The start of the new Formula 1 season gets ever closer with the teams heading to Bahrain for two preseason testing events starting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The cars have already had a run out in Barcelona behind closed doors, but official preseason testing takes place at the Bahrain International Circuit with all 11 teams present for two three-day tests.<\/p>\n
It’ll prove the final chance for teams to fine-tune their cars before the season gets underway with the first race in Australia taking place on March 8.<\/p>\n
F1 preseason testing is finally here and for all your time, TV and streaming details, look no further than The Sporting News for a full guide.<\/p>\n
Where to watch F1 preseason testing in Bahrain: TV channel, live streamTV channelStreamingSky Sports F1<\/p>\n
\u00a0Sky Go, NOW TV<\/p>\n
In the UK, Sky Sports has the rights to F1 for the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sky Sports will be showing live coverage of both Bahrain test events with Sky Go and NOW TV live stream options.<\/p>\n
During the opening week of testing in Bahrain, only the final hour of running will be broadcast live from 3 p.m. GMT on Sky Sports F1.<\/p>\n
Full live coverage will begin during the second week, with Sky Sports broadcasts running from 6:50 a.m. to 11 a.m., and then resuming at 11:55 a.m. through til 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
F1 testing in Bahrain\u00a0start time<\/p>\n
Testing in Bahrain will take place across two three-day events at the\u00a0Bahrain International Circuit with the first session getting underway on Wednesday, February 11.<\/p>\n
Here are the key start times for fans in the UK:<\/p>\n
Bahrain test 1<\/p>\n
All times GMT<\/p>\n
Wednesday, Feb 11: 7 a.m. \u2014 4 p.m.
Thursday, Feb 12: 7 a.m. \u2014 4 p.m.
Friday, Feb 13: 7 a.m. \u2014 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
Bahrain test 2<\/p>\n
Wednesday, Feb 18: 7 a.m. \u2014 4 p.m.
Thursday, Feb 19:\u00a07 a.m. \u2014 4 p.m.
Friday, Feb 20: 7 a.m. \u2014 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The start of the new Formula 1 season gets ever closer with the teams heading to Bahrain for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-467380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467380","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=467380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}