After a combined 24 hours of track action, F1’s preseason testing has come to an end - and the paddock now enters the preparation phase

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.

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