George Russell finished fastest on the final day of preseason testing ahead of the 24-race 2025 season. The Mercedes driver posted a 1:29.545 in the afternoon session, which was still slower than the testing benchmark set by the Williams of Carlos Sainz on Thursday.

Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain has concluded, offering a glimpse into the upcoming season’s dynamics. F1 pre-season testing saw a good mix of teams share the headlines, with Ferrari, McLaren,

F1 2025 testing is now complete, and with each team now likely back at base crunching the numbers, we’ve compiled some of the headline stats from the three days of running. Of course, we cannot dig too deeply into the headline times from the sessions for now,

Recap updates and reaction from day two of Formula One’s sole preseason test in Sakhir ahead of the new season

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has been caught issuing an X-rated insult towards one of his Formula 1 rivals following the conclusion of pre-season testing. The 2025 season got underway with three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain, where long run analysis showed that McLaren have a slight advantage over their rivals.

The fastest lap times and most laps completed at Formula 1 pre-season testing; watch all 24 rounds of the 2025 F1 season live on Sky Sports, starting with the Australian GP from March 14-16

The 10 teams will run their new cars properly for the first time across a sole, three-day pre-season test in Bahrain. It marks the only time that the teams can run their new 2025 challengers with unrestricted mileage ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 16 March.

The third and final day of F1 pre-season testing is complete. The lights went out in Bahrain, with Charles Leclerc and George Russell leading the timesheets.