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Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has clocked the fastest time on the final morning of 2022 Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Perez set a lap of 1m33.105s on Pirelli’s soft C4 tyres, comfortably maintaining first place until the lunchtime interval.

Alfa Romeo rookie Guanyu Zhou finished second on the same track, eight tenths slower than Perez, with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly third, 1.7 seconds slower.

In a four-hour morning session characterized by long runs, F1 2022’s ten teams made the most of their final day of testing ahead of next weekend’s season opener in Sakhir.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll were among the first drivers to go to the track as it reopened to all teams at 10 a.m. local time after Kevin Magnussen and Haas had a single hour of extra running.

Perez set a lap of 1m33.105s on Pirelli’s soft C4 tyres, comfortably maintaining first place until the noon break.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1:33.105		41
2	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:33.959	+0.854s	80
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.865	+1.760s	89
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.905	+1.800s	68
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:35.328	+2.223s	54
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.504	+2.399s	39
7	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.634	+2.529s	73
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.029	+2.924s	51
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.217	+3.112s	78
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:38.616	+5.511s	38

Table source: motorsport.com

Despite a rush of activity, Perez did not produce a legitimately fast time on pace with the rest of the Bahrain test until the halfway point.