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# Bahrain F1 2026 second test: When is each driver in the car?
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/bahrain-f1-2026-test-two-when-is-each-driver-in-car/
- Published: 2026-02-20T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-20T13:08:22.000Z
- Description: Your guide to every team's running plans and when each driver will be on track at the final F1 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain
- Author: Hera Jim
- Tags: Formula 1, #hide-countdown, #mclaren, #mercedes, #red-bull, #ferrari, #williams, #racing-bulls, #aston-martin, #haas, #audi, #alpine, #cadillac

As quickly as that, the 2026 Formula 1 pre-season is almost at its end - with this week's second Bahrain test offering teams the final chance to hone their new cars on-track before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in early March.

Every driver on the grid will be in action across the February 18-20 test in Bahrain but, as is often the case, some teams have chosen to split days between drivers, while others will use a single driver per day.

Those plans may yet change depending on run plans and whether either of the team's two drivers is conspicuously short of mileage due to something unforeseen. But, for now, here is what we know of the plans for the test.

## Team by team

### McLaren

WED: Lando Norris (AM), Oscar Piastri (PM)  
THU: Norris (AM), Piastri (PM)  
FRI: Piastri (AM), Norris (PM)

### Mercedes

WED: Kimi Antonelli (AM), George Russell (PM)  
THU: Russell (AM), Antonelli (PM)  
FRI: Antonelli (AM), Russell (PM)

### Red Bull

WED: Isack Hadjar  
THU: Max Verstappen  
FRI: Hadjar (AM), Verstappen (PM)

### Ferrari

WED: Charles Leclerc (AM), Lewis Hamilton (PM)  
THU: Hamilton  
FRI: Leclerc

### Williams

WED: Alex Albon (AM), Carlos Sainz (PM)   
THU: Albon  
FRI: Sainz

### Racing Bulls

WED: Arvid Lindlad (AM), Liam Lawson (PM)  
THU: Lawson  
FRI: Lindblad

### Aston Martin

WED: Lance Stroll (AM), Fernando Alonso (PM)  
THU: Alonso  
FRI: Stroll

### Haas

WED: Esteban Ocon (AM), Ollie Bearman (PM)  
THU: Bearman (PM), Ocon (AM)  
FRI: Ocon (AM), Bearman (PM)

### Audi

WED: Nico Hulkenberg (AM), Gabriel Bortoleto (PM)  
THU: Bortoleto (AM), Hulkenberg (PM)  
FRI: Hulkenberg (AM), Bortoleto (PM)

### Alpine

WED: Pierre Gasly (AM), Franco Colapinto (PM)  
THU: Colapinto  
Fri: Gasly

### Cadillac

WED: Sergio Perez (AM), Valtteri Bottas (PM)  
THU: Bottas (AM), Perez (PM)  
FRI: Perez (AM), Bottas (PM)

## Day by day

### Wednesday, February 18

Hadjar  
Norris (AM)  
Antonelli (AM)  
Leclerc (AM)  
Albon (AM)  
Lindblad (AM)  
Stroll (AM)  
Ocon (AM)  
Hulkenberg (AM)  
Gasly (AM)   
Perez (AM)  
Piastri (PM)  
Russell (PM)  
Hamilton (PM)  
Sainz (PM)  
Lawson (PM)  
Alonso (PM)  
Bearman (PM)  
Bortoleto (PM)  
Colapinto (PM)  
Bottas (PM)

### Thursday, February 19

Verstappen  
Hamilton  
Lawson  
Alonso  
Colapinto  
Albon  
Norris (AM)  
Russell (AM)  
Bearman (AM)  
Bortoleto (AM)  
Bottas (AM)  
Piastri (PM)  
Antonelli (PM)  
Ocon (PM)  
Hulkenberg (PM)  
Perez (PM)

### Friday, February 20

Leclerc  
Lindblad  
Stroll  
Gasly  
Sainz  
Piastri (AM)  
Antonelli (AM)  
Hadjar (AM)  
Ocon (AM)  
Hulkenberg (AM)  
Perez (AM)  
Norris (PM)  
Russell (PM)  
Verstappen (PM)  
Bearman (PM)  
Bortoleto (PM)  
Bottas (PM)