Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), on the last day of testing

He has added only 16 laps in a two-hour session, but Fernando Alonso’s teammate has returned to the asphalt. More information for Aston Martin.

He is 24 thousandths away from setting a brutal time with the C4. At one lap the Ferrari works.

Little is being seen Drugovich in this test section. There are, yes, more than two and a half hours to close the morning session

And with a harder compound than Russell. He has dropped to 1:31.164 and improves on Russell by more than two tenths… The problem, his tire degradation.

But with the C5. Mercedes continues to show itself… but what would happen if Red Bull and Max Verstappen put that compound?

1:31.564 for the English Mercedes! Of course, with a trick. He has done it with the C5; Leclerc has marked his record with the C3. Verstappen, yesterday, the same

Good time for Charles with the Ferrari. The Monegasque, five tenths behind Russell… but with the C3. George, with the C4.

English needs to add kilometers no matter what. The car, the Mercedes, is not particularly fine in these tests in Bahrain. If Aston Martin is the surprise…

What a spin that the young McLaren driver has starred in! First big scare of the day… and almost of the tests in general.

It shows that he is suffering at Haas. Not because of the car itself, but because of taking so long without getting into an F1 car. And also there have been changes since his ‘last time’ with the ‘porpoising’ and so on.

The French want to remain fourth and reduce the gap with the top three… but in these tests they are not fine. They are also the ones who have shot the least in Bahrain, and that doesn’t help.

Zak Brown, one of the big names from Woking, has already confirmed that they will not arrive in the best shape for the first race. Something similar happened last year… and then they were fighting until the end for fourth place in the Constructors’ World Championship.

The Mercedes continues to lurch in some curves. The car, nervous again. It doesn’t matter if it’s Hamilton or George…

Felipe Drugovich has completed good turns in Sakhir. Three drivers on track right now with Russell, Albon and Bottas.

They were looking at Leclerc’s car in Ferrari. The rear wing, the main point of concern for him. Green flag in Sakhir.

Sergio Pérez has ‘lightened’ the RB19 by losing a piece from the rear of his car. It seems that it is the one that the commissioners have just removed.

Charles Leclerc has lost a piece of car. Problems in the DRS for the Monegasque and there is a piece in the layout of Sakhir. Red flag and everyone to the boxes until they remove it.

Lewis Hamilton found himself with a tremendously nervous car throughout yesterday morning. The car suffered with grip, and with more than obvious porpoising.

The worst, in the afternoon. Hydraulic failure and goodbye to George Russell’s session.

Aston Martin have Felipe Drugovich in this morning session in Bahrain; Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc. In Mercedes, George Russell, while Sergio Pérez will do all day on this last day.

At Alfa Romeo, the same with Valtteri Bottas, who will be there all day. Piastri and Gasly, in the McLaren and the Alpine; Hulkenberg, in the Haas. Albon is at the Williams.

Finally, De Vries will sit in the AlphaTauri.

Green light and the action is back on track in Sakhir! The Aston Martin, on the asphalt with Felipe Drugovich.

Carlos Sainz has also had a few more than productive days aboard the Ferrari. With the mornings of the first two days, the man from Madrid was fast when the track was in worse conditions than in the afternoon.

It didn’t take him too long to do the lap, but at the ‘Scuderia’ there is a concern that they also had last season: high tire degradation.

Fernando Alonso is completing a great week of tests. The Asturian, after the problem with his flat bottom on the first day that he did not have and does not have much significance, has not only been in the times of the best but has also driven a lot with the Aston Martin.

Unless everything goes wrong, and a lot, today, it could be around 250 laps in Sakhir. What every driver and team wants to give good information for the season.

It will be at 0800 Spanish peninsular time when the ‘party’ begins in Sakhir. Break for lunch at around 12:15, which will last an hour, and then back to the track to continue testing from 1:15 to 5:30 p.m. There the preseason will close.

Hello, good morning to all of you on this Saturday of Formula 1! There is no time for more. Today everything ends as far as preseason is concerned and a day of intense work is coming up for all the teams and for all the drivers present in Bahrain.