Formula 1 Pre-Season Testing Day 2

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Day 2 of testing in Bahrain resembled conditions often found in Europe, with cool temperatures and a period of rain, which stopped running for the majority of cars during the morning session.

Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets in the morning session with a fastest lap of 1:29.379 in the SF-25, with Carlos Sainz topping the timesheets in the afternoon and as the overall leader for the day in his Williams, after completing 126 laps staying in the car for both sessions.

Oscar Piastri and Nico Hulkenberg had the first bit of contact for the season, but both came off as largely undamaged.

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McLaren

Oscar Piastri was first out onto the track for the morning session, completing just 44 laps with a best lap time of 1m32.084s. Oscar and Nico Hulkenberg had the first bit of contact of the season, but both came off relatively undamaged.

Lando Norris climbed into the car during the afternoon session and completed 77 laps, finishing the day just behind his teammate in 14th place on the Day 2 leaderboard.​

Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton's second day of testing for his new team, Ferrari, saw him finish top in the morning session with a fastest lap of 1:29.379s making him the fastest of all the morning runners, after completing just 45 laps due to a rain delay. Lewis completed all his laps on the C3 tyre, switching between new and used sets.

Charles Leclerc was in the car for the afternoon session, starting with a used set of C3 tyres before putting on a new set of the same compound. He set a fastest lap time of 1:29.431 on the C3 tyres even though he used the C4 softer tyres. For long runs, he used the C3, C2 and C1 compounds.​

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Mercedes

George Russell took to the track for the morning session, completing 70 laps and finishing the morning session in second place and finishing the day in fourth place.
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli took part in the afternoon session and completed 87 laps in his Mercedes, finishing off the day in fifth, just behind his teammate.​

Red Bull

Liam Lawson was the first and only driver to take to the track in the RB21 on Day 2; the Kiwi completed a total of 91 laps for the day. The Kiwi suffered from a loss of engine water pressure until 15 minutes before the end of the morning session after completing just 28 laps.

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Williams and Aston Martin

For Williams, Carlos Sainz took to the track for both sessions, completing 44 laps in the morning and a total of 126 laps for the day. Sainz topped the timesheet for the day with a lap time of 1:29.348.

At Aston Martin, Fernando and Lance Stroll split the sessions, with Fernando completing 45 laps for the day. and Stroll 57.

Alpine and RB

Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan shared driver duties during day two, with Pierre taking the morning session and completing 40 laps, with a fastest time of 1:30.430secs. Doohan was in the car for the afternoon session and completed 80 laps with a fastest time of 1:30.368secs.

Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar took the VCARB02 out for some laps during the morning and afternoon sessions. Yuki completed 46 laps, and Isack completed 94 laps at the Bahrain International Circuit.​

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​Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber and Haas

Esteban Ocon was the first out on track for the Haas team, conducting a series of baseline runs on the C3 tyre before moving onto the C2 compound - he completed 69 laps of the circuit. Ollie Bearman was on track during the afternoon session when he completed 66 laps.

Sauber completed over 136 laps, with Nico Hulkenberg taking to the track in the morning, completing 56 laps. F2 Champion Gabriel Bortoleto was in the car for the afternoon session and completed 80 laps.

​Full Day 2 Results

1) Carlos Sainz             1:29.348
2) Lewis Hamilton          +0.031
3) Charles Leclerc          +0.083
4) George Russell          +0.43
5) Andrea Kimi Antonelli +0.436
6) Lance Stroll                +0.881
7) Liam Lawson              +0.904
8) Jack Doohan              +1.02
9) Pierre Gasly               +1.082
10) Isack Hadjar             +1.327
11) Fernando Alonso     +1.352
12) Yuki Tsunoda           +1.445
13) Oscar Piastri            +1.473
14) Lando Norris            +1.534
15) Gabriel Bortoleto     +1.709
16) Nico Hulkenberg      +2.109
17) Esteban Ocon          +3.723
​18) Oliver Bearman        +5.024