Lewis Hamilton has followed in the footsteps of former Mercedes team-mate George Russell, setting the fastest lap of pre-season testing during Thursday's morning session. The Brit gave it full gas on his second run on a set of C3 medium-compound tyres, and duly found his way to the top of the timing screens.

To see when the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will be driving in pre-season testing, please see below. From February 26-28 inclusive, the annual pre-season testing puts F1 cars properly through their paces, finally revealing the truth about those off-season whispers.

McLaren seemed competitive in preseason testing last month but Norris has to watch out not only for Verstappen and Hamilton, but also for his own teammate Oscar Piastri, Ferraris