{"id":487410,"date":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487410\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","slug":"follow-day-1-of-second-bahrain-test-as-it-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487410\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Day 1 of second Bahrain test as it happens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F1 testing is back for another three days, so make sure you follow all the action as it happens with insight on the ground from PlanetF1.com.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s running saw productive outings for everyone in the field, but this week represents the final opportunities for drivers and teams to learn their all-new machinery ahead of the season opener in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>F1 testing LIVE: All the action as it happens from Bahrain<\/p>\n<p>Live updates \u2013 F1 2026 Bahrain testing<br \/>\nTrack open from 0700-1600 GMT<br \/>\nWilliams topped lap count chart in first test, Aston Martin at the bottom<\/p>\n<p>Worries about early reliability in this new era were eased with every team completing more than 200 laps last week, with Williams playing catch-up effectively by topping the three-day lap count with 422.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes will be on the garages to see who has brought upgrades to this test, along with how the drivers get to grips with all-new procedures while driving behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the whole day as it happens with the PlanetF1.com team with our live blog:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"F1 testing is back for another three days, so make sure you follow all the action as it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,44,85],"class_list":["post-487410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}