Bahrain-1 Test 2026: schedule, times and TV

Back on track in Sakhir After the Shakedown in Barcelona the F1 teams are ready for the first real winter testing session scheduled in Bahrain on the Sakhir circuit. The program includes three days of testing from Wednesday 11 February and Friday 13 February. Teams and drivers will take to the track from 08:00 (10:00 local time) until 17:00 (19:00 local time). In Bahrain we will see the Williams FW48 in action for the first time, which did not participate in the Barcelona Shakedown. As for live TV, in this first test session of the two scheduled in Bahrain, the last hour of all three days will be broadcast live on Sky Sport F1, therefore from 4pm to 5pm when the checkered flag will be waved. On FormulaPassion.it you can follow the action on the track minute by minute through our live coverage. In Barcelona the Ferrari SF26, the Mercedes W17 and the McLaren MCL40 were within three tenths and there is great curiosity in view of the first of two sessions that Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur defined as “more representative” than what emerged in Catalonia. Bahrain-1 Test 2026, the program Wednesday 11 February
08:00-12:00 / 13:00-17:00 (live written on FormulaPassion.it, from 16:00 to 17:00 live TV on Sky Sport F1) Thursday 12 February
08:00-12:00 / 13:00-17:00 (live written on FormulaPassion.it, from 16:00 to 17:00 live TV on Sky Sport F1) Friday 13 February
08:00-12:00 / 13:00-17:00 (live written on FormulaPassion.it, from 16:00 to 17:00 live TV on Sky Sport F1) The circuit Length: 5412 meters
Curves: 15