British driver Lewis Hamilton also lagged behind the new Formula 1 season during the second test day. The seven-time world champion finished on Saturday off the track after a morning skid and set the 15th fastest time overall. The best driver of the day was his Mercedes Finn colleague Valtteri Bottas, on whom Hamilton lost over three seconds. The second was Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri and the third was Lance Stroll of Aston Martin.
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Mercedes mechanics “clean up” Lewis Hamilton’s immobile car during tests in Bahrain.
Hamad I Mohammed, Reuters
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The reigning world champion Hamilton followed up on an unconvincing Friday introduction, when he was tenth. Although Bottas drove 58 laps on the track, Mercedes still remains the worst team of all with 164 tested circuits. Sebastian Vettel, who solved problems with the transmission at Aston Martin and completed only 10 laps, also did not succeed.
This time, Nicholas Lafiti from Williams, who completed 132 laps, tested the most of all. Friday’s winner of the first test, Max Verstappen, did not hit the track with his Red Bull today.
The big talking point of Saturday morning ????
A spin into the gravel disrupted running for @LewisHamilton and @ MercedesAMGF1, but they were back up and running soon after ????# F1 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/bmTXFa84YD
– Formula 1 (@ F1) March 13, 2021
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Pre-season tests continue in Bahrain on Sunday. The F1 series will start at the same place on March 28.
It’s like @alo_oficial never left ????
The Spaniard dropped fast laps this morning and finished P2 for the first session of Day 2 ????# F1 #F1Testing @AlpineF1Team pic.twitter.com/JGgG4KhNxK
– Formula 1 (@ F1) March 13, 2021
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