Day 1

Here is the driver lineup for the first day at Bahrain.

The Results of The First Day.

Day 2

Driver Lineup for Day Two at Bahrain.

The Results of Day Two of Testing in Bahrain.

Day 3

The Last Day of testing at Bahrain.

The Results of the final day.

BAHRAIN PRE SEASON TEST 1 DAY 3 CLASSIFICATION

And with that we wrap up the Pre- season Testing I at Bahrain.

Most Laps in One Day- Oscar Piastri 161

Top Speed- Max Verstappen 343.6kph

Fastest Lap Time- Kimi Antonelli 1:33.669

What the Drivers said?

Mercedes:

Kimi Antonelli 

Antonelli reached the fastest lap time on Day three that is the fastest in all of the testing. He added, "the car's giving good vibes."

George Russell

Russell stated that Mercedes has made a good car as well as delivered a good engine but is concerned about rival team Red Bull after looking at their performance this week.

Ferrari:

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton has started his seasonal ferrari depression and says "it's too early to say" about the new cars and also that he's felt the lowest speed at the circuit this year.

Charles Leclerc

 Leclerc says that "performance is very difficult to know" but he believes that the car is on a positive note on reliability.

Red Bull:

Max Verstappen

Verstappen says that there's a lot to learn but they're heading in the right direction with the new engine manufacturer, Ford.

Isack Hadjar

Hadjar says that the testing is going "better than we hoped for" but there are things that they need to work on.

Aston Martin:

Fernando Alonso

The youngest rookie on the grid says that they are on the backfoot as they missed the Barcelona Shakedown but there's time to improve.

Lance Stroll

Stroll looked dissapointed with this week's performance and agrees that they are the last on the number of laps but they have improvement to do.

McLaren: 

Oscar Piastri

Piastri seemed happy, says that all three days have gone good and he's happy to have achieved the fastest laps on the days and so far everything's been on the right foot and it's been a productive week.

Lando Norris

Norris, the reigning World Champion says that the car and performance has been going like they hoped for and there's still room for improvement and it's been a good week, just like his teamate said.

Racing Bulls:

Arvid Lindblad

Arvid Lindblad, the new rookie on the block says that they're "trying to understand and really getting the best out of it." referring to the new regulation changes, and that the second week of testing will reveal more about the car.

Liam Lawson

Lawson says that it's very new and very different and the driving style's also very different and that he hasn't mastered the new car but it's something they'll try to improve in the next few weeks.

Cadillac:

Sergio Perez

Checo says that it's "challenging getting back with the new regulation change" and it's also been tricky for the engineers as well to understand the details.

Valtteri Bottas

Bottas says that the car's been making decent runs and that they have a lot of work to do before Melbourne but it's exciting and they're progressing.

Audi:

Gabriel Bortoleto 

The 2025 rookie says that there are a lot of things to be done because they're a new team, a new power unit and they're improving as they go on track everytime.

Nico Hulkenberg

Hulk says that they're constantly working on the new power unit and "running different settings" and also that "it's a step by step case" and they're still learning.

Williams:

Carlos Sainz

Sainz says that the acr feels like "putting the Monza Aero in Bahrain" and the car gives very little downforce but nothing weird.

Alex Albon

Albon agrees that they have missed a lot of time and information by missing Barcelona but they do have a clear goal in mind.

Haas:

Oliver Bearman

Ollie says that they're looking forward to completing more laps and having more pace but everything aside, they've found their rhythm.

Esteban Ocon

Ocon seems happy with the way the team's working out right now, saying that it's very impressive because last year they didn't have a ready car and there are a lot of things yet to understand but the progress is much better than the last year.

Alpine:

Franco Colapinto

The argentinian says that there are some issues on the car but they're checking and it's "just a normal things of the test."

Pierre Gasly

Gasly says that there are a lot of things to improve in the car and there's a lot of analysis to do but he's not looking for the absolute performance of the car yet, "just tick all the boxes we got to do before Australia." but the car does feel better every day.