In the paddock at the Sakhir Circuit, the background noise of the workers, busy assembling the cars and the pits, was drowned out from time to time by the passing of a single-seater on the track.
McLaren was expected, as planned, for a filming day, but there were actually two teams on track today in Bahrain. Aston Martin was also part of a surprising day of filming, with Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll taking turns at the wheel of the AMR22 .
In the Barcelona test, the British team completed a good mileage in the first two days, although they were forced to finish the test in Spain early due to a problem with the Mercedes power unit.
Today, Vettel and Stroll shared the 100 kilometers allowed by regulation, to carry out a general rehearsal for the tests that begin tomorrow morning on the Middle East track, where the curtain will also be lowered on the 2022 season at the next weekend, from March 18 to 20.
There were long pauses between a few laps and the next, partly due to the positioning of the video and photography equipment used on filming days, but also for the checks by the technical staff.
A novelty that could be seen in the AMR22 is the new mirror mounts that act as flow diverters, vital for the aerodynamics that changes so much with the 2022 regulations.
The hundred kilometers were completed quite quickly, and everything is ready for the green light, which will be given tomorrow at 08:00 a.m. in Spanish peninsular time (10:00 a.m. local time).
