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Carlos Sainz at the wheel for Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton was back in the car on Saturday after a tricky Friday for Mercedes
Fernando Alonso got his first taste of the new Alpine A521 on Saturday
Carlos Sainz had a spin in his Ferrari
McLaren bring out the flow-vis paint on Daniel Ricciardo's MCL35M
Sergio Perez prepares for his first runs with his new team Red Bull
Perez out on track in the RB16B
Nikita Mazepin was back in the car for Haas
Antonio Giovinazzi was getting the laps done for Alfa Romeo
Yuki Tsunoda gets ready to head back out on track for AlphaTauri
Ricciardo was top of the time sheets for much of Saturday morning, as he was on Friday morning
Sainz at the wheel of the SF21
Sebastian Vettel managed only six laps before a gearbox issue confined him to the garage
Alonso is back! How will he do with Alpine this year?
Nicholas Latifi had a couple of 'moments' in his first session behind the wheel for Williams
Hamilton brought out the red flags midway through the morning session after beaching his W12 in the gravel trap
The marshals recover Hamilton's beached W12
Leaving Hamilton on foot...
Tsunoda pulls out of the garage for another run
Alonso back at the wheel
Hamilton's W12 a blur above the horizon
Norris watches on as Ricciardo leads for McLaren on Saturday morning
Sainz's Ferrari stands out on the afternoon of Day 2
Perez drives his RB16B into the sunset on Day 2
Leclerc's Ferrari contrasts with the Sakhir sky in the evening
Latifi goes on a flying run under the floodlights
Pierre Gasly practices a pitstop under the lights
Latifi's Williams glints in the sunset
Perez fits some new rubber on his Red Bull testing debut

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Carlos Sainz at the wheel for Ferrari

We got our first glimpse of all 10 of the new F1 cars when pre-season testing got under way at the Bahrain International Circuit yesterday, and they were back out on track on Saturday for Day 2.

After a shocking start for World Champions Mercedes yesterday when gearbox issues limited their running, Lewis Hamilton was out on Saturday morning and was racking up a good amount of laps as the team look to get their programme back on track after they missed almost all of Friday morning's session. But his progress was halted midway through the morning when he went off at Turn 13 and got his W12 beached in the gravel, triggering a red flag.

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Elsewhere Fernando Alonso got his first laps in the new Alpine A521 after his team mate Esteban Ocon handled driving duties on the first day.

Daniel Ricciardo was also in action again and was looking quick in McLaren's new Mercedes-powered MCL25M - as he had on Friday morning, when he topped the time sheets.

But it wasn't all plain sailing - there were spins for Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari, and Nicholas Latifi in the Williams, the latter getting his first running of the three day test after reserve driver Roy Nissany was in the car all day on Friday.

Check out the gallery above for the best pics from testing, which we'll be updating throughout the day.

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