With just one day left for the second 2020 F1 pre-season testing to kick-off at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, the teams line-up is set for action.
Unlike 2019, the 2020 F1 pre-season test will only be of three days each, with the first one already done and the second one on slated for February 26-28 – albeit both to run at Barcelona circuit. The teams have only six days instead of the eight they had before.
It will be usual running as the testing starts at 9:00 AM local time, with the morning session to run until 13:00 PM local time. There will be one hour of break with the running to resume at 14:00 PM local time and finish at 18:00 PM local time.
As known are only couple of changes from last year in the F1 driver line-up as Renault will see Esteban Ocon running alongside Daniel Ricciardo, while Williams will have Nicholas Latifi at the side of George Russell. The only other switch is at Red Bull Racing.
Alexander Albon gets a full-time seat with Pierre Gasly returning to re-branded AlphaTauri. Among all the 10 F1 teams, only Alfa Romeo Racing will give a session to development driver Robert Kubica, with Kimi Raikkonen sacrificing his track time.
The first of testing saw Lewis Hamilton lead the drivers lap count with 273 as Mercedes undertaking 494 and 1187 – the latter taking into all the three teams. The full schedule is here for Test 2 of 2020 F1 pre-season test:
Mercedes:
Wednesday –
Thursday –
Friday –
Ferrari:
Wednesday – Sebastian Vettel (AM), Charles Leclerc (PM)
Thursday – Sebastian Vettel
Friday – Charles Leclerc
Red Bull Racing:
Wednesday – Alexander Albon (AM), Max Verstappen (PM)
Thursday – Max Verstappen (AM), Alexander Albon (PM)
Friday – Alexander Albon (AM), Max Verstappen (AM)
McLaren:
Wednesday – Carlos Sainz (AM), Lando Norris (PM)
Thursday – Lando Norris
Friday – Carlos Sainz
Renault:
Wednesday – Daniel Ricciardo (AM), Esteban Ocon (PM)
Thursday – Esteban Ocon (AM), Daniel Ricciardo (PM)
Friday – Daniel Ricciardo (AM), Esteban Ocon (PM)
AlphaTauri:
Wednesday – Pierre Gasly (AM), Daniil Kvyat (PM)
Thursday – Pierre Gasly
Friday – Daniil Kvyat
Racing Point:
Wednesday – Lance Stroll (AM), Sergio Perez (PM)
Thursday – Lance Stroll
Friday – Sergio Perez
Alfa Romeo Racing:
Wednesday – Robert Kubica (AM), Kimi Raikkonen (PM)
Thursday – Antonio Giovinazzi
Friday – Kimi Raikkonen
Haas F1 Team:
Wednesday – Romain Grosjean
Thursday – Kevin Magnussen
Friday – Kevin Magnussen (AM), Romain Grosjean (PM)
Williams Racing:
Wednesday – Nicholas Latifi (AM), George Russell (PM)
Thursday – Nicholas Latifi
Friday – George Russell
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