. Aston Martin has taken three hours and 45 minutes to get the AMR26 off track and Stro…
Leclerc fastest as Aston Martin restricted to two laps on final morning
Charles Leclerc and Ferrari were fastest on the final morning of Formula 1 2026 pre-season testing in Bahrain.Leclerc, who has the full day in the car, set the pace early on with a 1m33.689s - around nine tenths off the best lap of the test so far by Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes.The Ferrari driver then embarked on what appeared to be a four-stint race simulation, interrupted by the sole unscheduled red flag of the session.Antonelli's Mercedes, a qu…
F1 Bahrain Test Day 3 Morning: Full Results and Lap Times
The morning session of the third day of pre-season testing in Bahrain has just concluded. The fastest driver was Charles Leclerc with a lap time of 1’33″689, followed by Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri. The only red flag of the day was caused by the Mercedes driver, who parked his W17 on track—not due to a technical issue, but as part of a simple fuel sampling test. The track activity was intense, with most drivers surpassing 50 laps. It was a …
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