{"id":466684,"date":"2026-02-10T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466684\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:00:09","slug":"bahrain-f1-test-week-1-who-is-driving-when-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466684\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain F1 test week 1: Who is driving when"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All 11 Formula 1 teams will each enter one car per day over the first three-day test, which runs from Wednesday 11 until Friday 13 February. Motorsport.com will be on-site to bring you all the latest news and insight from the paddock, as well as live timing.<\/p>\n<p>Cars will hit the track from 10am to 2pm and from 3pm to 7pm local Bahrain time (AST, GMT+3). Here&#8217;s how teams will split their line-ups across each day, with most teams electing to split their drivers between the morning and afternoon sessions. This overview will be updated.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain Test 1 Line-ups<\/p>\n<p>Team<br \/>\nWednesday<br \/>\nThursday<br \/>\nFriday<\/p>\n<p>McLaren<br \/>\nPiastri \/ Norris<br \/>\nNorris<br \/>\nPiastri<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes<br \/>\nRussell \/ Antonelli<br \/>\nAntonelli \/ Russell<br \/>\nRussell \/ Antonelli<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull<br \/>\nVerstappen<br \/>\nHadjar<br \/>\nVerstappen \/ Hadjar<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari<br \/>\nHamilton \/ Leclerc<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Williams<br \/>\nSainz \/ Albon<br \/>\nAlbon \/ Sainz<br \/>\nSainz \/ Albon<\/p>\n<p>Racing Bulls<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aston Martin<br \/>\nStroll<br \/>\nAlonso<br \/>\nStroll<\/p>\n<p>Haas<br \/>\nOcon<br \/>\nBearman<br \/>\nBearman \/ Ocon<\/p>\n<p>Audi<br \/>\nBortoleto \/ Hulkenberg<br \/>\nHulkenberg \/ Bortoleto<br \/>\nBortoleto \/ Hulkenberg<\/p>\n<p>Alpine<br \/>\nColapinto \/ Gasly<br \/>\nGasly\u00a0<br \/>\nColapinto<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac<br \/>\nBottas \/ Perez<br \/>\nPerez \/ Bottas<br \/>\nBottas \/ Perez<\/p>\n<p>The second three-day test will be held the following week from 18-20 February, before the F1 circus travels to Australia for the 2026 season opener on 8 March.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll continue to update this as more driver sessions are announced ahead of the Bahrain test.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770760809_833_oscar-piastri-mclaren.jpg\" alt=\"Teams shook down their 2026 machinery in Barcelona at the end of January.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Teams shook down their 2026 machinery in Barcelona at the end of January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: McLaren<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 11 Formula 1 teams will each enter one car per day over the first three-day test, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[190407,121187,188569,49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-466684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-bahrain-f1-test-week-1-who-is-driving-when","9":"tag-bahrain-international-circuit","10":"tag-bahrain-pre-season-testing","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-f1","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-formula1","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}