Lewis Hamilton sweats but Kimi Antonelli shines

F1, times

Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time in the morning in the first of three days of preseason testing in Bahrain.

The Italian Mercedes rookie was 132 thousandths behind Liam Lawson (Red Bull), who in turn was only thirteen thousandths of a second faster than Alexander Albon in the surprising Williams-Mercedes.

Fourth Lewis Hamilton who worked hard on the track, doing better than Yuki Tsunoda with the VISA Cash App Racing Bulls but accusing 406 thousandths behind Antonelli.

These are all the times:

1   Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes   1:31.428     13
2   Liam LawsonRed Bull Racing   +0.132     11
3   Alexander AlbonWilliams   +0.145      14
4   Yuki TsunodaRacing Bulls   +0.182     15
5   Lewis HamiltonFerrari   +0.406      12
6   Jack DoohanAlpine   +0.413      14
7   Fernando AlonsoAston Martin   +0.446      8
8   Oscar PiastriMcLaren   +0.656      18
9   Nico HulkenbergKick Sauber   +0.741      10
10   Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team   +4.094      7
11   Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing  ––      0
12   Lando NorrisMcLaren  ––      0
13   Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber  ––      0
14   Isack HadjarRacing Bulls  ––      0
15   Pierre GaslyAlpine  ––      0
16   Charles LeclercFerrari  ––      0
17   Lance StrollAston Martin   ––     0
18   Esteban OconHaas F1 Team   ––      0
19   Carlos SainzWilliams  ––      0
20   George RussellMercedes   –      0