George Russell posted the fastest time on the final day of Bahrain pre-season testing, beating Max Verstappen by 0.021s with a 1m29.545s lap on C3 tires during late runs. Mercedes achieved the highest lap count of the week with 458 laps completed.

Verstappen, running with a new Red Bull nose, managed 81 laps but didn't complete a race simulation. Red Bull finished the week with the lowest mileage of all teams.

Alex Albon secured the third-fastest time for Williams using softer C4 compound tires, completing 135 laps despite several interruptions. Carlos Sainz's day two time of 1m29.348s remained the fastest overall lap of testing.

Notable incidents during the day included:

• A glass pane falling from the starters' box onto the pit straight
• A shuttle bus causing a red flag after entering the Turn 10 run-off area
• Ferrari's early finish due to car problems
• Haas experiencing engine cover detachment issues with Oliver Bearman
• Lance Stroll's shortened running due to illness, with Fernando Alonso stepping in

McLaren showed promising pace with Oscar Piastri's strong race simulation, while Alpine demonstrated significant improvement compared to last year's testing struggles. Pierre Gasly finished fifth, just 0.1s behind Piastri.

🔴 RED FLAG 🔴

Debris on the start/finish straight – looks like a pane of glass from the starter's booth has fallen onto the track #F1Testing #F1 pic.twitter.com/Fi4UOHCAap

You don't see this very often 👀

Part of Ollie Bearman's engine cover comes off mid-lap 😵#F1Testing #F1 pic.twitter.com/dB7zw6gNco

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