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2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing finally got underway on Wednesday at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain. Running is split across two sessions with a morning and afternoon run for each of the 10 teams.
During the afternoon session at F1 2025 Pre-Season Testing, 10 drivers took to the track for the first round of runs, but a power outage disrupted the proceedings as night approached. McLaren’s Lando Norris set the fastest time of the day, outpacing George Russell of Mercedes by 0.157s, while Max Verstappen of Red Bull claimed the third spot. Both Mercedes and Red Bull had all their cars in the top-10, including Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Liam Lawson in seventh and eighth positions. Williams drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon managed to sneak into the top-10, with Sainz in fifth and Albon in ninth. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc secured fourth place, followed by Pierre Gasly of Alpine in sixth, and Yuki Tsunoda of Racing Bulls in tenth.
