{"id":484368,"date":"2026-02-19T02:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484368\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:58:07","slug":"what-we-learned-from-day-1-of-the-second-2026-pre-season-test-in-bahrain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484368\/","title":{"rendered":"What we learned from Day 1 of the second 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">With the first day of the second 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain now complete, the F1 TV crew are here to analyse the key talking points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">As usual, there was plenty to discuss from the day, <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoid2hpY2hfbWVyY2VkZXNfZHJpdmVyX2dlb3JnZV9ydXNzZWxsX3RvcHBlZF9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L2FydGljbGUvcnVzc2VsbC10b3BzLWRheS0xLW9mLXNlY29uZC1wcmUtc2Vhc29uLXRlc3QtaW4tYmFocmFpbi1haGVhZC1vZi1waWFzdHJpLWFuZC43czc2dG5EZ2ZZbXV3VHZPTlIycE5YIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/russell-tops-day-1-of-second-pre-season-test-in-bahrain-ahead-of-piastri-and.7s76tnDgfYmuwTvONR2pNX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which Mercedes driver George Russell topped<\/a> over McLaren\u2019s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">What do the new cars look and sound like trackside to a former F1 driver? What did the drivers and team bosses have to say during their press conferences? What was agreed upon after <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiZjFfY29tbWlzc2lvbl9hbmRfZjFfcG93ZXJfdW5pdF9hZHZpc29yeV9jb21taXR0ZWVfbWVldGluZ3M\/X2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9sYXRlc3QvYXJ0aWNsZS9maWEtaXNzdWUtc3RhdGVtZW50cy1hZnRlci1mMS1jb21taXNzaW9uLWFuZC1wb3dlci11bml0LWFkdmlzb3J5LWNvbW1pdHRlZS52czJJczNUSU15MWVUNGFEMUFyUkciLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/fia-issue-statements-after-f1-commission-and-power-unit-advisory-committee.vs2Is3TIMy1eT4aD1ArRG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 Commission and F1 Power Unit Advisory Committee meetings?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Our team get stuck into all of these topics and much more, while reviewing who impressed and who struggled on the track, as preparations continue for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in a fortnight\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Hit go on the video player above to join Betty Glover, Lawrence Barretto and Jolyon Palmer as they unpack Day 1 of the second 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the first day of the second 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain now complete, the F1 TV crew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-484368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484368","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=484368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}