The Frenchman's time of 1m47.516s came ℱin the morning session, beating ART Grand Prix's Victor Martins' lap by 0.086s.

Mart�🔯�ins' initially set the pace in the first session of the day ahead of Trident's Jonny Edgar before attention turned to the longer runs.

Hadjar took to the top as the session progressed as the Red Bull junior✱ showed impressive pace once again in Bahrain.

𝄹Hadjar led Martins and Edgar on the overall classifi🎃cation with Grégoire Saucy slotting into fourth in the other ART car.

After missing the opening day due to an inconclusive COVID-19 test, Juan Manuel Correa🎐 was back in action for ART, setting the fifth-quickest time on his way to fifth.

Next up was Trident's Zane M🦩aloney in sixth ahead of MP Motorsport’s Alex Smolyar and Carlin’s Zꦜak O’Sullivan, who made it into the top 10 for the first time in Bahrain.

Jak Crawford and Jenzeꦕr Motorsport’s William Alatalo completed the top 10, with just 0.475s separating them in the morning session.

Arthu𝓰r൩ Leclerc was 0.5s off the pace in 11th, leading Trident's Roman Stanek and MP's Caio Collet.

All of the drivers set their best times in the morning before turning their attentions to race-running as conditions got hotter throughout t༒he day.

Martins topped the aft𒊎ernoon session but his best time was 0.7s off Hadjဣar's time from this morning.

Testing continues in Bahrain on Friday.