Charles Leclerc kept Ferrari on top of the timesheet on the third and final day of F1 pre-season testing with Max Verstappen fourth.
Charles Leclerc kept Ferrari on top of the timesheet on the third and final day of F1 pre-season testing with Mercedes' George Russell second and Max Verstappen fourth-quickest ahead of next week's season-opening Bahrain GP. After team-mate Carlos Sainz had topped Thursday's running, Leclerc took timesheet honours on Friday with a best lap of 1:30.22 mid-way through the afternoon on the C5 tyres, the fastest compound available this week.
' * the C5 tyre is the softest - and theoretically fastest - compound, while C1 is the hardest - and theoretically slowest - compound Late show of speeds shuffle final-day order A number of drivers moved up the final timesheet inside the cooler conditions of the final floodlit hour. Mercedes' Russell was one of those as he switched focus from long to short runs. Initially moving into fifth place on the C3 compound, Russell then took second on the C4 late on, 0.046s adrift of Leclerc.
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