Max Verstappen edges out Alonso to open F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen during Day One of the preseason testing at the Bahrain International Circuit yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Formula One champion Max Verstappen picked up where he left off last season by setting the fastest time in the first session of preseason testing on Thursday.

Verstappen lapped the Bahrain International Circuit nearly .3 seconds faster than Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.

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Alex Albon was third fastest as Williams seemed to have improved its pace from last season, but George Russell was only fifth fastest for Mercedes behind Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu.

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