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2025 F1 pre-season testing continued on Thursday at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain. Running is split across two sessions with a morning and afternoon run for each of the 10 teams.
On Thursday morning during the 2025 F1 pre-season testing, Lewis Hamilton from Ferrari was the fastest with a time of 1:29.379s, outperforming his rivals by 0.399s. After Hamilton, George Russell from Mercedes followed as the second fastest, followed by Carlos Sainz from Williams and Pierre Gasly from Alpine. Fernando Alonso from Aston Martin took the fifth position, with Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bull and Oscar Piastri from McLaren close behind. The top 10 positions were completed by Liam Lawson from Red Bull, Nico Hulkenberg from Sauber, and Esteban Ocon from Haas.