Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time of Formula 1 pre-season testing so far during the Saturday afternoon session as Mercedes bounced back from a difficult start to proceedings in Bahrain. The Finn's best lap time of 1.30.289 saw him beat the previous benchmark set by Max Verstappen on Friday afternoon. Bottas completed 58 laps in total during the four-hour session. As was the case on Friday, the afternoon session seemed to bring the better of the Bahrain conditions and the faster times as a result, with morning leader Daniel Ricciardo finishing the day with just the ninth fastest time. The teams started the session with the focus on long runs, but with less than an hour remaining most put...
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