Today the collective test days continued in Bahrain, where this time a Williams was the fastest and overtook the two Ferraris.
Thursday wasn't at its best either, with a cloudy, lightly rainy track awaiting the field. George Russell nevertheless quickly improved on the previous day's best time before Lewis Hamilton took the lead. Then, in the second hour, a surprise came: rainfall so intense that work couldn't continue. The reason was pretty ridiculous: the teams weren't prepared with wet tires (WTF??)
After the enforced break, Hamilton improved his performance even further, setting the best time of the morning. Only one person could beat that lap: Carlos Sainz, who had already come closest to Hamilton during the morning session and finished the day ahead of the Briton on the same tire compound. Sainz, incidentally, had an extremely productive day, driving the Williams alone and completing 120 laps without any problems. The same could not be said for Liam Lawson, who also completed a full day but struggled a lot with the technical side of Red Bull and is still struggling with his confidence. McLaren let go of that day; last year's Constructors' Championship winner was clearly more focused on other things than chasing time records and was more likely to rely on long stints.
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