George Russell has posted the fastest time on the final day of Formula 1 preseason testing in Bahrain after the afternoon session was briefly interrupted when a shuttle bus drove on the track.

George Russell completed Mercedes testing programme with the fastest time of day 3 of pre-season testing with Max Verstappen second quickest.

George Russell finished fastest on the final day of preseason testing ahead of the 24-race 2025 season. The Mercedes driver posted a 1:29.545 in the afternoon session, which was still slower than the testing benchmark set by the Williams of Carlos Sainz on Thursday.

George Russell wrapped up Formula One's third and final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain with Mercedes on top after he went faster than reigning world champion Max Verstappen in the closing minutes on Friday.

George Russell set the pace on the third and final day of F1 2025 testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. It looked like reigning four-time World Champion Max Verstappen was going to end Day 3 on top,