Carlos Sainz fastest at Bahrain F1 testing Day 2, Max Verstappen second with Lewis Hamilton fourth quickest

Carlos Sainz concluded another strong day of testing for Ferrari, though Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were much stronger than on Day 1. Pierre Gasly was the fastest on Thursday for Red Bull’s sister team, AlphaTauri, though Yuki Tsunoda’s performance for the team on Friday left him in 10th place.

Ad/> Sainz and Monegasque teammate Charles Leclerc were the next two fastest drivers over the first two sessions, but current world champion Verstappen pushed hard for second with his new Red Bull. Leclerc ended the day in sixth.

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While the previous day’s testing launched a controversy over sidepods, it appeared that the governing body for F1 were in no rush to take any action, and later in the day Red Bull team principal Christian Horner confirmed that he believed that the W13 Mercedes design complied with current regulations. Horner believes Mercedes sidepod 'looks like it complies with regulations' 'Typical Mercedes' — Ferrari's Sainz suspicious of German team at Bahrain Day 2 Red Bull head Horner caught telling Hamilton to 'shut the f*** up' Perhaps unsurprisingly, with much work to be done in the garages and warehouses before the March 20 season-opener, again in Bahrain, there were a series of on-track breakdowns.

Late in the day, Aston Martin’s vehicle failed to get all the way out of the pit lane, obstructing those who were attempting to make the most of the remainder of the session. Before then, there were