{"id":493116,"date":"2026-02-20T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493116\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:18:10","slug":"f1-testing-results-fastest-times-total-laps-from-2026-pre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493116\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 testing results: Fastest times + total laps from 2026 pre-season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 pre-season testing is complete for 2026, with (most) teams having 11 days&#8217; worth of data to pour over now in preparation for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in a fortnight&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>While extrapolating too much from the times and lap counts is a risky game, it always makes for fascinating reading &#8211; so we&#8217;ve brought everything together for you here.<\/p>\n<p>As we produced end-of-test times and totals for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-race.com\/formula-1\/full-2026-bahrain-f1-test-one-results-fastest-times-total-laps\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first Bahrain test last week<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-race.com\/formula-1\/best-times-and-total-mileage-for-every-f1-team-and-driver-at-barcelona\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona &#8216;shakedown week&#8217; test<\/a> at the end of January, we&#8217;ve provided the data for the second week in Bahrain AND every team&#8217;s combined testing mileage below:<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain test two: Fastest laps by driver<\/p>\n<p>1 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m31.992s, Day 3<br \/>2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 1m32.803s, Day 2<br \/>3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1m32.861s, Day 3<br \/>4 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m32.871s, Day 3<br \/>5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m33.109s, Day 3<br \/>6 George Russell (Mercedes) 1m33.197s, Day 3<br \/>7 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 1m33.408s, Day 2<br \/>8 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1m33.421s, Day 3<br \/>9 Ollie Bearman (Haas) 1m33.487s, Day 3<br \/>10 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) 1m33.755s, Day 3<br \/>11 Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 1m33.818s, Day 2<br \/>12 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) 1m33.987s, Day 2<br \/>13 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 1m34.149s, Day 3<br \/>14 Esteban Ocon (Haas) 1m34.201s, Day 2<br \/>15 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 1m34.260s, Day 1<br \/>16 Carlos Sainz (Williams) 1m34.342s, Day 3<br \/>17 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 1m34.532s, Day 2<br \/>18 Alex Albon (Williams) 1m34.555s, Day 2<br \/>19 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) 1m35.290s, Day 3<br \/>20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac) 1m35.369s, Day 2<br \/>21 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 1m35.974s, Day 1<br \/>22 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1m36.536s, Day 1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f1_2026_test2_final_times.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"  \/>Fastest laps by driver (gap to leader)<\/p>\n<p>1 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m31.992s<br \/>2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.811s<br \/>3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.869s<br \/>4 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.879s<br \/>5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +1.117s<br \/>6 George Russell (Mercedes) +1.205s<br \/>7 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +1.416s<br \/>8 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +1.429s<br \/>9 Ollie Bearman (Haas) +1.495s<br \/>10 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) +1.763s<br \/>11 Franco Colapinto (Alpine) +1.826s<br \/>12 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) +1.995s<br \/>13 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) +2.157s<br \/>14 Esteban Ocon (Haas) +2.209s<br \/>15 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) +2.268s<br \/>16 Carlos Sainz (Williams) +2.350s<br \/>17 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) +2.540s<br \/>18 Alex Albon (Williams) +2.563<br \/>19 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) +3.298s<br \/>20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac) +3.377s<br \/>21 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) +3.982s<br \/>22 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +4.544s<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f1_2026_test2_times.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1128\"  \/>Fastest laps by team<\/p>\n<p>1 Ferrari 1m31.992s<br \/>2 Mercedes 1m32.803s (+0.811s)<br \/>3 McLaren 1m32.861s (+0.869s)<br \/>4 Red Bull 1m33.109s (+1.117s)<br \/>5 Alpine 1m33.421s (+1.429s)<br \/>6 Haas 1m33.487s (+1.495s)<br \/>7 Audi 1m33.755s (+1.763s)<br \/>8 Racing Bulls 1m34.149s (+2.157s)<br \/>9 Williams 1m34.342s (+2.350s)<br \/>10 Cadillac 1m35.290s (+3.298s)<br \/>11 Aston Martin 1m35.974s (+3.982s)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f1_2026_test2_driver_mileage_total.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"  \/>Total laps\/km by team<\/p>\n<p>1 Mercedes 432 laps\/2337km<br \/>2 Racing Bulls 407 laps\/2202km<br \/>3 Haas 404 laps\/2186km<br \/>4 McLaren 395 laps\/2137km<br \/>5 Williams 368 laps\/1991km<br \/>6 Alpine 359 laps\/1942km<br \/>7 Audi 357 laps\/1932km<br \/>8 Red Bull 329 laps\/1780km<br \/>9 Ferrari 324 laps\/1753km<br \/>10 Cadillac 266 laps\/1439km<br \/>11 Aston Martin 128 laps\/692km<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f1_2026_test2_mileage.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1127\"  \/>Total laps\/km by driver<\/p>\n<p>1 Lindblad 240 laps\/1298km<br \/>2 Russell 235 laps\/1271km<br \/>3 Piastri 222 laps\/1201km<br \/>4 Ocon 205 laps\/1109km<br \/>5 Verstappen 204 laps\/1104km<br \/>6 Leclerc 202 laps\/1093km<br \/>7 Bearman 199 laps\/1076km<br \/>8 Antonelli 197 laps\/1066km<br \/>9 Sainz 196 laps\/1060km<br \/>10 Hulkenberg 186 laps\/1006km<br \/>11 Colapinto 180 laps\/974km<br \/>12 Gasly 179 laps\/968km<br \/>13 Norris 173 laps\/936km<br \/>14 Albon 172 laps\/930km<br \/>15 Bortoleto 171 laps\/925km<br \/>16 Lawson 167 laps\/903km<br \/>17 Perez 135 laps\/730km<br \/>18 Bottas 131 laps\/708km<br \/>19 Hadjar 125 laps\/676km<br \/>20 Hamilton 122 laps\/660km<br \/>21 Alonso 96 laps\/519km<br \/>22 Stroll 32 laps\/173km<\/p>\n<p>Total laps\/km by engine<\/p>\n<p>1 Mercedes 1554 laps\/8410km<br \/>2 Ferrari 994 laps\/5379km<br \/>3 RBPT 736 laps\/3983km<br \/>4 Audi 357 laps\/1932km<br \/>5 Honda 128 laps\/692km<\/p>\n<p>Combined: Total pre-season running by team<\/p>\n<p>1 Mercedes 6193km<br \/>2 Haas 6095km<br \/>3 Ferrari 6090km<br \/>4 McLaren 5759km<br \/>5 Racing Bulls 5458km<br \/>6 Alpine 5289km<br \/>7 Red Bull 5048km<br \/>8 Audi 4966km<br \/>9 Williams 4275km<br \/>10 Cadillac 3935km<br \/>11 Aston Martin 2111km<\/p>\n<p>Total pre-season running by engine<\/p>\n<p>1 Mercedes 21,515km<br \/>2 Ferrari 16,121km<br \/>3 RBPT 10,506km<br \/>4 Audi 4966km<br \/>5 Honda 2111km<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 pre-season testing is complete for 2026, with (most) teams having 11 days&#8217; worth of 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