REPORT: Testing Complete with 395 Laps Logged

Pre-season testing ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season is now complete, with Alex Albon wrapping up our programme by logging 137 laps on Friday.

This followed Carlos Sainz’s full day in the FW47 on Thursday, where the Spaniard completed 127 laps across eight hours of running.

Across 24 hours of track time, we have clocked up 395 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit, covering 2,137km of valuable data as we head into the Australian Grand Prix weekend in just under two weeks.

“Day three done with! It was a tricky day,” Albono shared after taking his personal testing tally to 200 laps.

“I don’t know what it was like for the other drivers, but the morning was really difficult with the wind, and we didn’t really get much of a rhythm.

“We had a couple of issues on the car which delayed things as well, so we were struggling a little bit to get going.

“Finally, we got a good long run in and a decent lowish performance run style, ending the day with some more long runs. So all in all, I’m positive.

“I do think we need to look at some data with a couple of areas we need to focus on. The good thing is, we know where the lap time is and I don’t think it’s that hard to achieve, so we’ll do some work around that and get ready for Melbourne!”

Dave Robson, Chief Engineer, was watching on from the Atlassian Williams Racing pit wall, and reflected by saying: “Alex was back in the car for the final day of winter testing.

“Conditions were more challenging today with the strong gusts making testing more difficult.

“However, we were still able to complete some useful work across a range of fuel loads. In preparation for the season ahead, we scanned a range of car configurations and tyre compounds.

“Once again, the FW47 was mostly reliable with only a few minor issues affecting the programme. This puts us in a good place for the opening races of the season.”