Good morning and welcome back to the Crash.net F1 live blog for day two of 2025 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
After an intriguing opening day of running in Bahrain, where Lando Norris set the pace for McLaren, another eight hours of running should give us a clearer picture of which team is the team to beat ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
McLaren appear to be in a strong place, while Mercedes also impressed on day one.
Max Verstappen seems content with the improvements made to the RB21 but remains unsure whether Red Bull is competitive enough to challenge for the title just yet.
There's more to come from Ferrari after Helmut Marko expressed that he was disappointed by the Scuderia on day one of the test.
