Last Updated: February 25, 2023, 19:18 IST
Charles Leclerc in motion over the last day of F1 testing. (AP Photo)
Two-time defending world champion Max Verstappen was the quickest on Thursday whereas Zhou Guanyu topped day two of testing
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc clocked the quickest time forward of Mercedes driver George Russell within the first session of Saturday’s third and last day of Formula One testing.
Leclerc accomplished 67 laps and was .42 seconds faster on smooth tires than Russell, who did 83 laps on mediums. Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton will exchange Russell within the W14 for the afternoon run.
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With Lance Stroll nonetheless sidelined as a result of of a wrist harm sustained in a bicycle accident, Aston Martin once more used F2 champion Felipe Drugovich and he was third quickest — about 1 second behind Leclerc.
It is uncertain whether or not Stroll will get better in time to race subsequent weekend within the season-opener in Bahrain, and teammate Fernando Alonso provided no indication.
“No information,” the two-time F1 champion said. “It’s a private matter so I have nothing to comment.”
Sergio Perez took over from two-time defending world champion Max Verstappen at Red Bull and was fourth quickest on mediums.
There was a short crimson flag at the beginning after some particles was cleared off the monitor, seemingly from Perez’s RB19.
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A second crimson flag got here out later when Valtteri Bottas parked his Alfa Romeo in a run-off space.
Verstappen was quickest on Thursday and Zhou Guanyu topped day two of testing Friday.
Times set in testing supply a tough information to a crew’s true velocity for the season, with the automobiles typically arrange in very other ways.
But McLaren CEO Zak Brown stated Friday he felt his crew was behind its projected targets.
Brown will hardly have been reassured when Australian driver Oscar Piastri had an enormous spin on the monitor, though he recovered shortly.
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