Live: F1 Bahrain pre-season test - Day 2 | Live text

After Max Verstappen topped yesterday's opening day of running for Red Bull, on-track action resumes from 07:00 GMT (10:00 local time).

All three days follow the same schedule, with running taking place from 10:00 until 14:15, and from 15:15 until 19:30 (all local time), pausing for a lunch break.

All 10 teams are set to be in action for the Bahrain pre-season test, the only opportunity teams will have to properly put their cars through their paces before the 2023 season proper gets under way next weekend.

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The Bahrain pre-season test will take place on 23-25 February ahead of the 2023 F1 season opener at the same venue, the Bahrain Grand Prix, on 3-5 March.

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	Summary Zhou leads day two of F1 testing from Verstappen after bolting on the soft tyres Session back underway after Russell caused a red flag with hydraulic problem Sainz led the morning session from Sargeant, who used soft tyres to put in his eye-catching lap
	Leaderboard Zhou, Alfa Romeo, 1m31.610s, C5 - 133 laps Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m31.650s, C3 - 47 laps Alonso, Aston Martin, 1m32.205s, C3 - 130 laps De Vries, AlphaTauri, 1m32.222s, C5 - 74 laps Hulkenberg, Haas, 1m32.466s, C4 - 68 laps Sainz, Ferrari, 1m32.486s, C3 - 70 laps Sargeant, Williams, 1m32.549s, C5 - 154 laps Leclerc, Ferrari, 1m32.725s, C3 - 68 laps Piastri, McLaren, 1m33.175s, C3 - 74 laps Gasly, Alpine, 1m33.186s, C3 - 59 laps Magnussen, Haas, 1m33.442s, C3 - 67 laps Ocon, Alpine, 1m33.490s, C3 - 49 laps Russell, Mercedes, 1m33.654s, C3 - 26 laps Perez, Red Bull, 1m33.751s, Proto - 76 laps Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m33.954s, C3 - 72 laps Norris, McLaren, 1m35.522s, C2 - 65 laps Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, 1m35.708s, C2 - 85 laps

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18:38 That's all for today. The final day of testing will get underway tomorrow from 7am GMT. We'll be live with you from 6:45am GMT. See you then!

18:36 Alfa Romeo headed day two of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain as Mercedes suffered a stoppage with Russell:

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18:30 And that is day two of testing officially done! Zhou heads Verstappen, Alonso, De Vries, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Sargeant, Leclerc, Piastri, Gasly, Magnussen, Ocon, Russell, Perez, Hamilton, Norris and Tsunoda.

18:28 No troubles for the six cars who took part in that practice start. Red flag procedure is being practiced again now.

18:25 The cars will go around for an extra formation lap now and do a start.

18:25 The first part of the practice start procedure is testing out what happens if there is an aborted start, signified by a set of flashing yellow lights lining the pitwall.

18:22 The red flag has been cleared, so those who can will head out for some practice starts.

18:21 Zhou appeared to have a clutch issue when he went to do a practice start at the end of pitlane. At Williams, Sargeant's car has been chained off even though the car is being shown as not live. Possibly a practice of the protocol for when there is an electrical systems issue.

18:19 Session has now been red-flagged, but - again - this is all part of the systems test.

18:18 But the car has now been wheeled away, so everything appears to be ok at Williams now.

18:18 At Williams, the mechanics are huddled around Sargeant's car wearing yellow gloves suggesting there is some sort of electrical problem.

18:17 Not all plain sailing for Alfa, though, as Zhou has stopped at the end of pitlane and is being wheeled back to his garage.

18:16 With that, Zhou and Alfa Romeo will end day two of the Bahrain test fastest of all.

18:15 And there is the yellow flag, which will quickly become a VSC and then a red flag.

18:09 There is just 21 minutes of running left, but realistically only six before the race direction system checks get underway in the final 15 minutes before the chequered flag.

18:03 Standing next to Bottas in pitlane is new Alfa boss Andreas Seidl who - from certain angles - looks a lot like our head of podcasts Martyn Lee!

18:01 Zhou goes fastest overall in the Alfa Romeo with a 1m31.610s on the soft tyre. Bottas still doesn't give anything away as to how he feels about that.

17:57 Leclerc is out on the C1 hard tyre as he begins a run.

17:56 We're currently watching world champion Verstappen, though he's on a high fuel run right now as his latest effort was 6.3s off his best lap.

17:49 Zhou leaps up to third in the Alfa Romeo with a 1m32.214s. Bottas and his questionable new hairstyle watches on, giving nothing away as to how he might have felt about that.

Live: F1 Bahrain pre-season test - Day 2

Follow live as Formula 1 pre-season testing continues in Bahrain ahead of the 2023 season with the second day of the single test.

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