Another day of testing in the books and another successful outing for Ferrari who initially topped the timesheet thanks to Carlos Sainz’s lap in the afternoon session, as well as managing to complete 60 laps overall, but were beaten by Haas’ Kevin Magnussen who had an extra hour of running in Bahrain.

Haas were unable to start testing on Thursday morning as their freight hadn’t arrived in time, so were allowed extra time after the main session ended on Friday, so as not to disadvantage the American team.

The day was littered with red flags as we saw Lando Norris’ McLaren breakdown, and the Williams of Nicholas Latifi had a problem with the rear brakes before going on fire.

Sebastian Vettel had issues with his Aston Martin, as did Valtteri Bottas in the Alfa Romeo, and Esteban Ocon in the Alpine.

Bahrain testing – Day 2 Results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Best Time	Tyre	Tot. Laps
1	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.207	C4	60
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:33.532	C4	60
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.011	C4	86
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.064	C4	69
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.141	C5	47
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.276	C4	111
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.366	C3	54
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.609	C3	59
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:36.020	C3	46
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:36.802	C3	119
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:36.987	C2	25
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:37.846	C2	23
13	George Russell	Mercedes	1:38.585	C2	67
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:39.845	C2	12
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:39.984	C2	48

And despite being the talk of the paddock on Thursday, Mercedes endured a tough day as Lewis Hamilton had a tough time keeping his car under control with porpoising still a clear issue.

Formula One F1 – Pre-Season Testing – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 11, 2022 Williams’ Nicholas Latifi during testing REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

That said, Hamilton was still able to put in the fifth fastest time, while 2021 World Champion Max Verstappen third fastest.

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