Patrese: “The FIA ​​should allow track tests in Barcelona in April”

What the former driver said A good month without F1. This is the epilogue forced by the geopolitical situation in the Middle East which made it impossible to race in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, i.e. the two GPs scheduled for the month of April (the material used in the tests is still at Sakhir and no one has even speculated yet whether and how to recover it). According to Riccardo Patrese, a solution to profitably exploit this far from ideal situation would be to organize a collective open-door test in Barcelona to allow the teams to work not only on the simulator on the development of the 2026 cars: “I believe that the FIA must give the teams the opportunity to carry out more tests, perhaps in Barcelona – said Patrese reached by Grosvenor Casino – the teams must be authorized to go on the track, because the simulators are ok, but if you need to test something important, especially with regards to the engines you have to go on the track.” “This break can help the teams most in difficulty to catch up – added Patrese – I hope that from May we will see a better F1 especially in which the drivers can always use the accelerator”.