{"id":467686,"date":"2026-02-11T08:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467686\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:54:14","slug":"f1-testing-live-lewis-hamilton-max-verstappen-on-track-as-top-teams-vie-for-superiority-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467686\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 testing LIVE: Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen on track as top teams vie for superiority in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Laurence EdmondsonFeb 11, 2026, 08:32 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Joined ESPN in 2009
\u2022\u00a0An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Formula 1’s preseason kicks into overdrive with the first of two tests in Bahrain this week, and you can follow all the action live with ESPN.<\/p>\n

The 11 teams got up and running with the all-new-for-2026 cars in a private test in Barcelona in January, but now comes an acid test in the form of two three-day tests in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

Mercedes appear to have started on the front foot but are Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari also in the frontrunning picture? And who could pull a surprise with a significantly different package in Bahrain?<\/p>\n

– F1 testing: Who posted fastest times, most laps in Barcelona?<\/a>
– F1 testing: When and how to watch live, full Bahrain preseason schedule<\/a>
– F1 2026 car launches: All pictures of new cars as full grid completed<\/a><\/p>\n

The first test in Bahrain only has an hour of live TV coverage a day, but ESPN are on-site in Sakhir ready to provide all the updates and fastest times, as well as reporting from various media sessions.<\/p>\n

Check out all the latest below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laurence EdmondsonFeb 11, 2026, 08:32 AM Close\u2022\u00a0Joined ESPN in 2009\u2022\u00a0An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Multiple Authors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-467686","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\/467686","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=467686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}