Day 3 of test 1 at 2026 Bahrain F1 testing is in the books, view the full report and results here. Lando Norris was quickest on Wednesday, with Charles Leclerc fastest on Thursday.
Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (Scuderia Ferrari), Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and Franco Colapinto (Alpine) all got a full day of running. The other six teams divided it equally between their drivers.
AM session
George Russell was fastest for Mercedes, clocking the quickest time of testing so far with a 1:33.918. His former teammate Lewis Hamilton was 0.291s slower in the Ferrari. Max Verstappen was P3, 1.423s away from the benchmark.
There was one red flag. Cadillac’s Valtteri Bottas stopped on track at turn 11 early in the day. He would return and complete 37 laps in the end.
PM session
When Kimi Antonelli finally took to the track, he was quick. Initially he pulled out a 1:33.900 to beat his teammate by 0.018s. On another run on the C3s, he clocked a 1:33.669 to go fastest by 0.249s.
Oscar Piastri made a solid improvement versus his AM time. A 1:34.549 put him in 4th, 0.880s off the time set by the Italian.
As for Isack Hadjar, he was just under 0.3s slower than teammate Max Verstappen. The French driver finished up in P6.
An ERS problem for Lance Stroll sidelined him for most of the PM running. Only in the final hour did he return to action.
Near the end of the day, Lewis Hamilton stopped near turn 8 as Ferrari did a standard test of running out of fuel during a pre-season event.
2026 Bahrain F1 Testing | Day 3, Test 1 results
- Antonelli 1:33.669 (61 laps)
- Russell 1:33.918 (78)
- Hamilton 1:34.209 (150)
- Piastri 1:34.549 (161)
- Verstappen 1:35.341 (61)
- Hadjar 1:35.610 (59)
- Ocon 1:35.753 (75)
- Colapinto 1:35.806 (144)
- Bearman 1:35.972 (70)
- Hülkenberg 1:36.291 (58)
- Albon 1:36.793 (78)
- Lawson 1:36.808 (119)
- Sainz 1:37.186 (68)
- Pérez 1:37.365 (67)
- Bortoleto 1:37.536 (60)
- Stroll 1:38.165 (72)
- Bottas 1:38.772 (37)
