George Russell has posted the fastest time on the final day of Formula 1 preseason testing in Bahrain after the afternoon session was briefly interrupted when a shuttle bus drove on the track.

George Russell wrapped up Formula One's third and final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain with Mercedes on top after he went faster than reigning world champion Max Verstappen in the closing minutes on Friday.

George Russell completed Mercedes testing programme with the fastest time of day 3 of pre-season testing with Max Verstappen second quickest.

Mercedes driver George Russell set the fastest lap time on the final day of preseason testing in Bahrain after beating Max Verstappen's best effort in the final ten minutes of the session.

Russell put the first laps on Mercedes’ W16 at the Bahrain International Circuit, carrying out a shakedown in the build-up to pre-season testing. George Russell ‘definitely wa