Lando Norris tops morning session of penultimate pre-season test

McLaren’s Lando Norris topped the opening four hours of the penultimate test as the sport continues pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Feature image credit: Pirelli F1 Newsroom

As the morning session concluded on Thursday, it marked the halfway point of Formula 1’s second week of pre-season testing in Bahrain at the country’s International Circuit.

After the opening hours, Norris had taken the fastest time of the session with a 1m 33.453s. No one was able to beat the British driver’s pace-setting time when the morning concluded, but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came close as the Dutchman finished a tenth off the pace.

Mercedes’ George Russell rounded out the top three, six tenths off the pace.

Lando Norris tops opening hours of Day 2 test

It was business as usual with the teams and drivers as they worked their way through run plans and data gathering tests. The only interruption came in the form of the end-of-session tests, conducted by the FIA and the sport.

However, Ferrari caught attention through the session as it was revealed that the team were testing out a new rear wing. The top plane on the back has been found to rotate 180 degrees, so then it is run upside down when the active aero is in use.

Theoretically, this would mean the rear wing could drop drag and produce lift in return, just like an aeroplane does.

But, Lewis Hamilton – who has driving duties all day today – only managed to get out for five laps across the four-hour session. It was the lowest number of laps completed across all 11 drivers in the morning test. On the other hand, Russell racked up the most laps with 77 completed and ultimately surpassed Bahrain’s grand prix race distance.

Read more Formula 1 here:

• Lando Norris tops opening hours of Day 2 test
• George Russell tops first day of Bahrain second test
• Oscar Piastri pips Leclerc to fastest time in afternoon of Day 1 test 
• Charles Leclerc tops morning test on Day 1 in Bahrain
• F1 confirms circuit extension with calendar rotation

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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.