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Sainz set the quickest time on the second of the three days of testing , before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit on 2 March. However, he set his lap using the C4 Pirelli tyre, which is not available next weekend. His Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc was second quickest overall, setting his best time on the final day, as did George Russell for Mercedes and Zhou Guanyu for Sauber. They all used the C4 for their fastest times . Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Perez (who was quickest overall in this test last year) and Max Verstappen lapped within a tenth of each other in fifth and sixth using the C3 tyre, which will be the soft next weekend. Yuki Tsunoda was seventh for RB, the rebranded AlphaTauri team, ahead of Alex Albon (Williams), Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). Aston Martin, Haas and Alpine ended the three days of running without a car in the top 10 places. Full Bahrain testing results: Sainz fastest fo...

Former F1 driver Rene Arnoux believes that Max Verstappen "slaughtered" everybody in the field on more than one occasion in 2022. While Arnoux feels that Verstappen's 2021 championship victory came down to "the least intelligent Safety Car decision ever", the Frenchman was left impressed by how the title was won during the most recent season. "This year, Verstappen and Red Bull were supreme," Arnoux told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport . "Several times , like at Zandvoort for example, he slaughtered everyone in the race. "In my eyes, Charles Leclerc comes close to him, but Verstappen still has that little bit more." Arnoux: Verstappen can brake later than anyone In terms of what gives Verstappen that "bit more" than his rivals, Arnoux referred back to the start of the Japanese Grand Prix, the shortened rain...