Charles Leclerc and Ferrari ended the third day of Bahrain winter testing on top as Formula 1's 2024 pre-season came to a close.
Leclerc's team-mate Carlos Sainz had led the final morning session from Red Bull's Sergio Perez before running was interrupted by a broken drain cover for the second day in a row. Because repairs halted the test for 1h17, the decision was taken to cancel the planned one-hour lunch break and carry on all the way to the chequered flag at 7pm local time. There was early trouble for McLaren, which added to its testing gremlins this week with an apparent clutch issue for Lando Norris.
Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu followed Russell through in third with a 1m30.647s, which demoted Verstappen to fourth. Behind Tsunoda and Albon, McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso had moved up right before sunset to end the test seventh and eighth respectively. Sainz's morning time held up for ninth ahead of Perez and Haas man Nico Hulkenberg. Lewis Hamilton finished off his winter test in 12th after running 49 laps in the morning.
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