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Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in F1 testing and in the second Bahrain test, becoming the only driver to dip under 92 seconds.

The Ferrari driver, using C4 rubber late on the final day of running in Sakhir, pumped in a 1:31.992 to break the 92s barrier by just 0.008s.

He ended 0.8s faster than Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who were all separated across the three days by less than a tenth, as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were also in the top seven.

Check out the fastest laps from the second 2026 F1 pre-season test in Bahrain below!

2026 F1 Bahrain Pre-Season 2nd Test – Complete Fastest Lap Times
Pos.	Driver	Team	Lap time
1st	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.992
2nd	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:32.803
3rd	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.861
4th	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.871
5th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.109
6th	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.197
7th	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.408
8th	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:33.421
9th	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:33.487
10th	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.755
11th	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:33.818
12th	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:33.987
13th	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:34.149
14th	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:34.201
15th	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:34.260
16th	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:34.342
17th	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:34.532
18th	Alex Albon	Williams	1:34.555
19th	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:35.290
20th	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:35.369
21st	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.974
22nd	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:36.536

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