Listen to this article Perez used Pirelli’s soft C4 tyres to set a lap om 1m33.105s, comfortably holding top position until the lunchtime interval. Alfa Romeo’s rookie Guanyu Zhou was second on the same compound, eight tenths shy of Perez, with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly third 1.7s behind the Mexican. F1 2022’s 10 teams made the most of their last day of testing ahead of next weekend’s season opener in Sakhir in a four-hour morning session dominated by long runs. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll were among the first drivers to head out as the track opened for all teams at 10am local time, following a single hour of extra running for Kevin Magnussen and Haas. Despite a flurry of activity, it took until the halfway point for Perez to set a truly rapid time on par with the rest of the Bahrain test. Aboard a Red Bull RB18 with updated sidepods he clocked his session topping 1m33.105s on red marked C4 rubber, knocking Zhou off top spot. Third-placed Gasly turned the most laps of anyone, amassing 88 tours of the Sakhir circuit in the AlphaTauri AT03. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was fastest during Friday’s regular session, took fourth with a 1m34.905 on the C5s, Pirelli’s softest compound. Fernando Alonso was fi …