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

Lewis Hamilton was back out there for Ferrari on Friday

Sam Cook
Digital Journalist
Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023
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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

F1 Pre-season testing results: Day three
Position Driver Team Time Laps completed
1Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:33.66949 laps
2George RussellMercedes1:33.91878 laps
3Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:34.209150 laps
4Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:34.549153 laps
5Max VerstappenRed Bull1:35.34161 laps
6Isack HadjarRed Bull1:35.61053 laps
7Esteban OconHaas1:35.75368 laps
8Franco ColapintoAlpine1:35.806137 laps
9Ollie BearmanHaas1:35.97270 laps
10Nico HulkenbergAudi1:36.29049 laps
11Alex AlbonWilliams1:36.79371 laps
12Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:36.808119 laps
13Carlos SainzWilliams1:37.18668 laps
14Sergio PerezCadillac1:37.36562 laps
15Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:37.53660 laps
16Lance StrollAston Martin1:38.16569 laps
17Valtteri BottasCadillac1:38.77237 laps

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).

F1 TESTING 2026: Bahrain schedule, start times and how to watch live

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