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The F1 2026 testing guide

It is behind closed doors that the 2026 Formula 1 cars, synonymous with a new era for Formula 1, will take to the asphalt for the first time on Monday, January 26. These three days of closed-door testing will be followed by six more in Bahrain, which Pierre Hamelin, Racing Bulls track engineer, helps us decipher. Quiet on set.

Published 25/01/2026 à 15:20

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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The F1 2026 testing guide

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Everything changes in Formula 1 This season, even the winter tests. While they had been reduced to three days for the past two years, they are regaining their consistency. The last time the sport benefited from nearly nine days of testing was in 2015, when it enjoyed 12 days in Jerez and Barcelona. That was before the restrictions and the preference given to [unclear - possibly "preferred"].

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Alain Féguenne (🇱🇺 Luxembourg)

25/01/2026 at 10:16 a.m.

Tomorrow, F1 testing... Barcelona, ​​but with many absentees... Ferrari on Tuesday, McLaren on Wednesday, Williams absent, and at least two teams in dark weather... Here in Barcelona, ​​it's 15 degrees, and honestly, I was expecting much... better. 😎Barcelona 👎

Yves-Henri RANDIER

25/01/2026 at 04:33 a.m.

Silence, it's going to be behind closed doors first in Barcelona before Bahrain 1 and 2, which are open to the public, but will there be any spectators at the Sakhir circuit, on the way to Australia? Doubt creeps in, especially since the Bahrain tests two weeks before Melbourne could have taken place in Australia or New Zealand during the Southern Hemisphere summer, with an Oceania crowd that would have turned out in force!

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