#F1 2021 Pre-Season Testing Driver Line-ups for @BAH_Int_Circuit.
Charles Leclerc, #16, Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow, SF21, gives his new office it's first shakedown in the team's filming day at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. Image credit to Scuderia Ferrari. F1 Pre-Season Testing.
After a long-busy winter, all ten F1 teams will push their new cars to the limits today at the Bahrain International Circuit as the track host’s pre-season testing over three days.
The days running begins 10am local time (5:30pm Adelaide time) running for four hours before an hour break, and then the lights go green again until 7pm (2:30am Adelaide time) each day. The final hour will be used to replicate the conditions of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix under the bright lights.
Several teams have opted to split the days between their respective drivers, whilst the others have allocated a full day of running before dividing the duties on the final day.
Out of all the ten outfits, Williams Racing are the only one that will allow it’s test driver, Roy Nissany to have a day’s worth of track time over the course of the three sessions.
Only three teams, world champions Mercedes, Alfa Romeo Racing and Williams Racing – maintain a stable driver pairing for the 2021 campaign, with the remaining seven refreshing their line-ups.
With only three days running this year, compared to a huge six, spread over two weeks last year and 2019, which was down from eight in previous years, teams will want a trouble-free three days, wracking up as much mileage as possible at the Bahrain International Circuit ahead of the upcoming season-opening Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2021 from March 26-28.
2021 F1 Pre-Season Testing Day One – Friday March 12
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team – F1 W12 – Valtteri Bottas AM / Lewis Hamilton PM
Red Bull Racing-Honda – RB16B – Max Verstappen
McLaren F1 Team – MCL35M – Daniel Ricciardo AM / Lando Norris PM
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team – AMR21 – Sebastian Vettel AM / Lance Stroll PM
Alpine F1 Team – A521 – Esteban Ocon
Scuderia Ferrari – SF21 – Charles Leclerc AM / Carlos Sainz PM
Scuderia AlphaTauri – AT02 – Pierre Gasly AM / Yuki Tsunoda PM
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN – C41 – Kimi Raikkonen AM / Antonio Giovinazzi PM
Uralkali Haas F1 Team – VF-21 – Mick Schumacher AM / Nikita Mazepin PM
Williams Racing – FW43B – Roy Nissany
2021 F1 Pre-Season Testing Day Two – Saturday March 13
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team – F1 W12 – Lewis Hamilton AM / Valtteri Bottas PM
Red Bull Racing-Honda – RB16B – Sergio Perez
McLaren F1 Team – MCL35M – Daniel Ricciardo AM/Lando Norris PM
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team – AMR21 – Sebastian Vettel AM/Lance Stroll PM
Alpine F1 Team – A521 – Fernando Alonso
Scuderia Ferrari – SF21 – Carlos Sainz AM / Charles Leclerc PM
Scuderia AlphaTauri – AT02 – Yuki Tsunoda AM / Pierre Gasly PM
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN – C41 – Antonio Giovinazzi
Uralkali Haas F1 Team – VF-21 – Nikita Mazepin AM / Mick Schumacher PM
Williams Racing – FW43B – Nicholas Latifi
2021 F1 Pre-Season Testing Day Three – Sunday March 14
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team – F1 W12 – Valtteri Bottas AM / Lewis Hamilton PM
Red Bull Racing-Honda – RB16B – Sergio Perez AM / Max Verstappen PM
McLaren F1 Team – MCL35M – Lando Norris AM / Daniel Ricciardo PM
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team – AMR21 – Lance Stroll AM / Sebastian Vettel PM
Alpine F1 Team – A521 – Esteban Ocon AM / Fernando Alonso PM
Scuderia Ferrari – SF21 – Charles Leclerc AM / Carlos Sainz PM
Scuderia AlphaTauri – AT02 – Pierre Gasly AM / Yuki Tsunoda PM
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN – C41 – Kimi Raikkonen
Uralkali Haas F1 Team – VF-21 – Mick Schumacher AM / Nikita Mazepin PM
Williams Racing – FW43B – George Russell
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