2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing finally got underway on Wednesday at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain. Running is split across two sessions with a morning and afternoon run for each of the 10 teams.
The afternoon session saw 10 drivers drop into their respective machines for the first batch of running, although a power cut sliced an hour out of proceedings as night fell.
READ MORE – F1 2025 Pre-Season Testing Results – Wednesday AM
McLaren’s Lando Norris ended the day quickest, 0.157s quicker than Mercedes’ George Russell with reigning champion Max Verstappen third for Red Bull.
![Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri [McLaren] celebrate their 1-2 finish at the 2025 F1 Austrian GP](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lando-Norris-Oscar-Piastri-McLaren-F1-2025-1-120x86.webp)
Both Mercedes and Red Bull featured all of their cars inside the top-10, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Liam Lawson seventh and eighth respectively.
The Williams duo also sneaked their collective way inside the top-10 with Carlos Sainz fifth and Alex Albon ninth.
Charles Leclerc wound his Ferrari into fourth with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly Sixth and Racing Bulls’ Yuki Tsunoda rounding out the top-10.
Formula 1 Testing Results – Wednesday
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.430 | 52 | C3 | |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:30.587 | 0.157 | 70 | C3 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.674 | 0.244 | 74 | C3 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.878 | 0.448 | 71 | C3 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:30.955 | 0.525 | 68 | C3 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:31.353 | 0.923 | 72 | C3 |
| 7 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:31.428 | 0.998 | 78 | C3 |
| 8 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull | 1:31.560 | 1.130 | 58 | C3 |
| 9 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:31.573 | 1.143 | 63 | C3 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | 1:31.610 | 1.180 | 78 | C3 |
| 11 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1:31.631 | 1.201 | 76 | C3 |
| 12 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:31.690 | 1.260 | 59 | C3 |
| 13 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:31.834 | 1.404 | 70 | C3 |
| 14 | Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1:31.841 | 1.411 | 68 | C3 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:31.874 | 1.444 | 46 | C3 |
| 16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.949 | 1.519 | 42 | C3 |
| 17 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:32.084 | 1.654 | 66 | C3 |
| 18 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:32.169 | 1.739 | 55 | C3 |
| 19 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:33.600 | 3.170 | 88 | C3 |
| 20 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1:35.522 | 5.092 | 72 | C2 |
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![Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri [McLaren] celebrate their 1-2 finish at the 2025 F1 Austrian GP](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lando-Norris-Oscar-Piastri-McLaren-F1-2025-1-360x180.webp)
