07:54
Look who's back
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George Russell rounded out testing fastest
2025 F1 Bahrain pre-season testing - Day 3 as it happened
A recap of the action from the final day of 2025 F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain.
- George Russell puts Mercedes on top of day three
- Lewis Hamilton feeling 'positive' about Ferrari
- World champions McLaren enjoy strong test
- Alex Albon racks up most laps for Williams
28 Feb 2025
07:50
Lando Norris hasn't posted a time yet. He's done eight laps of testing but is now back in the garage.
07:32
Leclerc fastest
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sets a timesheet-topping 1:30.861.
He did drive wide, similarly to Lewis Hamilton, at a couple of corners earlier.
07:32
Ollie Bearman recalled to garage
The Haas rookie has a broken engine cover. Part of the inside of his car is on display.
He's on his way back to the garage to get it fixed.
07:27
Max Verstappen's early run has now taken him back to the garage. He'll be back soon.
07:23
Fernando Alonso is back out, with his brief problem fixed.
07:10
Problem for Fernando Alonso?
Fernando Alonso comes to a stop in the pit lane.
The Aston Martin engineers get him back into the garage where they busily get to work.
That was unplanned, obviously.
"Fernando was on a run, he came out and all seemed fine," Ted Kravitz reports.
"They have now taken the nose off. There is the start of work on the engine cover panel.
"I wonder if the car was starting to overheat."
07:08
Andrea Kimi Antonelli tops the timesheet after a few minutes.
All 10 drivers eligible this morning are on track already.
07:07
Pecking order to become clear?
Cars will likely run the quantities of fuel today that are most representative of the first practice session at the first grand prix.
They will also shed the big aero rakes, at some stage.
That means that, by the end of Day 3, we will be given clues about the true pecking order to expect at the F1 Australian GP.
Max Verstappen
07:04
Max Verstappen gets us started
The F1 champion is the first out onto the track.
He's driving the Red Bull all day today.
06:59
Green light!
Day 3 of testing officially begins. You can hear the engines roaring in the background somewhere, ready to head out.
06:52
Williams fastest yesterday, McLaren impress
Carlos Sainz's quali sim was enough to top the timesheet on Thursday.
The McLarens would have both gone faster, Ted Kravitz reports on Sky Sports, had they not made a small error which caused them to abandon their laps.
Lando Norris' race run really caught the eye on Thursday, almost 1s per lap quicker than Charles Leclerc.
McLaren's two race runs were equivalent of a 1-2 finish at the Bahrain GP.
Lando Norris
06:48
Final chance to lay down a marker
How will F1 teams approach the final day of pre-season testing?
We know the timesheet doesn't always tell the whole story.
But will one of the front-runners make the effort to stamp their authority today, ahead of the Australian Grand Prix?
06:44
Lewis Hamilton
Most teams are swapping their drivers around today, meaning Lewis Hamilton won't drive until Friday afternoon (from midday UK time).
Lewis Hamilton
06:42
Friendly for now
McLaren's Rob Marshall and Red Bull's Christian Horner arriving.
Red Bull
06:37
Who's driving this morning?
McLaren: Norris
Ferrari: Leclerc
Red Bull: Verstappen
Mercedes: Antonelli
Aston Martin: Alonso
Alpine: Doohan
Haas: Bearman
Racing Bulls: Hadjar
Williams: Albon
Sauber: Bortoleto
06:35
The final day of testing
So, the final day of 2025 F1 pre-season testing is here in Bahrain.
Teams will have another eight hours of running to get ready for the first race of the season in Melbourne next month. The main question mark so far is Red Bull.
Max Verstappen is set to be in the car for the whole eight hours as the reigning world champion sat out yesterday.
Keep across Crash.net for all of the latest updates and news from testing on day three.
