McLaren and Ferrari stand out, Mercedes and Red Bull lag behind in Bahrain

17:58, 13 Feb

Updated: 18:04, 13 Feb

byKada Sarkozi

Three teams — McLaren, Ferrari and Williams — set the benchmark in terms of laps completed during the first Bahrain pre-season test of the season.

Charles Leclerc was not in action on Friday, but the Monegasque driver still topped the list of most laps completed this week at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The Ferrari driver did a total of 219 laps, finishing four ahead of McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. After Williams was couldn't attend the Barcelona shakedown test, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon put in plenty of laps these three days, finishing third and fourth on the overall list.

While Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time in Sakhir, the Italian completed the least laps. Mercedes only completed more laps than Aston Martin this week, who encountered data anomaly issues on Wednesday.

The Silverstone-based team and Honda had a week to forget. Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso finished 20th and 21st in terms of laps completed.

Having the new in-house power unit in the car, Red Bull did 343 laps, finishing sixth on the teams' table.

Number of laps per F1 driver in Bahrain

Position	Driver	Team	Number of laps completed
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	219
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	215
3	Carlos Sainz	Williams	212
4	Alexander Albon	Williams	208
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	207
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	202
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas	200
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	197
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas	190
10	George Russell	Mercedes	189
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	178
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	176
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	172
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	169
15	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	167
16	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	158
17	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	153
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	146
19	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	146
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	108
21	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	98
22	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	94

Williams completed the third most laps in Bahrain this week - Photo: Race Pictures

Number of laps per F1 team in Bahrain

Position	Team	Number of laps completed
1	McLaren	422
2	Ferrari	421
3	Williams	420
4	Haas	390
5	Audi	354
6	Red Bull Racing	343
7	Racing Bulls	327
8	Cadillac	320
9	Alpine	318
10	Mercedes	283
11	Aston Martin	206

Number of laps per F1 power unit manufacturer in Bahrain

Position	Engine manufacturer	Number of laps completed
1	Mercedes (4 teams)	1,443
2	Ferrari (3 teams)	1,017
3	Red Bull Ford (2 teams)	670
4	Audi (1 team)	354
5	Honda (1 team)	206