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No one could say they didn't try, because

Max Verstappen

and

Lewis Hamilton

pressed their chances late in the afternoon at Sakhir, looking for the fastest time on Pirelli's softer tyres.

However, they could do nothing to remove

Carlos Sainz

from first place , who was 48 hundredths ahead of the reigning champion and 61 of the Briton, prolonging Ferrari's great moment.

In the absence of a single day of training, the

Scuderia

is emerging as the great threat to Red Bull and Mercedes ahead of March 20, the date of the first World Cup race.

Everything is going as planned in the Maranello team, although everyone inside prefers to keep their reserves, aware that the big favorites also hide their best cards.

In fact, during the midday press conference, Sainz wanted to get rid of praise from

George Russell

, Hamilton's squire, who once again pointed to Ferrari as the reference.

At that time,

Charles Leclerc

had set the second fastest time of the morning session, only behind

Esteban Ocon

's Alpine .

His work began after attending to journalists.

And when he got behind the wheel of the SF-75, the man from Madrid more than complied.

The afternoon plan began with a qualifying simulation and with medium wheels he was already in first place (1:33.943), cutting the time of his garage partner by four tenths.

Just a few minutes later, on the soft rubber, he would polish off another four tenths (1:33.532), despite Hamilton getting in his way slightly.

That bar was already too high for his rivals, where Lance Stroll

had to be included, unexpectedly

.

Of course, no one expects Aston Martin to be in the

pole position

in 10 days' time on that same tarmac.

Not even

Sebastian Vettel

himself , who followed the evolution of his partner, like a whole

main team

.

Fernando Alonso

also wanted to approach the time monitors

, who attended from the wall at the worst moment of the day for Alpine.

When Ocon had passed 103 laps, the engineers forced him to stop the car.

As a precaution, as officially detailed in a subsequent statement.

"A small mistake", in the words of

Laurent Rossi

, head of Alpine.

In any case, a new scare for the French team, after the breakdown on Thursday, which it was learned this afternoon, affected a radiator.

Ocon, who had beaten beyond reasonable limits with

Lando Norris

, tasted two flavors almost as different as

Kevin Magnussen

, back in his old seat.

The Dane, who had only been able to complete 39 laps during regulation time, made the most of that extra hour provided by the FIA ​​to Haas to rise to the top of the table (1:33.207).

However, this unique achievement must be interpreted with great caution, given that it was obtained in more favorable temperature conditions than that of the rest of the competitors.

Second test day in Bahrain

Classification and times

1. K. Magnussen (DIN/Haas) 1:33.207 |

C3 |

60 laps


2. C. Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) 1:33.532 |

C4 |

60 laps


3. M. Verstappen (HOL/Red Bull) 1:34.232 |

C4 |

86 laps


4. L. Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin) 1:34.064 |

C4 |

70 laps


5. L. Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1:34.141 |

C5 |

47 laps


6. E. Ocon (FRA/Alpine) 1:34.276 |

C4 |

111 laps


7. C. Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 1:34.366 |

C3 |

54 laps


8. L. Norris (GBR/McLaren) 1:34.609 |

C3 |

60 laps


9. S. Vettel (ALE/Aston Martin) 1:36.020 |

C3 |

46 laps


10. Y. Tsunoda (JAP/AlphaTauri) 1:36.802 |

C3 |

120 laps


11. V. Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo) 1:36.987 |

C2 |

25 laps


12. M. Schumacher (ALE/Haas) 1:37.846 |

C2 |

23 laps


13. G. Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 1:38.585 |

C2 |

67 laps


14. N. Latifi (CAN/Williams) 1:39.845 |

C2 |

12 laps


15. G. Zhou (CHN/Alfa Romeo) 1:39.984 |

C2 |

48 laps

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