McLaren, filming day in Bahrain and change of testing programme

McLaren, “first” on the track with the new livery The engines have already started up in Bahrain. In preparation for the tests that will begin tomorrow, McLaren held a filming day today on the Sakhir circuit, following what Cadillac did, which took to the track yesterday. World champion Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri split the work on the MCL40 on the day dedicated to promotional filming. This is the track debut of the 2026 car with the new livery. The new program The Woking team also provided an important update to the test work program: initially tomorrow he was supposed to drive only the Piastri; the Australian will instead be replaced by Norris in the afternoon. The Briton will be the only driver on Thursday, while the #81 will be on track all day on Friday. Williams also on the track Today Williams also debuted with the new livery. According to what Marca reported, no problems occurred during the filming day of the Grove team, which helps to reassure the team and fans after the absence in the Montmeló shakedown.