Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set a new fastest la🔴p of Formula 1 pre-season testing on the fi🍰nal morning of running in Bahrain.

Perez’s new benchmark came duri𓆉ng the last hour of the morning session on the third and final day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit as Red Bull sampled Pirelli’s Soft tyres for the first time.

The Mexican had already shot to the top of the timesheets on the Medium C3 tyres before he strapped on a set of C🅺4s and found an extra two-tenths on a 1m30.187s.

Despite being set amid the scorching heat of the Sakhir d𒁏ay, Perez’s time was over a tenth faster than Valtteri Bottas’ previous best effort on the fastest C5 compound from Saturday evening.

Pere🌺z headed early pacesetter Charles Leclerc by nearly three-tenths, though the Ferrari driಌver posted his fastest time on C3s during the first hour of running.

Lando Norris continued McLaren’s excellent pre-season test in his final appearance in the MCL35M before the opening race, with his best lap also coming on Med⛦iums.

AlphaTauri’s Pi🍌erre Gasly was fourth-fastest ahead of Esteban 💞Ocon, who returned to action for Alpine after sitting out the second day of running.

F1 ♐rookie Mick Schumacher sat sixth in the timesheets in his Haas, while Bottas racked up some much-needed mileage for Mercedes as he completed 86 laps with the German manufacturer continuing to make up for lost time after a troubled first two days.

George Russell is in action for the first time for Williams as he gets a full day of running under his belt in the team’s updated FW43B challe🎃nger. The Briton ended the morning in P8, logging 77 laps.

As the ꦇonly other driver to conduct a full day of running, Kimi Raik🔴konen focused largely on long-runs for Alfa Romeo in the morning as he completed the most laps with 91.

Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll was nearly six seconds off the pace as he concluded his testing programme by add🌟ing an encouraging 80 laps to the British squad’s total after gearbox issues hampered its running on Saturday.

FULL RESULTS AT THE LUNCH BREAK ON THE FINAL DAY OF F1 2021 PRE-SE🌊ASON TESTING IN BAHRAIN🐎.