Who is driving on day 1 of 2025 F1 pre-season test?
26th February 2025Formula 1 heads to the track on Wednesday for the official first on-track action, so who will be driving on day one of pre-season testing?
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The Formula 1 season is back, and the teams and drivers head out on track for the first time in an official session at the Bahrain International Circuit.
This will be the first time the teams and drivers will get some serious mileage under their cars as the teams after their shakedown events.
They will be able to test the car’s reliability and gather data ahead of the final season of these current regulations.
As usual, the session will run for eight hours across the day from 10am to 7pm local time (7am-4pm GMT), with an hour’s break splitting the morning and afternoon sessions.
So who will be driving for who, and when?
Alpine went on track for the first time in 2025 and confirmed the driver programme for pre-season testing. #F1 https://t.co/vtiMGIPAdN
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Morning runners
McLaren – Oscar Piastri
Ferrari – Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull – Liam Lawson
Mercedes – Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso
Alpine – Jack Doohan
Haas – Oliver Bearman
Racing Bulls – Yuki Tsunoda
Williams – Alexander Albon
Sauber – Nico Hulkenberg
Afternoon runners
McLaren – Lando Norris
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc
Red Bull – Max Verstappen
Mercedes – George Russell
Aston Martin – Lance Stroll
Alpine – Pierre Gasly
Haas – Esteban Ocon
Racing Bulls – Isack Hadjar
Williams – Carlos Sainz
Sauber – Gabriel Bortoleto
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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.
