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flag Lando Norris led first-day 2026 F1 testing in Bahrain with fastest lap; Verstappen logged most laps, Hamilton spun out, others failed to complete laps.

flag Lando Norris set the fastest lap time of 1:34.669 during the first day of 2026 Formula 1 preseason testing at Bahrain, leading McLaren’s strong start. flag Max Verstappen followed closely with a time of 1:34.798, completing 136 laps—the most of any driver—while Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon also logged over 79 and 115 laps respectively. flag Lewis Hamilton spun out in Turn 1 due to a wind gust, recording the seventh-best time. flag Isack Hadjar, Fernando Alonso, Liam Lawson, and Oliver Bearman completed no laps. flag The entire field ran 1,143 laps on the 3.36-mile track.

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