Hamilton fastest for Ferrari as rain hits F1 testing

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Hamilton fastest for Ferrari as rain hits F1 testing

Lewis Hamilton has made a fine early impression in his new Ferrari, going quickest of all the drivers on the second morning of F1 pre-season testing as rain in the desert affected the session.

The seven-time champion’s best time was nearly four-tenths of a second faster than his former teammate George Russell, of Mercedes on Thursday. Carlos Sainz was third fastest for Williams.

“So far so good, but the first topic is reliability. It’s always a question at the start of the season, and it went well,” Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said of the team’s first day-and-a-half testing the new SF-25 car in Bahrain.

It’s harder to tell a car’s true performance because it isn’t clear how much fuel competitors have in their cars for test runs, Vasseur added.

Hamilton’s time was also a second faster than the best lap from the first day of testing on Wednesday, which was set by Lando Norris, for McLaren.

Adding to the unseasonably cold conditions, the rare sight of light rain in Bahrain midway through the session was an extra complication for teams trying to learn more about their new cars.

Expecting dry conditions in the desert, only two teams — Aston Martin and Haas — brought wet-weather tyres for the test.

Testing has resumed for Thursday’s second session ahead of the third and final day on Friday. The first race of the season is the *********** Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 16.

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