The Ferrari factory team was able to show maximum performance on the third day of the Bahrain Formula 1 test on Friday, February 23 2024. This was seen when Charles Leclerc was able to be the fastest throughout the session.
Charles Leclerc was able to set a record time of 1 minute 30.322 seconds on the third day of F1 Bahrain 2024. He was able to appear 0.046 faster than George Russell (Mercedes) who was in second place and 0.325 seconds ahead of the third racer, namely Zhou Guanyu (Kick Sauber).
In the previous two sessions, Leclerc was actually unable to break into the top five positions. He was only in 7th place (1 minute 33.247 seconds) on the first day and 6th (1 minute 31.750 seconds) on the second day.
Ferrari was able to dominate the last two Formula Bahrain 2024 tests, after previously Carlos Sainz was able to be the fastest on the second day. At that time Sainz was able to beat Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing), who occupied the leading position on the first day, could only occupy 4th place with a time of 1 minute 30.755 seconds. At that time he completed 66 laps at the Sakhir Circuit.
Lewis Hamilton also showed a less convincing performance, where he failed to enter the top 10. The British racer had to settle for being in 12th place with a time of 1 minute 31.999 seconds.