Verstappen with the best time, Schumacher with a breakdown

The 23-year-old Dutch Formula 1 driver relegated McLaren's Lando Norris to second place on Friday at the Bahrain International Circuit. Verstappen, third in the World Championship last season, completed the course around two tenths of a second faster than the Brit. With 138, he also completed by far the most laps. The Frenchman Esteban Ocon from Alpine, the former Renault racing team, came third. The only three-day test in the Sakhir desert for Formula 1 newcomer Mick Schumacher got off to a rather bumpy start. The 21-year-old was only able to complete 15 laps due to a defect in the Haas car and finished in 16th place, over five seconds behind the leader. Mercedes with problems Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel was initially slowed down by a breakdown, but then completed 51 laps - with room for improvement. Vettel finished twelfth. Lance Stroll indicated the potential of the Aston Martin, formerly Racing Point, with fourth place overall in the afternoon. Things weren't going well for the industry leader Mercedes. After Valtteri Bottas was only able to complete six laps with the new Silver Arrow, Hamilton racked up more kilometers. The seven-time world champion and top favorite for the coming season also needed over two seconds more than Verstappen on his best lap in tenth place.

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Verstappen with the best time, Schumacher with a breakdown

Max Verstappen set the first best time of the day in the test drives before the start of the season.

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