– Sergio Pérez expressed his pleasure after setting the fastest time on the opening day of the third pre-season test in Bahrain. Pérez's time of 1.35.290 was eight-tenths of a second faster than his nearest rival, Williams's Valtteri Bottas. Perez managed 105 laps and ensured that Mercedes-powered cars have topped all but one day of pre-season testing so far. "We really needed a good day to start this week and today we had it," said the Force India driver. "We managed to do a lot of laps, try several different compounds and mappings, and it's been a fantastic day in terms of learning about the car." Technical Director Andrew Green added that learning about the...
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