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Mercedes dominates the timesheet on final day, Hamilton causes red flag

17:00, 13 Feb

byKada Sarkozi

Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time of day three and the entire first Bahrain pre-season test.

After George Russell was the quickest during the morning session, in the afternoon, his Italian teammate managed to improve further. Antonelli's fastest lap time was 1:33.669, as he finished around two and a half tenths ahead of his teammate.

Lewis Hamilton completed the top three today. The Briton's quickest time was a 1:34.209. He was the only Ferrari driver in action today.

Max Verstappen was done with this test by the halfway point of the day, as he handed the car over to Isack Hadjar for the final four hours. The Frenchman did make a small error, has during with 20 minutes to go, he wanted to stop in front of the Mercedes mechanics when entering the pit lane.

After Valtteri Bottas' first red flag in the morning. During the final minutes of the session, Lewis Hamilton caused another one after the SF-26 stopped on track.

Kimi Antonelli and Toto Wolff - Photo: Race Pictures

Full Results - Day 3 of the first Bahrain Pre-Season Test

Position	Drivers	Lap times
P1	Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)	1:33.669
P2	George Russell (Mercedes)	1:33.918
P3	Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)	1:34.209
P4	Oscar Piastri (McLaren)	1:34.549
P5	Max Verstappen (Red Bull)	1:35.341
P6	Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)	1:35.610
P7	Esteban Ocon (Haas)	1:35.753
P8	Franco Colapinto (Alpine)	1:35.806
P9	Oliver Bearman (Haas)	1:35.972
P10	Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)	1:36.291
P11	Alexander Albon (Williams)	1:36.793
P12	Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)	1:36.808
P13	Carlos Sainz (Williams)	1:37.186
P14	Sergio Perez (Cadillac)	1:37.365
P14	Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)	1:37.536
P15	Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)	1:38.165
P16	Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)	1:38.772
-	Lando Norris (McLaren)	no time
-	Pierre Gasly (Alpine)	no time
-	Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)	no time
-	Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)	no time
-	Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)	no time