Charles Leclerc completed his allocation of pre-season take a look at days by setting the quickest time within the first a part of the ultimate day of testing.
Nevertheless the Ferrari driver’s finest time of 1’30.811 was virtually one-and-a-half seconds off the workforce’s finest time in testing up to now. Hotter however nonetheless blustery circumstances greeted the drivers for the third day of testing on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit.
Not for the primary time in Bahrain this yr, the take a look at was disrupted for an uncommon purpose. The session was red-flagged with simply over three-quarters of an hour remaining after a glass panel fell from a gantry close to the beginning/end line onto the pit straight.
The panel shattered, and the session was interrupted for round 10 minutes whereas the mess was cleared. As soon as the session resumed, Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Fernando Alonso rapidly headed out once more – just for the session to be instantly red-flagged once more as a result of a course car on the circuit.
As soon as that was remedied, the session resumed as soon as extra. The whole hiatus had nonetheless been significantly much less disruptive than the facility minimize which hit the primary day of testing.
With eight groups planning to swap the occupants of their vehicles throughout the lunch break, Leclerc was one in all eight drivers who accomplished their pre-season operating. Antonelli, who set the second-fastest time, was one other, and stored himself busy on observe passing Leclerc and Alexander Albon.
Norris additionally accomplished his take a look at, setting the third-fastest time. Verstappen was fourth-quickest, however will proceed operating within the afternoon.
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