With two F1 races done for the 2019 season, teams and drivers have their first chance to do some testing work this week at Bahrain International Circuit.
As reported by FormulaRapida.net back in November, Bahrain is hosting the 2019 F1 season’s first in-season test, where the teams can run a rookie driver or choose to use their regular drivers with another test in Barcelona to come, post Spanish-GP.
The two-day test will run on Tuesday (April 2) and Wednesday (April 3) which will have all the 10 teams in action. In addition, Pirelli will have their own slick compound test for the 2020 season with McLaren and Toro Rosso running a car each.
It is the first of the six tests lined-up for the 2019 season which doesn’t feature Renault and Haas. Here’s the line-up for the first in-season test which starts on Tuesday with a mix of young and experienced drivers running:
Mercedes:
Day 1, Tuesday – Lewis Hamilton
Day 2, Wednesday – George Russell
Ferrari:
Day 1, Tuesday – Mick Schumacher
Day 2, Wednesday – Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing:
Day 1, Tuesday – Max Verstappen
Day 2, Wednesday – Dan Ticktum
Renault:
Day 1, Tuesday – Daniel Ricciardo
Day 2, Wednesday – Jack Aitken
Haas:
Day 1, Tuesday – Romain Grosjean (Morning), Pietro Fittipaldi (Afternoon)
Day 2, Wednesday – Pietro Fittipaldi (Morning), Romain Grosjean (Afternoon)
McLaren:
Day 1, Tuesday – Carlos Sainz (Morning), Lando Norris (Afternoon)
Day 2, Wednesday – Lando Norris
Racing Point:
Day 1, Tuesday – Lance Stroll
Day 2, Wednesday – Lance Stroll (Morning), Sergio Perez (Afternoon)
Alfa Romeo Racing:
Day 1, Tuesday – Antonio Giovinazzi
Day 2, Wednesday – Mick Schumacher
Toro Rosso:
Day 1, Tuesday – Alexander Albon
Day 2, Wednesday – Alexander Albon
Williams:
Day 1, Tuesday – George Russell (Morning), Robert Kubica (Afternoon)
Day 2, Wednesday – Nicholas Latifi
Pirelli 2020 tyre test line-up:
McLaren:
Day 1 – Fernando Alonso
Day 2 – Carlos Sainz (Morning), Fernando Alonso (Afternoon)
Toro Rosso:
Day 1 – Daniil Kvyat
Day 2 – Daniil Kvyat
