Sergio Perez ensured that it was Red Bull on top on the final day of F1Testing in Bahrain, with the season-opener now on the horizon...
Having waited patiently for the drivers to really start putting their foot down, the final day of testing in Bahrain did bring us that soft-tyre duel, with Perez comfortably getting the better of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in that battle.
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George Russell had been setting the early pace in the Mercedes W14 with the softest C5 tyre, but once Leclerc was back out there with working DRS, he hit the front with a 1:31.024. Felipe Drugovich found himself P3 in the standings for that opening session, continuing Aston Martin’s stay in the lofty positions. He may well take part in his first ever F1 qualifying session a week from now, if Lance Stroll is not fit to compete.
Soon drivers started ramping up the pace on the softer rubber, Sainz using the C4s to get within a tenth of his team-mate’s benchmark, soon narrowing that deficit to 0.012s. Perez meanwhile was also on the move with the C4, though initially not by the margin he had hoped with Sainz rather getting in his way. Further time gained for the Red Bull driver was followed by Hamilton going purple in the first two sectors as he shot up to P1 on the C5s.
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