2021 Bahrain F1 pre-season testing - Day 2 - As it happened

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Formula 1 pre-season🦂 testing continues as day two of testing at the Bꦡahrain International Circuit gets underway.
Max Vers🍌tappen topped day one in an encouraging day for Red Bull as he c🍷ompleted 139 laps.
Reigning cha✨mpions Mercedes endured a troublesome day with Valtteri Bottas spending the majority of the morning session in the garage after encountering a gear shift problem.
For 2021, teams only have three days of testing ahead of the new season ꧙which k༒icks off at the Bahrain International Circuit on March 26-28.
All teams except Mercedes have completed a shakedown of their new 2021 challengers ahead of🐷 the test, and with just three days of running available to everyone, getting significant mileage completed is more important than ever before.
Testing usually takes place in B❀arcelona but F1's decision for it to take place in Bahrain this year should give teams the perfect weather conditions to put their new car𒁏s to the test.
With the 2021 cars being a continuation of last year's machinery, F1 agreed thꦓree days of testing is s🎐ufficient as a way to save costs and give teams a longer winter break after the 2020 campaign finished in December.
Like in previous years, testing will be split into two ses🐲sions per day, with most teams opting to split the workload between its two drivers.
Who’s driving on Day 2 of the test?
Mercedes
Saturday: Lewis Hamilton (AM), Valtteri Bottas (PM)
Red Bull
Saturday: Sergio Perez
McLaren
Saturday: Daniel Ricciardo (AM),&nbꦺsp;Lando Norris&🧔nbsp;(PM)
Aston Martin
Saturday:&nb🀅sp;Sebastian Vettel (AM), Lance Stroll (P𒈔M)
Alpine
Saturday: Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Saturday: Carlos Sainz (AM), Charles Leclerc (PM)
AlphaTauri
Saturday: Yuki Tsunoda (AM), Pierre G🎀asly (PM)
Alfa Romeo
Saturday: Antonio Giovinazzi
Haas
Saturday: Nik꧂it𝄹a Mazepin (AM), Mick Schumacher (PM)
Williams
Saturday: Nicholas Latifi
What tyres can teams use?
All five tyre compounds are avaꦺilable to use during t𒊎he three days of testing.
If you see a t🦩eam go fastest on the C5 tyre then🌳 don’t be too fooled given the softest compound of tyre is never used in Bahrain, more often at street circuits like Monaco.
Here’s what’s on the menu for tyre testing from tomorrow in Bahrain: a feast of five different 2021 compounds and 🦄a prototype! Buon appetito.
— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport)

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