Formula 1 News: Antonelli tops Practice 3 for Bahrain GP in Malaysia

After the Mercedes team was sandbagging on Friday, they turned up the wick on Saturday, and points leader Kimi Antonelli turned a lap of 1m36.302s in his #12 Mercedes to top Practice 3 for the 2026 Bahrain GP at the Sepang International Circuit. –by Mark Cipolloni– Max Verstappen was second in the No. 3 Red Bull-Ford, 0.278s off the Italian. Teammate Isack Hadjar made it both Red Bulls in the top three, 0.558s behind in the No. 6. George Russell could only manage fourth in the other Mercedes, the No. 63, 0.610s down on Antonelli. Ferrari faded after a stronger…