F1 Testing Results: Bahrain timesheets as Lewis Hamilton suffers late Ferrari blow

The final day of this week's pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit finished with a late red flag, as seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton came to a halt on track.

Hamilton completed 150 laps throughout the final day of the three-day testing session in Bahrain, and finished third on the day's timesheet, but his testing ended 10 minutes early with a failure for the SF-26. It's not yet known what caused the stoppage, but it did cut the other teams' running slightly short, with F1 wanting to fit in systems checks after that red flag.

Suggestions have already been made though that Hamilton deliberately run out of fuel so his team could check the response from the power unit.

It was a day in which Mercedes fought back during testing, finishing one-two on the timesheet, with Kimi Antonelli just usurping team-mate George Russell.

Friday was the final day of the first three-day testing event in Bahrain, and teams were scrambling to try and get in as many laps as possible.

World champions McLaren did not show blistering pace, with Oscar Piastri finishing the day in fourth, but the Australian driver did complete 153 laps - the most that any driver has completed on a single day this year so far.

The only red flag of the morning session was caused by Valtteri Bottas, whose Cadillac stopped in the middle of the track but he was able to continue later on, with he and Sergio Perez putting in a decent amount of laps for the new team.

F1 testing results: Bahrain day three

When does the 2026 F1 season start?

The 2026 F1 season gets underway on Friday, March 6, at the Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.

FP1 will mark the first session of the season at 12:30pm local time (1:30am GMT), while qualifying will get underway on Saturday, March 7 at 4pm local time (5am GMT). Lights out for the first grand prix of the year is at 3pm local time (4am GMT).

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