27 February 2025 18:30 (UTC)
“A trickier day due to the weather"
Bahrain International Circuit, Thursday, 27 February
Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, as well as Team Principal Andrea Stella, after day two of pre-season testing.
Laps (miles/km) | 44 (160 miles/258 km) |
Best lap time | 1m30.821s (13th) |
“A trickier day due to the weather. The temperature and rain made it harder to maximise our testing time in my session, but we were still able to work through a lot and achieve a decent amount. I’m looking forward to getting back on track tomorrow afternoon and hopefully pushing the car further to see what we can get out of it before we head to Australia. Overall, it was a productive day.”
Laps (miles/km) | 77 (267 miles/430 km) |
Best lap time | 1m30.882s (14th) |
“Another productive day on track with good learnings. We were able to get a decent number of laps in with a long run, and I got the feeling of using some different tyre compounds. I think we’ve learned a lot from that, and getting the experience of doing the full race run was very valuable. Good feelings so far, we’ve now got one more day to go to make sure we end the week strongly.”
“Another productive day of testing, despite the changing conditions. The brief periods of rain made it challenging at times this morning, which cost some track time for Oscar, but the team did a good job adapting our run plan accordingly. This afternoon, we focused a little more on longer runs, and overall, we have consolidated yesterday’s testing with further data as we learn more about the MCL39.”
1. Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:29.348s | 127 laps |
2. Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:29.379s | 45 laps |
3. Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:29.431s | 83 laps |
4. George Russell | Mercedes | 1:29.778s | 71 laps |
5. Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:29.784s | 87 laps |
6. Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:30.229s | 57 laps |
7. Liam Lawson | Red Bull Racing | 1:30.252s | 91 laps |
8. Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1:30.368s | 80 laps |
9. Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:30.430s | 40 laps |
10. Isack Hadjar | RB | 1:30.675s | 94 laps |
11. Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:30.700s | 45 laps |
12. Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1:30.793s | 46 laps |
13. Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:30.821s | 44 laps |
14. Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.882s | 77 laps |
15. Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:31.057s | 80 laps |
16. Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:31.457s | 56 laps |
17. Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:33.071s | 69 laps |
18. Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1:34.372s | 66 laps |
Three days (26 - 28 February, 2025).
