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Red Bull Ford PU impresses on mileage in final Bahrain morning session

12:24, 13 Feb

Updated: 13:03, 13 Feb

byTobia Elia

Liam Lawson was the most active driver on track during the final morning of testing in Bahrain.

The Racing Bulls driver, who ended the morning with the eighth-fastest time, nonetheless logged more laps than anyone else in the first four hours of day three, completing a total of 84 laps.

George Russell follows, having set the fastest time of the day so far as well as the quickest lap of the combined three-day test, finishing the morning with 78 laps completed.

Third place goes to Oscar Piastri, who was also very busy in the McL40, racking up 73 laps — further evidence of an increasingly reliable Mercedes power unit.

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More positive signs came from the Ferrari power unit as well, with Oliver Bearman and Lewis Hamilton combining for a total of 139 laps, 70 for the young Brit and 69 for the seven-time world champion.

Max Verstappen, who set the third-fastest time, completed 61 laps, with the Red Bull Ford power unit continuing to impress in terms of reliability and mileage.

Below is the full classification of the laps completed this morning.

Pos	Driver	Laps
1	Lawson	84
2	Russell	78
3	Piastri	73
4	Bearman	70
5	Hamilton	69
6	Sainz	68
7	Colapinto	64
8	Verstappen	61
9	Bortoleto	60
10	Stroll	54
11	Bottas	37

How the final morning session in Bahrain unfolded

The Mercedes driver set a lap just over two tenths shy of Lewis Hamilton, posting a 1:33.918 — the only time below the 1:34 barrier and the fastest effort of the combined three-day test so far.

The seven-time world champion was three tenths slower, with Max Verstappen rounding out the top three, but much further adrift at almost a second and a half.

Read the full report here.

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