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Bahrain pre-season F1 test: Day 2 driver line-ups

One day down, two to go! Teams will resume their test programmes in Bahrain this morning, with those who made good progress on Thursday ready to begin fine-tuning their set-ups.

Save for an electronic glitch that momentarily hindered Aston Martin at the start of the session, yesterday's running was uneventful, with all teams logging solid mileage.

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Everyone will be hoping for the same drama-free consistency today when the track goes green at 7:00 GMT (8:00 CET) for four hours of action, before a one-jour lunch break ensues and the running resumes at 12:00 GMT (13:00 CET) for an addition four hours of testing.

On Thursday, Sergio Perez was the only driver had did not take to the track as Red Bull had opted to assign yesterday's pace-setter Max Verstappen to a full day of running.

The Milton Keynes-based outfit will alternate its drivers today however, with Perez kicking off the team's morning and Verstappen taking over in the afternoon.

Over at Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso will be driving solo as the team waits news from Lance Stroll on the Canadian's recovery progress.

The Spaniard won't be the only one who will have his entire team's attention, with Logan Sargeant also on his own for a full day at Williams.

Provisional Day 2 driver line-ups for Bahrain F1 pre-season test:

Friday February 24
Red Bull
AM Sergio Perez	PM Max Verstappen
Ferrari
AM Carlos Sainz	PM Charles Leclerc
Mercedes
AM Lewis Hamilton	PM George Russell
Alpine
AM Esteban Ocon	PM Pierre Gasly
McLaren
AM Lando Norris	PM Oscar Piastri
Alfa Romeo F1
AM Zhou Guanyu	PM Zhou Guanyu
Aston Martin F1
AM Fernando Alonso	PM Fernando Alonso
Haas
AM Kevin Magnussen	PM Nico Hulkenberg
AlphaTauri
AM Yuki Tsunoda	PM Nyck de Vries
Williams
AM Logan Sargeant	PM Logan Sargeant

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.