Reflecting on his operating in a Williams debrief video, Sainz commented: “I simply completed a really lengthy day right here in Bahrain – numerous laps, a little bit of a stop-start day with the rain on a regular basis, in Bahrain which is bizarre!
“[There was] rain on-off, wind on-off. It was a little bit of an advanced day, a really lengthy day however a day that we managed to get away with it, do numerous laps, improvise a bit the run plan as we have been shifting on, and we managed to finish the entire programme.
AS IT HAPPENED: All the action from Day 2 of 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain
“We did some progress relative to yesterday, bettering the steadiness of the automobile and bettering the general feeling with the automobile.”
With Alex Albon taking up driving duties for the third and ultimate day of pre-season testing on Friday, Sainz will now have to attend till the primary race of the season – the Australian Grand Prix on March 14-16 – to get behind the wheel once more.
