Ferrari topped the times over Mercedes and McLaren in the penultimate session of 2026 pre-season testing.

Charles Leclerc posted the fastest time as pre-season testing continued at the Bahrain International Circuit on Friday, slotting ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri in the morning session.

Leclerc worked his way down to a best time of 1m 33.689s across four hours of running in typically hot weather conditions, putting him just over two-tenths up on Antonelli and some six-tenths ahead of Piastri.

After Ferrari got the paddock talking with their exhaust winglet on Wednesday and ‘upside down’ rear wing on Thursday, the team’s positive test continued thanks to Leclerc charging through a race distance and gathering plenty more data.

Antonelli and Piastri, meanwhile, both lost some track time – the Mercedes stopping out on track due to a pneumatic issue and causing a red flag with a couple of hours left on the morning clock, and McLaren working on the rear of their car for around half an hour.