Formulation One’s preseason testing was halted for a second successive day on Friday by a unfastened drain cowl at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit.
The monitor motion resumed after repairs at Flip 11 with the same old lunch break dropped and the session scheduled to run till 7 p.m. native time.
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Testing got here to a halt on Thursday when Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ran over the unfastened cowl, and the ground of the latter’s automotive had to get replaced.
On Friday, Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez dislodged a special drain cowl on the similar flip with 27 minutes on the clock, once more bringing out the crimson flags and additional monitor repairs after an inspection.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz had been quickest earlier than the most recent suspension, with the Spaniard additionally topping the timesheets on Thursday.
Drivers have solely a day and a half of preseason testing every, with three days allotted in complete for groups to check with one automotive every.
The primary race of the season is on the similar Bahrain circuit on Saturday subsequent week.