Russell Leads F1 Testing Mileage as Lindblad’s Late Surge Closes Bahrain Program
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc posted the week’s quickest lap as teams focused on laps and data gathering over outright speed.
Overview
- George Russell completed a field-leading 688 laps across Barcelona and Bahrain, despite two Mercedes power unit changes costing additional running.
- Rookie Arvid Lindblad finished second on total mileage with 654 laps after a 165-lap final day in Bahrain, bringing his week’s tally to 240 and edging Mercedes’ 235 there.
- Charles Leclerc recorded the fastest lap of the second Bahrain test at 1:31.992 on C4 tyres on day three.
- McLaren showed strong single-lap pace with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris setting 1:32.861 and 1:32.871 respectively on the harder C3 compound.
- Aston Martin logged the least mileage, with Fernando Alonso on 255 laps and Lance Stroll on 139 across the full pre-season program.