GALLERY: The best pics from Day 2 of pre-season testing in Bahrain

Mar 13, 2021 9:50am UTC

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Carlos Sainz of Spain driving the (55) Scuderia Ferrari SF21 on track — Carlos Sainz at the wheel for Ferrari

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas — Lewis Hamilton was back in the car on Saturday after a tricky Friday for Mercedes

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) Alpine A521 Renault on track — Fernando Alonso got his first taste of the new Alpine A521 on Saturday

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Daniel Ricciardo of Australia driving the (3) McLaren F1 Team MCL35M — McLaren bring out the flow-vis paint on Daniel Ricciardo's MCL35M

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Sergio Perez of Mexico and Red Bull Racing prepares to drive in the — Sergio Perez prepares for his first runs with his new team Red Bull

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the (11) Red Bull Racing RB16B Honda on — Perez out on track in the RB16B

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Nikita Mazepin of Russia driving the (9) Haas F1 Team VF-21 Ferrari — Nikita Mazepin was back in the car for Haas

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Antonio Giovinazzi of Italy driving the (99) Alfa Romeo Racing C41 — Antonio Giovinazzi was getting the laps done for Alfa Romeo

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive in the — Yuki Tsunoda gets ready to head back out on track for AlphaTauri

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Carlos Sainz of Spain driving the (55) Scuderia Ferrari SF21 during — Sainz at the wheel of the SF21

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Aston Martin AMR21 — Sebastian Vettel managed only six laps before a gearbox issue confined him to the garage

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) Alpine A521 Renault during — Alonso is back! How will he do with Alpine this year?

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Nicholas Latifi of Canada driving the (6) Williams Racing FW43B — Nicholas Latifi had a couple of 'moments' in his first session behind the wheel for Williams

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: The car of Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP is removed — The marshals recover Hamilton's beached W12

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP looks dejected after — Leaving Hamilton on foot...

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan driving the (22) Scuderia AlphaTauri AT02 Honda — Tsunoda pulls out of the garage for another run

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren F1 looks on from the pitwall — Norris watches on as Ricciardo leads for McLaren on Saturday morning

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Scuderia Ferrari SF21 — Leclerc's Ferrari contrasts with the Sakhir sky in the evening

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: Pierre Gasly of Scuderia AlphaTauri and France during Day Two of F1 — Pierre Gasly practices a pitstop under the lights

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 13: sp during Day Two of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on — Perez fits some new rubber on his Red Bull testing debut

We got our first glimpse of all 10 of the new F1 cars when pre-season testing got under way at the Bahrain International Circuit yesterday, and they were back out on track on Saturday for Day 2.

After a shocking start for World Champions Mercedes yesterday when gearbox issues limited their running, Lewis Hamilton was out on Saturday morning and was racking up a good amount of laps as the team look to get their programme back on track after they missed almost all of Friday morning's session. But his progress was halted midway through the morning when he went off at Turn 13 and got his W12 beached in the gravel, triggering a red flag.

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Elsewhere Fernando Alonso got his first laps in the new Alpine A521 after his team mate Esteban Ocon handled driving duties on the first day.

Daniel Ricciardo was also in action again and was looking quick in McLaren's new Mercedes-powered MCL25M - as he had on Friday morning, when he topped the time sheets.

But it wasn't all plain sailing - there were spins for Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari, and Nicholas Latifi in the Williams, the latter getting his first running of the three day test after reserve driver Roy Nissany was in the car all day on Friday.

Check out the gallery above for the best pics from testing, which we'll be updating throughout the day.

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