P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The final day of 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing concluded on Friday at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain. Running was split across two sessions with a morning and afternoon run for each of the 10 teams.
Teams now have just two weeks until the Australian Grand Prix, following the conclusion of pre-season prep. George Russell from Mercedes topped the timesheet with a 1:29.545s effort on the C3 Pirelli tire, leading the field by 0.021s. Max Verstappen of Red Bull followed closely in second place with a time of 1:29.566s on the same compound. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly secured fourth and fifth positions respectively. Lewis Hamilton, Yuki Tsunoda, and Esteban Ocon were in sixth, seventh, and eighth places, with Charles Leclerc and Andrea Kimi Antonelli rounding out the top-10 for Ferrari and Mercedes.
