{"id":471555,"date":"2026-02-13T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/471555\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:28:09","slug":"f1-testing-mercedes-red-bull-hit-issues-as-charles-leclerc-fastest-for-ferrari-day-2-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/471555\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 testing: Mercedes, Red Bull hit issues as Charles Leclerc fastest for Ferrari – Day 2 as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laurence Edmondson<\/p>\n

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Laurence Edmondson<\/p>\n

Senior Writer, F1\u2022\u00a0Joined ESPN in 2009
\u2022\u00a0An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011
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Nate Saunders<\/p>\n

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Nate Saunders<\/p>\n

Senior Writer, F1<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Feb 12, 2026, 11:24 AM ET<\/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 has posted fastest times, most laps?<\/a>
– F1 testing: When and how to watch live, full Bahrain preseason schedule<\/a>
– Ferrari’s Leclerc quickest on Day 2 as Mercedes, Red Bull struggle<\/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 Edmondson Close Laurence Edmondson Senior Writer, F1\u2022\u00a0Joined ESPN in 2009\u2022\u00a0An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011\u00a0and\u00a0 Nate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-471555","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\/471555","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=471555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}