Final F1 test day:
Leclerc sets best time after broken glass on the track
On the final day of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap in the morning. On the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, which was dust-dry this time, the Monegasque was 77 thousandths of a second ahead of Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli from Italy with his time of 1:30.811 minutes on Friday. Third was McLaren hopeful Lando Norris (+0.132 seconds). Once again, however, the times are unlikely to be of much significance.
World champion Max Verstappen followed in fourth place in the Red Bull, while Jack Doohan finished fifth in the Alpine. There was a curious interruption around 45 minutes before the end of the session when shards of glass suddenly appeared on the track. A pane of glass had come loose from the little house on the start/finish straight, where the traffic lights are controlled, and had fallen down and shattered. Red flags were waved to allow the clean-up work to be carried out.
Another session in the afternoon
The first incident occurred about an hour and a half into the session after part of the bodywork came off Oliver Bearman's Haas. After a quick repair, however, the British rookie was able to continue his program. The final four hours of this year's winter testing are scheduled for the afternoon.
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