F1 Testing 2026

F1 2026 Bahrain Testing: Driver lineups and timetable for all 11 teams

Kerry Violet Tuesday 10 February 2026 23:00 Updated: 23:16

The first round of official pre-season testing for the 2026 F1 championship begins TODAY (Wednesday, February 11) at the Bahrain International Circuit.

We have already seen 10 teams debut their new machinery out on track thanks to last month's private pre-season shakedown in Barcelona, where only Williams failed to make it to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at all.

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets on the final day of the January shakedown, but due to the testing taking place behind closed doors, none of the timings were official.

This week however, the lap count and times are expected to be made available to the public and Sky Sports F1 will also be providing live coverage of the final hour of testing between February 11 and February 13, as well as broadcasting testing wraps and Ted's Testing Notebook shows each evening.

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When will each each team and their drivers be in action in Bahrain?

So, when will the drivers be taking to the track this week to test out all the changes on their lighter, smaller cars following the regulations overhaul?

Each team have chosen to either split their driver duo up for the morning and afternoon testing sessions, or dedicate an entire day to each of their drivers. And we now have full details for day one for every single team.

This week's pre-season testing will take place between 10am and 7pm local time (AST) which translates to 7am until 4pm GMT, meaning the final hour testing broadcast will begin at 3pm on Sky F1.

Keep an eye on this article for the very latest updates:

Bahrain F1 Testing Lineup
Team	Wed AM	Wed PM	Thu AM	Thu PM	Fri AM	Fri PM
McLaren	Piastri	Norris	Norris	Norris	Piastri	Piastri
Mercedes	Russell	Antonelli	Antonelli	Russell	Russell	Antonelli
Red Bull	Verstappen	Verstappen	Hadjar	Hadjar	Verstappen	Hadjar
Ferrari	Hamilton	Leclerc	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Williams	Sainz	Albon	Albon	Sainz	Sainz	Albon
Racing Bulls	Lindblad	Lindblad	Lawson	Lindblad	Lawson	Lawson
Aston Martin	Stroll	Stroll	Alonso	Alonso	Stroll	Stroll
Haas	Ocon	Ocon	Bearman	Bearman	Bearman	Ocon
Audi	Bortoleto	Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg	Bortoleto	Bortoleto	Hulkenberg
Alpine	Colapinto	Gasly	Gasly	Gasly	Colapinto	Colapinto
Cadillac	Bottas	Perez	Perez	Bottas	Bottas	Perez

When does the 2026 F1 season start?

After the first round of pre-season tests in Bahrain this week, the second round will continue from February 18 until February 20.

All 11 teams will then be in action when the 2026 season starts in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. The first race of the year takes place on March 8 at 3pm local time (AEDT), 4am GMT, and 11pm ET.

F1 pre-season testing Bahrain International Circuit