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F1 Bahrain, the news of day 3 of the tests

There Ferrari he also finished in commandlast day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, transformed into a single 'maxi session' which combined morning and afternoon after the delays experienced at the beginning of the day due to problems fixing a manhole cover on the circuit. The best time was reported by Charles Leclercthan with rubber soft C5 it preceded the Mercedes W15 by just 46 thousandths George Russell. Third position, surprisingly, for the Sauber of Zhou Guanyu, also with the soft compound (C4 in this case) and separated from the leader of the day by just over three tenths.

However, he closed the tests in fourth position Max Verstappen, who however achieved his best time using the medium C3 tyres. Red Bull Dutch also has made an impression for the consistency of performance on the race pace and is the clear favorite for next week's opening race. Once again, the controversial Racing Bulls then appeared in the top-5, this time with Yuki Tsunoda. Signs of recovery for Williams and McLaren as it appeared Aston Martin is in more difficultyonly eighth in the time ranking with Fernando Alonso.

Time to wait another seven days and, finally, we will really know what the values ​​are on the field with the Bahrain GP which will open the very long 2024 F1 season.

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