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Schumacher wasn't the only one as Brazil's Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of double world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, too had clocked the 12th best time, just over two seconds off the pace in a Haas.

Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, timed the sixth best time in Formula One testing on Wednesday, taking the wheel of an Alfa Romeo Racing car, a day after impressing for Ferrari. The 20-year-old completed 70 laps and clocked the sixth best time of 1min 29.998 sec. "It has been another beautiful day at an F1 track today, and I can only repeat myself as it is just so much fun to drive these cars," said Schumacher.

On Tuesday, European Formula 3 champion Mick Schumacher, who is taking part in the Formula 2 championship this season, drove 56 laps for Ferrari and recorded the second best time of 1min 29.976sec -- a mark bettered only by Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Schumacher wasn't the only one as Brazil's Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of double world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, too had clocked the 12th best time, just over two seconds off the pace in a Haas.

The best time was set by Britain's George Russell, who despite being a Williams driver in the world championship, took a Mercedes to a time-chart leading 1min 29.029.

"Timings don't mean a lot in testing; however, it's always a special experience to be on top of the timesheets," said Russell.