For the second season in a row, Carlos Sainz Jr. stands atop the Formula 1 pre-season testing timing sheets.
A year ago Sainz posted the fastest time at Bahrain International Circuit, topping the board with a lap time of 1:29.921. Sainz banked that lap in his final season for Ferrari, before joining Williams for the 2025 campaign.
But despite the team change, the Spanish driver led the way this year, putting in a lap of 1:29.348, 0.573 seconds faster than his effort a season ago. Behind Sainz in second and third? None other than the Ferrari duo of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
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