For the second season in a row, Carlos Sainz Jr. stands atop the Formula 1 pre-season testing timing sheets. A year ago Sainz posted the fastest time at Bahrain International Circuit, topping the board with a lap time of 1:29.

Carlos Sainz is having a fantastic February. He was declared the fastest from Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on the second day of F1 pre-season testing. And on Day 3, Sainz, who drives for Williams and previously drove for Ferrari,

Carlos Sainz put in a double shift at pre-season Formula 1 testing on Thursday, the Spaniard topping the times after covering twice the usual Bahrain grand prix race distance of 57 laps at the wheel of his new Williams.

Carlos Sainz set the pace for Williams ahead of Ferrari pair Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, as rain impacted the second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Hamilton had been fastest in the morning session -- when the rain had the biggest effect -- but Sainz was

Carlos Sainz set the pace on the second day of Formula 1 testing at the Sakhir circuit, clocking a 1’29”348 to lead the timesheets.

Almost ironically, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton were the leading men in the second day of F1 pre-season testing. The second day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit offered valuable insights into the performance of Formula 1’s leading teams.

Lewis Hamilton said he's “really enjoying” driving his new Ferrari after he was narrowly beaten in Formula 1 testing results on Thursday by the driver he replaced at Ferrari, Carlos Sainz, Jr. Hamilton's time from the morning session was the fastest for much of the day until new Williams driver Sainz beat it by .