Testing Day 2: Sainz's speed, Hamilton's progress & Norris's promising race pace
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
After another busy day of running in Bahrain, Edd Straw, Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm reconvene to discuss day 2 of testing.
On today's show the team discuss whether the pace shown by Carlos Sainz to top the timesheet for Williams is genuine, report back on what Lewis Hamilton had to say on his running so far for Ferrari, and explain why McLaren is feeling quietly confident about its pre-season form.
Mark Hughes also shares his day 2 pace analysis, plus there are updates on the progress of every other team on the grid.
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