P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Lewis Hamilton ended his second day in the 2025 Ferrari with the fastest time in Bahrain testing
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time on the second day of the 2025 Ferrari Bahrain testing as rain interrupted the morning session of Formula 1 pre-season running. The seven-time F1 champion’s quickest lap came in the final 45 minutes, putting him half a second ahead of the rest. Despite threatening to improve, he backed off on his final C3 tyre run due to drifting onto the kerb. Hamilton’s time of 1m29.379s was more than two seconds faster than last year’s session and notably quicker than the previous year’s benchmark on day two. George Russell briefly outpaced Hamilton after a rain shower but ended up 0.399s behind, completing the most laps in the morning. Sainz was the only other driver within a second of Hamilton’s time, using the harder C2 compound. The session ended with Pierre Gasly in fourth and Fernando Alonso climbing to fifth for Alpine and Aston Martin, respectively.
