F1 Testing, Day Two in Bahrain: Ferrari top timesheet as Carlos Sainz outpaces Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton

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World champion Max Verstappen was second for Red Bull with Lewis Hamilton fourth for Mercedes, with the pair separated by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll; watch third day of Bahrain test live on Sky Sports F1 on Saturday

Last Updated: 11/03/22 4:20pm

Carlos Sainz impressed for Ferrari on day two of Bahrain testing

Carlos Sainz set the fastest time on the penultimate day of 2022’s final pre-season test as Ferrari continued to show signs of real pace, once again beating rivals Red Bull and Mercedes in Bahrain.

World champion Max Verstappen was second for Red Bull with Lewis Hamilton fourth for Mercedes, with the pair separated by Lance Stroll, who produced an encouraging display for Aston Martin.

While Sainz himself warned on Friday that Mercedes could be holding back performance for next weekend’s season-opener at the same circuit, Ferrari enjoyed another impressive day to maintain the form they’ve shown since Formula One’s all-new cars were first revealed at a ‘shakedown’ in Barcelona two weeks ago.

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Sainz tops the timing in the afternoon session of the second Bahrain Test in his Ferrari

Sainz’s time of 1:33.532 was nearly half a second quicker than Pierre Gasly’s pace-setter for AlphaTauri on day one, and a similar margin ahead of his nearest rivals on Friday.

Despite Lando Norris finishing seventh, McLaren’s track time was severely limited for a second successive day by an issue with their brakes, which has left them awaiting the delivery of revised parts from the team’s UK factory.

A dramatic fire on Nicholas Latifi’s car saw Williams complete just 12 laps, while Alfa Romeo and Haas, who welcomed back Kevin Magnussen to the cockpit, were both hampered again by technical issues.

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Nicolas Latifi’s rear brakes catch fire on his Williams during the second day of testing in Bahrain so he grabs an extinguisher and helps put the flames out

Esteban Ocon finished fifth after topping the morning timesheet for Alpine, who appeared to enjoy an improved day of performance despite the Frenchman later forcing a red flag with a “precautionary” stop on track.

Bahrain pre-season test: Day Two timesheet

Driver	Team	Time	Tyres	Laps
1) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:33.532	C4 (soft)	60
2) Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.479	C4	86
3) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+0.532	C4	70
4) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.609	C5 (very soft)	47
5) Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+0.744	C4	111
6) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.834	C3	54
7) Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1.000	C3	44
8) Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.077	C3	60
9) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+2.488	C3	46
10) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+3.270	C3	120
11) Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+3.455	C2 (hard)	25
12) Mick Schumacher	Haas	+4.314	C2	23
13) George Russell	Mercedes	+5.053	Prototype	67
14) Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+6.313	Prototype	12
15) Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	+6.452	Prototype	48

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