Full Results | Mercedes is the benchmark in terms of lap times in Bahrain

Despite Toto Wolff and George Russell handing the 'benchmark' tag to Red Bull Racing, the German team’s cars set the fastest lap times in Sakhir over the past three days in Sakhir. Antonelli clocked a 1:33.669, finishing around two and a half tenths ahead of his teammate.

The two Ferraris followed in third and fourth place, in the order of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris finished fifth and sixth respectively, while Max Verstappen clocked the seventh-fastest time this week at the Bahrain International Circuit.