The third and closing day of testing is underway on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit. That is the final little bit of observe time allotted to the groups forward of the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 28.

What’s occurred to this point?

• When the session began, the climate was rather more beneficial than the primary two days. The solar was out, the air temperature was down at 23C and the wind had dropped.

• Charles Leclerc set the early tempo in his Ferrari with a 1:30.486 on the C3 compound tyre. The same old caveats round unknown gasoline masses apply, however the lap time in contrast favourably with one of the best time set by Valtteri Bottas on Saturday with the sooner C5 compound, which left the in a single day benchmark at 1:30.289.

• Sergio Perez targeted on C2 tyres early within the session however had a brief stoppage when he needed to return to the pits with an obvious leak on his Purple Bull. He returned to the observe on C3s within the third hour of the morning session to enhance on Leclerc’s time with a 1:30.309. He then set the quickest time of the check with a 1:30.187 on the C4 compound within the closing hour earlier than the lunch break.

Occasions after three hours

1. Perez – Purple Bull – 1:30.309 (C3) – 34 laps
2. Leclerc – Ferrari – 1:30.486 (C3) – 47 laps
3. Norris – McLaren – 1:30.661 (C3) – 35 laps
4. Gasly – AlphaTauri – 1:30.828 (C4) – 49 laps
5. Ocon – Alpine – 1:31.310 (C3) – 40 laps
6. Schumacher – Haas – 1:32.053 (C3) – 49 laps
7. Bottas – Mercedes – 1:32.406 (C2) – 59 laps
8. Russell – Williams – 1:32.731 (C2) – 55 laps
9. Stroll – Aston Martin – 1:36.100 (C3) – 63 laps
10. Raikkonen – Alfa Romeo – 1:36.640 (C3) – 59 laps

(Tyre compounds in brackets)