George Russell topped the final morning session of Formula 1’s first Bahrain pre-season test, leading Lewis Hamilton.<br>Russell set the fastest time of the week so far less than half an hour into Friday’s running, with a 1m34.075s on soft tyres. Thirty minutes later, the Mercedes driver improved his own benchmark to a 1m33.918s, precisely as Ferrari’s Hamilton set a 1m34.209s.<br>Nobody ...<a class='more' href='https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-2026-bahrain-pre-season-test-george-russell-even-faster-as-cadillac-causes-red-flag/10797321/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-F1&utm_term=News&utm_content=www'>Keep reading</a>