2025 Winter Testing: Who’s Riding and When?

There is almost nothing missing for the 2025 season to be a success. F1 begins. The action even begins this week with the winter tests. Three days of action (February 26-28) on the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain where the teams and drivers will be able to get a first glimpse of the level of their car concerned.

Like every, the test days will be divided into two sessions. Each lasting 4 hours for a total of 8 hours of driving per day. During each session, the teams will only be able to run one car and one driver. In general, they make sure to alternate between morning and afternoon, although some sometimes rely on a full day with the same driver. However, each driver will complete these winter tests with the same driving time, i.e. 12 hours.

As for the on-track action, each day will start at 8:00 AM (French time) and end at 17:00 PM (French time) with an hour break between 12:00 PM and 13:00 PM. In France, the broadcast will be provided by Canal+ while AUTOhebdo will offer you live commentary each day.

The 2025 winter test driving schedule

Wednesday February 26
McLaren : Piastres (Morning) / Norris (afternoon)
Ferrari : Hamilton (morning) / Leclerc (afternoon)
Red Bull : Lawson (morning) / Verstappen (afternoon)
Mercedes : Antonelli (morning) / Russell (afternoon)
Aston Martin : Alonso (Morning) / Stroll (afternoon)
Alpine : Doohan (morning) / gasly (afternoon)
Haas : Bearman (morning) / Or with (afternoon)
Racing Bulls : tsunoda (morning) / Hadjar (afternoon)
Williams : Albon (Morning) / Sainz (afternoon)
Sauber : Hulkenberg (morning) / Bortoleto (afternoon)

Thursday February 27
McLaren : Piastri (morning) / Norris (afternoon)
Ferrari : Hamilton (morning) / Leclerc (afternoon)
Red Bull : Lawson (day)
Mercedes : Russell (morning) / Antonelli (afternoon)
Aston Martin : Alonso (morning) / Stroll (afternoon)
Alpine : Gasly (morning) / Doohan (afternoon)
Haas : Ocon (morning) / Bearman (afternoon)
Racing Bulls : Tsunoda (morning) / Hadjar (afternoon)
Williams : Sainz (day)
Sauber : Hülkenberg (morning) / Bortoleto (afternoon)

Friday February 28
McLaren : Norris (morning) / Piastri (afternoon)
Ferrari : -
Red Bull : Verstappen (day)
Mercedes : Antonelli (morning) / Russell (afternoon)
Aston Martin : Stroll (morning) / Alonso (afternoon)
Alpine : Doohan (morning) / Gasly (afternoon)
Haas : Bearman (morning) / Ocon (afternoon)
Racing Bulls : Hadjar (morning) / Tsunoda (afternoon)
Williams : Albon (day)
Sauber : Bortoleto (morning) / Hülkenberg (afternoon)

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