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SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Lewis Hamilton was not feeling optimistic as the last day of Formula One preseason testing Saturday raised questions about how Mercedes will fare when the season starts next weekend.
Lewis Hamilton has given a downbeat assessment of his team’s chances as his run of pre-season testing drew to a close. Speaking after the morning session on the third and final day of testing in Bahrain, Hamilton was pessimistic ahead of next weekend’s season opener, saying his team is unlikely to compete for race wins. Ad/> George Russell will pilot the Mercedes W13 car for the afternoon session after Hamilton could only deliver the ninth fastest time of the morning, 3.112 seconds off the pace of front runner Sergio Perez in the Red Bull.
Sergio Perez topped the lap-time table at the end of the morning session on Day 3 of testing. The Red Bull driver finished the session with a quickest time of 1:33.105, 0.8 seconds quicker than Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou in second. Ad/> The morning session on the final day of testing concluded with a racing start between the four drivers remaining out on track.
Red Bull unveiled a reworked sidepod design on the final day of testing in Bahrain, with the RB18 also sporting an updated floor design. Early in the morning’s session the unmistakable bangs and scrapes of bodywork being fitted could be heard outside the Red Bull garage. Ad/> An hour into the session, Sergio Perez broke the cover of the garage and unveiled a sculpted sidepod design that will look to close the gap with Mercedes’ no-pod design that caused so much controversy earlier in the week.
The much-anticipated Red Bull upgraded package hit the track at the Sakhir circuit on Saturday, featuring revised sidepods and a new floor.
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Red Bull have claimed they were competitive “without even trying” at the end of Bahrain’s second day of official testing.
Red Bull’s Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen returns for his maiden title defence in 2022. Lewis Hamilton has swallowed his disappointment to get back behind the wheel with Mercedes, and many expect him to be the Dutchman’s main rival for the coming campaign.