Mercedes drivers showed the best time in Formula 1 pre-season tests

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli showed the best time on February 13 on the third and final day of testing in Bahrain.

His best lap was 1 minute 33.669 seconds. Antonelli's teammate George Russell took second place, 0.249 seconds behind, while Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton took third place, 0.540 seconds behind.

Following the results of three days of testing, Oscar Piastri became the best in terms of the number of laps, having completed 153 laps, which brought him fourth place with a lag of 0.880 seconds. Hamilton (138 laps) and Franco Colapinto from Alpine (137 laps) followed.

The Williams team drove the most laps in the three days of testing — 415, followed by McLaren (411 laps) and Ferrari (406 laps). An additional series of tests will be held in Bahrain from February 18 to 20. The new Formula 1 season starts in Australia with the first stage, which will be held from March 6 to March 8.

British McLaren driver Lando Norris became Formula One champion last December.‑1" of the 2025 season, securing his first career title thanks to his third place in the final race of the year, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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