Overview
- Franco Colapinto logged 144 laps on the final Bahrain test day and placed eighth in the session with a reported best of 1:35.806.
- Alpine completed 318 laps over the three‑day block, which team director Steve Nielsen described as mostly positive with learning prioritized over outright pace.
- The first day was curtailed for Colapinto by a technical failure the team attributed to an internal error that forced him to stop on track.
- A low‑speed slide during tyre‑warming drew criticism from Ralf Schumacher, but the episode caused no damage and testing continued.
- The final official pre‑season sessions run in Bahrain on Feb. 18–20, with Alpine focused on reliability checks, long‑run rhythm and setup work before Australia in early March.