Andrea Kimi Antonelli put Mercedes on top in the morning session of the first day of testing for the 2025 season.
The 18-year-old set a best time of 1’31.428 at the Bahrain International Circuit. He was driving the team’s new W16 chassis, which turned a wheel for the first time at the track yesterday.
Antonelli, who led the drivers out when the test began, lapped 2.3 seconds off the pole position time at last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Most drivers got within half a second of that time as teams made a productive start to testing, completing the first four hours of running without a single red flag interruption.
Liam Lawson suffered the biggest mishap of any driver, spinning to a halt temporarily at the exit of turn three. The new Red Bull driver had run wide onto the exit kerb where the RB21 snapped away from him. He brought it to a halt without incurring any damage.
All 10 drivers are schedule to hand their cars over to their team mates for this afternoon’s session.
Bahrain test day one morning lap times
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