Carlos Sainz Jnr finished his allocation of pre-season testing for Williams by putting them on top of the times on the second day of running in Bahrain.

The driver, who was fastest in pre-season testing last year for Ferrari, posted the quickest time of the test so far. He set a 1’29.348 shortly after returning to the cockpit following the lunch break.

The two cars of his former team got within a tenth of a second of his time, Lewis Hamilton second for Ferrari ahead of Charles Leclerc.

Sainz was one of two drivers to complete the entire day solo. He logged 127 laps, the most of any driver. Liam Lawson, the other driver who had a car to himself all day, fell short of the 100-lap count after being confined to his garage towards the end of the morning session with an apparent power unit problem.

There was little to separate the Mercedes drivers, George Russell just six-thousandths of a second faster than Andrea Kimi Antonelli as they completed the top five.

Yesterday’s pace-setters McLaren were further down the order but seemed to have plenty of pace in hand. Towards the end of the afternoon session Lando Norris set a series of personal best times in the first two sectors, and the fastest time of all in the middle sector, but chose not to complete his laps. He and Oscar Piastri ended the day ahead of only the Sauber and Haas drivers.

The Haas pair occupied the bottom places on the times sheets for the second day in a row. As yesterday, Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman appeared to prioritise high-fuel runs.

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Bahrain test day two times

Pos. Car number Driver Team Model Best time Gap Laps Tyres
1 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams FW47 1’29.348 127 C3
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari SF-25 1’29.379 0.031 45 C3
3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-25 1’29.431 0.083 83 C3
4 63 George Russell Mercedes W16 1’29.778 0.430 71 C3
5 12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes W16 1’29.784 0.436 87 C3
6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR25 1’30.229 0.881 57 C3
7 30 Liam Lawson Red Bull RB21 1’30.252 0.904 91 C3
8 7 Jack Doohan Alpine A525 1’30.368 1.020 80 C3
9 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A525 1’30.430 1.082 40 C3
10 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 02 1’30.675 1.327 94 C4
11 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR25 1’30.700 1.352 45 C3
12 22 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls 02 1’30.793 1.445 46 C3
13 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL39 1’30.821 1.473 44 C3
14 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL39 1’30.882 1.534 77 C3
15 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber C45 1’31.057 1.709 80 C3
16 27 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber C45 1’31.457 2.109 56 C3
17 31 Esteban Ocon Haas VF-25 1’33.071 3.723 69 C3
18 87 Oliver Bearman Haas VF-25 1’34.372 5.024 66 C3

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