The first turn of the third and last test day in Bahréin had the Pilot Monegasco Charles Lecrerc (Ferrari) with the fastest morning record, 1.30,811, in a preseason session that had a red flag arrest due to an episode bizarre: it broke A glass panel of the cabin of the career director and all the remains of crystals were on the main line.
Yes, another strange episode for these three days of training that began on Wednesday with a cut of light, continued on Thursday with an unexpected rain in the middle of the desert.
On the track he sent the Ferrari of Leclerc, which took 66 turns, followed by the Italian debutant Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), 1.30.888 (61 turns), and the British Lando Norris (McLaren), 1,30,943 (57).
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) finished eighth, with 1.32,084 at the clock, after taking charge of the session for the absence of his Canadian partner Lance Stroll.
The Asturian rolled 49 laps and stayed more than 1.2 seconds from Leclerc, focusing mainly on carrying out career drills even though he will not be able to train him in the afternoon, since Aston Martin confirmed the final recovery of Stroll and his participation in the evening session.
The action resumed at 9 in the morning, Argentina’s time, for the last four hours of evidence. However, no 15 minutes passed since the clock that there was already a red flag, for an equally unusual reason as the morning: There was an infiltrated group on the track.
It was resolved shortly and Lewis Hamilton He went to the circuit to give his first laps of the day after his teammate marked the best time in the morning session.