These were the fastest times of all the drivers in the Bahrain winter tests

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These were the fastest lap times of all drivers in the Bahrain tests
24 February at 12:00
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The test days are over, we can get ready for the first race on 2 March. To take a quick look back at the test days, below we have a chart showing all the fastest driver times, when they ran them and on which compound.

Interestingly, but perhaps also somewhat logically, the drivers all improved on days two and three compared to the first day of testing. One driver managed to get under 1:30. Carlos Sainz was just two tenths off Max Verstappen's 2023 pole lap with his 1:29.921. Red Bull are a little lower down the rankings, only their fastest lap has been on the C3 as opposed to the C4. The C3 is the slower (harder) compound. The difference between the two Williams drivers is about a second and a half, on the same tyre. Albon proves yet again that he is the team's premier driver.

Fastest times per driver

DriverTeamCompoundBest timeWhenTest day
SainzFerrariC41:29.92116:39:512
LeclercFerrariC41:30.32216:54:473
RussellMercedesC41:30.36818:52:563
ZhouStake F1C41:30:64718:54:523
PérezRed BullC31:30.67918:50:402
VerstappenRed BullC31:30:75516:27:323
TsunodaVCARBC41:30:77518:37:543
AlbonWilliamsC41:30:98418:40:423
PiastriMcLarenC31:31:03017:08:383
HamiltonMercedesC31:31:06618:12:472
AlonsoAston MartinC31:31:15916:55:423
NorrisMcLarenC31:31:25616:23:462
RicciardoVCARBC41:31:36118:37:332
HülkenbergHaas F1C31:31:68616:22:563
StrollAston MartinC31:32:02916:04:332
OconAlpineC31:32:06118:30:572
GaslyAlpineC31:32:14918:23:203
BottasStake F1C31:32:22715:39:362
SargeantWilliamsC41:32:57811:20:292
MagnussenHaas F1C31:33:05312:14:543