MANAMA : An hydraulics problem brought an early end to the second day of Formula One testing for Mercedes on Friday while Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen again looked the man to beat in Bahrain.Verstappen was not top of the timesheets but Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu, who led the second sessi
MANAMA : An hydraulics problem brought an early end to the second day of Formula One testing for Mercedes on Friday while Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen again looked the man to beat in Bahrain.
"Again, the car was responding well to everything we did... I’m very pleased with the testing period, every time I jumped in the car I felt comfortable and could push instantly.George Russell brought out red flags when he stopped on track, his Mercedes stuck in fourth gear, with some 90 minutes remaining.
Verstappen set his time of one minute 31.650 seconds in the afternoon, before Zhou went 0.040 quicker in cooler evening conditions. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was fastest in the morning, before team mate Charles Leclerc took over in the afternoon.
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