F1 Testing 2023: The driver schedule for Saturday in Bahrain

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen on the grid — Photo: © LAT Images

F1 Testing 2023

F1 Testing 2023: The driver schedule for Saturday in Bahrain

A rundown on who will be in the car in and when in Bahrain on Saturday

Stuart Hodge

Saturday 25 February 2023 07:30 Updated: 08:31

The months of waiting are over and we finally have meaningful F1 action again as 2023 pre-season testing culminates in Bahrain on Saturday.

Three days at the International Circuit in Sakhir are starting to answer some of the tantalising questions experts and fans are asking right now.

Which of the 10 teams have taken a major step forward over the winter, and which ones are about to be very disappointed. And can anybody threaten the all-conquering march of Red Bull and Max Verstappen.

Red Bull will again be red-hot favourites.

The format for testing gives us six sessions, but each driver only gets to try out their new car for three of those sessions.

Article continues under video

Thursday and Friday gave us some valuable pre-season clues, and now we should get more on Saturday.

Driver Schedule for F1 testing 2023 in Bahrain

We now have a driver schedule for Bahrain which is pretty much confirmed, and here it is.

Saturday February 25

The schedule for the third and final day is as folllows:

Team	Morning	Afternoon
Red Bull	Sergio Pérez	Sergio Pérez
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	Carlos Sainz
Mercedes	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton
Alpine	Pierre Gasly	Esteban Ocon
McLaren	Oscar Piastri	Lando Norris
Alfa Romeo	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas
Aston Martin	Felipe Drugovich	Fernando Alonso
Haas	Nico Hülkenberg	Kevin Magnussen
AlphaTauri	Nyck de Vries	Yuki Tsunoda
Williams	Alexander Albon	Alexander Albon