Lewis Hamilton alone in the world in Bahrain

Nico Hulkenberg Wednesday, Kevin Magnussen yesterday. Engines Mercedes prove that they are one step ahead of their rivals Ferrari et Renault. For this morning of the third day of the first week of pre-season testing in Bahrain, Lewis Hamilton continues the dominance of the German V6 turbo/hybrid block. With a 1'34″263, the Englishman signed the best performance on the Sakhir track since Wednesday. The 2008 world champion is getting closer and closer to last year's best times, within 2″. Jenson Button is back behind the wheel of his MP4-29. Only Force India was slowed down after a night where the team worked hard on the VJM07

In the other teams, Pastor Maldonado made his first official laps in 2014 at the wheel of the Lotus E22. The Venezuelan covered 18 laps but caused a red flag around 11am. The stable ofenstone still has to accumulate the kilometers despite everything. Driving is that Sauber performed perfectly this morning with the Mexican Esteban Gutiérrez. If the young driver of the teamHinwil ranked 2nd at the break, he also covered the most laps with 45 loops.

Marussia had a complicated morning as Max Chilton was forced to stop early this morning, in a cloud of smoke coming from the Ferrari V6 of his MR03. Ferrari only completed 12 laps with Finn Kimi Räikkönen. The stable Williams who will race his two drivers today Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa carried out multiple start and pit stop procedures with the Finn this morning.

The Red Bull et Toro Rosso ran normally this morning with Daniel Ricciardo (23 laps) and Daniil Kvyat (26 laps).

Mid-day standings:

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:34.263 / 25 laps
2. Esteban Gutiérrez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:37.180 / 45 laps
3. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:37.258 / 28 laps
4. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus-Renault) 1:39.642 / 18 laps
5. Sergio Pérez (Force India-Mercedes) 1:40.339 / 15 laps
6. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull-Renault) 1:40.781 / 23 laps
7. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso-Renault) 1:40.801 / 26 laps
8. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 1:41.336 / 12 laps
9. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham-Renault) 1:43.602 / 33 laps
10. Max Chilton (Marussia-Ferrari) 1:46.672 / 4 laps
11. Valtteri Bottas (Williams-Mercedes) 55 laps