2025 Pre-Season F1 Testing Statistics

Nicky Haldenby

4 hours ago

From daily results to the fastest lap times, fastest sector times and most laps completed, here are all the facts and statistics from pre-season 2025 F1 testing!

DAY 1 TESTING REPORT

Formula 1 returned to action with pre-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit. For the third year in a row, Mercedes were the first team out on track in the Bahrain test and the rest of the teams were quick to follow rookie Kimi Antonelli out of the pit lane.

Most teams completed a full race distance in the morning session. Liam Lawson suffered the first big moment of the day, flatspotting his tyres with a spin out of Turn 2 and being lucky to keep the RB21 out of the barriers and avoid the gravel trap. His team-mate Max Verstappen also had some smaller off-track endeavours during his first laps of the afternoon session.

With plenty of work to do for the teams over the lunch hour – mostly preparing the cars for the second driver of the day to take over – there was a slow start to the afternoon. After 20 minutes passed with no action, cars began to return to the track. Isack Hadjar’s spin in his Racing Bull was the only talking point in the early stages of the afternoon, though Lando Norris’ lack of running in the McLaren caught the attention of many.

The first red flag of pre-season testing was shown with two hours of the afternoon session remaining – though it was through no fault of any driver. Simultaneously, the floodlights around the circuit dimmed and teams’ garages fell under darkness due to a power cut at the track, caused by an external substation failure.

The delay lasted for over an hour. On-track action resuming with 50 minutes remaining on the clock. The session was extended by an hour as result of the substantial red flag period.

Antonelli set the fastest time in the morning session but ended the day seventh, with Lando Norris setting the fastest time of the day overall, lapping with a 1:30.430 on the C3 tyres. Haas completed the furthest distance, while Sauber completed the fewest laps.

2025 F1 TESTING DAY 1 RESULT

Pos	Driver	Team	Lap Time	Diff	Tyre	Laps Complete
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.430	–	C3	52
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.587	0.157s	C3	70
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.674	0.244s	C3	74
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.878	0.448s	C3	71
5	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:30.955	0.525s	C3	68
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.353	0.923s	C3	72
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.428	0.998s	C3	78
8	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	1:31.560	1.130s	C3	58
9	Alex Albon	Williams	1:31.573	1.143s	C3	63
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:31.610	1.180s	C3	78
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:31.631	1.201s	C3	76
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	1:31.690	1.260s	C3	59
13	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.834	1.404s	C3	70
14	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:31.841	1.411s	C3	68
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.874	1.444s	C3	46
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.949	1.519s	C3	42
17	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.084	1.654s	C3	66
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	1:32.169	1.739s	C3	55
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:33.600	3.170s	C3	88
20	Ollie Bearman	Haas	1:35.522	5.092s	C3	72

2025 F1 TESTING STATISTICS

FASTEST LAP BY EACH DRIVER

The table below shows the fastest lap time set by each driver over the three days of pre-season 2025 F1 testing.

Pos	Driver	Team	Lap Time	Diff	Tyre	Day
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.430		C3	1
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.587	0.157s	C3	1
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.674	0.244s	C3	1
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.878	0.448s	C3	1
5	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:30.955	0.525s	C3	1
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.353	0.923s	C3	1
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.428	0.998s	C3	1
8	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	1:31.560	1.130s	C3	1
9	Alex Albon	Williams	1:31.573	1.143s	C3	1
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:31.610	1.180s	C3	1
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:31.631	1.201s	C3	1
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	1:31.690	1.260s	C3	1
13	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.834	1.404s	C3	1
14	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:31.841	1.411s	C3	1
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.874	1.444s	C3	1
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.949	1.519s	C3	1
17	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.084	1.654s	C3	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	1:32.169	1.739s	C3	1
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:33.600	3.170s	C3	1
20	Ollie Bearman	Haas	1:35.522	5.092s	C3	1

FASTEST LAP BY EACH TEAM

The table below shows the fastest lap time set by each team over the three days of pre-season 2025 F1 testing.

Pos	Driver	Team	Lap Time	Diff	Tyre	Day
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.430	–	C3	1
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.587	0.157s	C3	1
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.674	0.244s	C3	1
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.878	0.448s	C3	1
5	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:30.955	0.525s	C3	1
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.353	0.923s	C3	1
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:31.610	1.180s	C3	1
8	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	1:31.690	1.260s	C3	1
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.874	1.444s	C3	1
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:33.600	3.170s	C3	1

FASTEST SECTOR TIMES BY DRIVER

The table below shows the fastest sector times set by each driver over the three days of pre-season F1 testing in 2025

Driver	FASTEST S1	FASTEST S2	FASTEST S3
Verstappen	28.952	39.062	22.660
Lawson	29.354	39.243	22.829
Norris	29.126	38.700	22.604
Piastri	29.696	39.308	22.943
Hamilton	29.218	39.438	22.990
Leclerc	29.319	38.984	22.578
Russell	29.198	38.893	22.496
Antonelli	29.493	39.270	22.665
Alonso	29.391	39.235	23.033
Stroll	29.409	39.380	22.992
Gasly	29.343	39.275	22.631
Doohan	29.394	39.289	22.933
Ocon	30.233	40.012	23.156
Bearman	30.658	41.102	23.456
Tsunoda	29.410	39.373	22.814
Hadjar	29.382	39.282	22.847
Sainz	29.137	39.153	22.665
Albon	29.302	39.429	22.842
Hulkenberg	29.523	39.569	22.987
Bortoleto	29.270	39.515	22.905

FASTEST SECTOR TIMES BY TEAM

The table below shows the fastest sector times set by each team over the three days of pre-season F1 testing in 2025.

Team	FASTEST S1	FASTEST S2	FASTEST S3
Red Bull	28.952	39.062	22.660
McLaren	29.126	38.700	22.604
Ferrari	29.218	38.984	22.578
Mercedes	29.198	38.893	22.496
Aston Martin	29.391	39.235	22.992
Alpine	29.343	39.275	22.631
Haas	30.233	40.012	23.156
Racing Bulls	29.382	39.282	22.814
Williams	29.137	39.153	22.665
Sauber	29.270	39.515	22.905

DRIVER LAP COUNT

The table below shows the total number of laps completed by each driver in each session across the three days of pre-season F1 testing in 2025.

Driver	DAY 1	TOTAL
Verstappen	74	74
Lawson	58	58
Norris	52	52
Piastri	66	66
Hamilton	70	70
Leclerc	71	71
Russell	70	70
Antonelli	78	78
Alonso	46	46
Stroll	42	42
Gasly	72	72
Doohan	68	68
Ocon	88	88
Bearman	72	72
Tsunoda	78	78
Hadjar	76	76
Sainz	68	68
Albon	63	63
Hulkenberg	55	55
Bortoleto	59	59

TEAM LAP COUNT

The table below shows the total number of laps completed by each team in each session across the three days of pre-season F1 testing in 2025.

Team	DAY 1	TOTAL
Red Bull	132	132
McLaren	118	118
Ferrari	141	141
Mercedes	148	148
Aston Martin	88	88
Alpine	140	140
Haas	160	160
Racing Bulls	154	154
Williams	131	131
Sauber	114	114

CAUSES OF RED FLAGS

Here is a list of every time that track action was stopped during pre-season 2025 F1 testing:

DAY 1

The first red flag of F1 testing in 2025 was shown two hours into the afternoon session on Day 1. It was the result of a power failure, which caused the circuit’s floodlights and the lights in teams’ garages to go out. The red flag period lasted just over an hour and an extra hour was added to the session to make up for the lost time.