Overview
- Pierre Gasly clocked 1:33.421 on the final day in Sakhir, eclipsing Franco Colapinto’s 1:33.818 by 0.397 seconds as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the session with 1:31.992.
- Alpine logged a clean reliability run, with Gasly completing 118 laps on Friday and Colapinto banking 120 laps on Thursday to finish among the highest mileages of the week.
- Colapinto ended his full-day program sixth overall on Thursday, 1.015 seconds off Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s pre-season best 1:32.803, and reported a positive learning curve with the new car.
- Executive advisor Flavio Briatore said Alpine should run behind the four leading teams and ahead of the midfield, after holding an in-test review meeting with Colapinto in Bahrain.
- With pre-season complete, Alpine shifts focus to translating data into race pace for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on 8 March.